“I’ve been working tirelessly to stop this proposal to protect our natural resources and quality of life here in Montgomery County. It’s time for the County Executive and County Legislators to listen to their constituents and REJECT THIS PROPOSAL with ACTIONS NOT WORDS by passing a resolution in opposition to the project,” Santabarbara said. “Taking rich farmland in Montgomery County and giving it away for industrial use is bad decision-making, plain and simple,” Santabarbara added, who was recently appointed Chair of the New York State Assembly’s Rural Resources Commission. “It puts our environment at risk and exposes residents to unknown health hazards.” We’ve seen proposals like this in the past. They were bad then and they are bad now,” Santabarbara said, referring to a landfill proposal that was to go into the Glen Canal View Industrial Park in 1998 and the most recent bio-solid sewage (LYSTEK) facility.

Local Voices Weigh-In: Local environmental advocates “Citizens Against Local Landfills” noted their opposition to the project, “We have witnessed three attempts to site large-scale waste management facilities in the lands of the Glen lndustrial Park. The latest attempt was coupled with cries that the land had not been used for its purpose as an lndustrial Park so we had to take what we could get.”

“This annexation is in direct conflict with the Town of Mohawk 2015 comprehensive plan,” said Tony Bruno, Town Board Member of the Town of Mohawk. “The Town of Mohawk will continue to oppose this annexation and we have the backing of many of our constituents.”

“This annexation is not a need but a want and this annexation is a symbol of greed not growth,” said Cara Bruno, Town of Mohawk resident “There are several vacant lots in Fulton County that should be filled first before annexing our farm land from Montgomery County into Fulton County for no real need.”