http://www.saghampton.com/2006/09/sag-harbors-new-look/ Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:43:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.saghampton.com/2006/09/sag-harbors-new-look/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Anonymous Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:12:00 +0000 http://www.saghampton.com/2006/09/17/sag-harbors-new-look/#comment-36 You make good points. The issues you raise and more, are common to communities throughout the USA. The difference between those who deal with them successfully and those who let chance and market forces rule, is the existance of a master plan for the community in question. The one given is that there will be change - will a community control and shape or be its victim ? Sag Harbor has no such master plan and only a glimmer that anyone even thinks it is needed. Yet each week, issues large and small are decided in a vacuum as if none of them relate to the other. All this aggravated by the nature of small town government, staffed by smart and well meaning citizens who are often technically deficient in the skill sets required for some of the decision making involved. In cases like Sag Harbor's a detailed master plan that amateur officials and board members can follow to the letter is even more important than in larger communities where there may be a better chance of drawing on professionals to staff these posts. If yoiu have attended any Sag Harbor board meetings, you know what I mean here. Lots of good people but an appaling lack of technical knowledge or even a consistent approach to the decisions at hand. You make good points. The issues you raise and more, are common to communities throughout the USA.
The difference between those who deal with them successfully and those who let chance and market forces rule, is the existance of a master plan for the community in question.
The one given is that there will be change – will a community control and shape or be its victim ?
Sag Harbor has no such master plan and only a glimmer that anyone even thinks it is needed. Yet each week, issues large and small are decided in a vacuum as if none of them relate to the other. All this aggravated by the nature of small town government, staffed by smart and well meaning citizens who are often technically deficient in the skill sets required for some of the decision making involved. In cases like Sag Harbor’s a detailed master plan that amateur officials and board members can follow to the letter is even more important than in larger communities where there may be a better chance of drawing on professionals to staff these posts.
If yoiu have attended any Sag Harbor board meetings, you know what I mean here. Lots of good people but an appaling lack of technical knowledge or even a consistent approach to the decisions at hand.

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