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- Two family house
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Hudson River one
hour north of NYC
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North of the GeorgeWashington Bridge Hudson
River and it’s tributaries, April 1- Nov 30.
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If you agree with this
then send it to your local
Politicians, Governor
or anyone else who is
influencing the Hudson
River in a negative manner.
Not a soul I speak to who has visited the Hudson River, it’s
shores, or the many restaurants, beaches or canals, comes back
with a sad tale to tell.
What I do get is a calm voice, low murmur, and plenty of smiles
as one boater after another says, “What a wonderful trip we had
this year. We visited the Champlain Canal, Lake Champlain, and
back down the Hudson to home!” We had another couple on
board and they said the same thing, “How come there are not
more boats out doing the same thing?”
What has happened, and no one from the political or beaurcratic
spectrum is willing to stand up and say anything about it, is that
the past 40 years of beating the drums has branded the river and
not in a positive way.
Whole careers are still being built on negativity, both political
and bureaucracy!
The financial crash of 2008 contributed, the seven years of
harassment by law enforcement, (now seemingly ended), two
STOP BEATING THE
DRUMS, I WANT TO
HEAR SOME MUSIC!
By John H. Vargo, Publisher
major hurricanes, Irene and Sandy, all contributed to the
decline, but, beyond all that there is still a constant drum beat
that is keeping the brand, the Hudson River, from recovering.
At 81 years old I can fondly remember the enthusiasm to get
a boat, to be on the river. Generally speaking young people
today have no such dreams, instead are focused on their hand
held mobile devices.
The will to take back our river is all but lost, and, at the same
time the drum beaters are at a loss as well, as the very thing
they expounded on has come to pass, a clean, pollution free
river, full of fishes, and wildlife.
Are there problems, sure there will always be problems, the
point is that the constant drum beating has killed and is still
killing recreation on the Hudson River.
Nowhere else in New York State is the rhetoric as bad as it is
here. It must stop, someone better wake up and listen to the
music, it is playing but no one is listening.