Rachael says:

My most entertaining meeting of the past week was one held in Oxford, New York, Chenango County. If you’ll revisit my last post on Oxford you’ll get the background on what has been happening in the area, where both the Town and Village of Oxford (separate but related municipalities) have been addressing natural gas issues. The meeting this past week was an informational meeting with Attorney David Slottje with the Village of Oxford planning board. The village board wants the planning board’s opinion on a natural gas moratorium before it acts; the town having already opted to do nothing. The planning board, in turn, has conducted informational meetings, one with Slottje and one with Attorney Robert Wedlake. The Slottje meeting proved to be a fiasco, with the star of the evening losing his cool several times. Although the planning board seemed enthralled with Slottje’s message before he even spoke, he certainly didn’t win any new friends.

Slottje gave the same presentation as he did in North Norwich the night before, with just a few minor changes. In Oxford he focused his presentation on land use authority because the village can implement zoning. Secondly, Slottje really tries to discredit attorney Rob Wedlake, (Hinman, Howard & Kattell). He doesn’t fail to mention he was taken aback when Wedlake tore his presentation apart and shared the list of things Slottje has done incorrectly with boards. Slottje certainly doesn’t take criticism well, as you can see in his entire–121 minute–presentation below.

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