#1 - I was appointed Town Historian on January 1, 2011 --- so I did not have over a year to pick up any materials.
#2 - Much of the town's historic materials are safely located at town hall and the senior center ... the only materials in the Junction were those in the possession of the previous Town Historian and the Rotterdam Junction Historical Society .... and I was told in January that those materials were going to be given to the Franchere Center when it opened.
#3 - I was out of town when Hurricane Irene hit ... and no effort was made to contact me until 2 days before I returned to town (which was over 10 days AFTER the flooding began) .... at that time I made arrangements for town personnel to go to the junction and retrieve the materials and bring them to safety at the senior center but the custodians of the materials refused to let them be taken by town personnel to the senior center.
Apparently he got a second appointments on Jan. 1 2012.
SECTION 1. Ronald L. Severson of Rotterdam, New York is hereby appointed to the Town of Rotterdam Planning Commission at an annual salary of $3,600.00 with no employee benefits, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Lynn Flansburg, for the remaining term of six (6) years commencing on January 1, 2012 and ending on December 31, 2017.
SECTION 2. This resolution shall take effect immediately. DATED: January 1, 2.012
He gets $69 a week for the planning commission position.
How much history does rotterdam really have? I mean really!! Folks could really give a crap. If they cared....rotterdam would be in better shape than it is today! Just look what they've done to the aquifer? Nobody care....OBVIOUSLY!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
How much history does rotterdam really have? I mean really!! Folks could really give a crap. If they cared....rotterdam would be in better shape than it is today! Just look what they've done to the aquifer? Nobody care....OBVIOUSLY!
Then you don't understand the value of the information. There are many people that would like to read about and know the history of our town, myself included...so maybe I am only 1 person, but I DO CARE and DO GIVE A CRAP!!!!!
JUST BECAUSE SISSY SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO...BUT HE THINKS IT DOES!!!!! JUST BECAUSE MC1 SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO!!!!!
How much history does rotterdam really have? I mean really!! Folks could really give a crap. If they cared....rotterdam would be in better shape than it is today! Just look what they've done to the aquifer? Nobody care....OBVIOUSLY!
Unfortunately, this is so true. As someone who knows Dick, I can say he fought a losing battle to try and preserve what little history Rotterdam retained as it turned from farmland into suburban sprawl. But due to a lack of resources, he pretty much focused his efforts on preserving the history he knows, which was Rotterdam Junction and the surrounding area. Still, the work the guy did was nothing short of remarkable considering how little anybody cared.
Speaking of caring, for those who care about Dick, he's now living in Schenectady...he's doing alright. Still misses the junction. He's not technically the Rotterdam historian. But if I were to be looking for a bit of history about the town, he'd be my first resource...so I'm not surprised he's still being listed as the historian. Kind of a historian emeritus, so to speak. Or maybe it's like the president: Once the president, always the president.
Unfortunately, this is so true. As someone who knows Dick, I can say he fought a losing battle to try and preserve what little history Rotterdam retained as it turned from farmland into suburban sprawl. But due to a lack of resources, he pretty much focused his efforts on preserving the history he knows, which was Rotterdam Junction and the surrounding area. Still, the work the guy did was nothing short of remarkable considering how little anybody cared.
Speaking of caring, for those who care about Dick, he's now living in Schenectady...he's doing alright. Still misses the junction. He's not technically the Rotterdam historian. But if I were to be looking for a bit of history about the town, he'd be my first resource...so I'm not surprised he's still being listed as the historian. Kind of a historian emeritus, so to speak. Or maybe it's like the president: Once the president, always the president.
this was my point. Rotterdam has clearly not preseved it's history. Between the developments over the aquifer, developments/housing on swamps etc.....they learned nothing from their history.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
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