Thursday, May 22, 2008

Town Board of Prattsburgh May 22, 2008 Eminent Domain Letter by James Hall

May 22, 2008

Town Board Prattsburgh, NY
19 N Main St
Prattsburgh, NY 14873

RE: Eminent Domain Resolution

Board Members:

This public hearing after the 3-2 vote to approve the Eminent Domain resolution is putting the proverbial cart before the horse! In the case of Supervisor J. Harold McConnell, the J must stand for Jack in the Equus asinus sir name. Could a more perfect example of political corruption come off the lips of a public official with Mr. McConnell’s admission of accepting a real estate commission on a transaction involving the developer? And we the victimized property owners of Prattsburgh are supposed to believe that the supervisor represents honest government?

Another real estate “deal maker” named John E. Nicolo has been convicted of criminal violations just this week. It would come as no surprise that the Prattsburgh Supervisor will find himself defending his action over another multimillion-dollar fraud.

Compounding not only the appearance of collusion, but adding fuel to the assertions of professional misconduct is the dubious representation of Town Attorney John Leyden. Or should he be addressed as the SCIDA attorney who gets paid to facilitate the schemes of industrial wind developers? Surely Prattsburgh taxpayers have a rightful expectation that when they pay the fee of the Town Attorney that the interests of ALL taxpayers should be advanced.

Regrettably, the counselor reverts to his consistent pattern of self serving counsel. Ten years ago a complaint was made to the Steuben County Bar Association over the unethical conduct of Mr. Leyden when he was the Cohocton Town Attorney. Another grievance before the bar will be minor compared to charges related to RICO allegations involving SCIDA and wind developers.

The Eminent Domain resolution has only one purpose, to bail out UPC/First Wind by threatening land owners with extortion. Since First Wind can’t legally get property owners to sign leases, the Town of Prattsburgh conspires to exercise an unlawful use of Eminent Domain. The court challenge to this illegal conduct will provide additional substance to the documentary evidence already available for Anti-trust and criminal investigations.

Prattsburgh residents will legally resist any attempt to erode their property rights and the theft of the use of their land from a foreign developer. Board member votes must be absent of any personal or family financial benefit or they will pay the price of misconduct. It is time to void the previous vote and avert further legal actions of malfeasance. That Eminent Domain Resolution violates the law.

Cordially,


James Hall

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