Real, and Fake, South Blooming Grove Residents Sound Off At DEC Hearing

In the words of one resident speaking out against the Clovewood project, "The Math is not Mathing."

Hi.

Short post today. I just spent three hours listening to the DEC’s 2pm Public Hearing call concerning Keen Equities / Clovewood.

Some of you brave, brave, souls did the same, and some of you are even doing it twice. There is a 6pm hearing this evening as well.

Please enjoy these notes and observations made during today’s hearing. I’ll have more in-depth reporting for you tomorrow.

1. Attending this online hearing was a useful exercise in learning the tactics of the opposition. We saw three primarily used during the 2pm hearing:

A. People registered to speak, who then didn’t speak. (This is done to limit the amount of time others have to actually speak by making it seem like there’s a lot of people who want to participate.) There was a lot of this. I counted three names belonging to Mr. Joel Stern in the 2pm call, none of which actually commented when called.

B. People who were hired to read prepared statements praising the Clovewood development, saying the math in the FEIS is correct c…