Don't Mall Ingersoll Petition : [ powered by iPetitions.com ]

#	Name	Comments
51	K Katz	We have a shopping plaza at the center of Niskayuna that is almost completely empty. Efforts should be concentrated on filling that space before additional retail space is developed.
52	Bill Fox	What Niskayuna needs is more industry not more retail or homes.
53	Vicki Michela
54	Melinda Whisenhunt
55	Sara Nortrup
56	Debbie Forester	We have enough development in this town. The Stanford parcel is green space in the midst of sprawl, and there is no good reason to destroy that. The grass and trees are more important to Niskayuna than more retail stores destined to eventual abondonment, like so many others in this town. Any green space we can keep for the future is worth the price.
57	Anonymous
58	Tammy Kishbaugh	Thank you for your consideration to this matter.
59	Scott Kishbaugh
60	Tom Lobe
61	Shelly Finn
62	Shelly Finn
63	Anonymous
64	Trish Mosch
65	Matthew G. Moross
66	Kathy Katz
67	Melissa MacKinnon
68	Melissa MacKinnon
69	Julie Shepelavy	Once historical and open spaces are gone, they cannot be replaced. If the town is concerned about adding retail space, they should address the half empty St James Square.
70	Taras Shepelavy	I am certain that every town/city board is under pressure to generate more revenue. But there is value in preserving history and open spaces.
71	Lt/Colonel Edward Kelly	We need to preserve all of the History of the area that we can.
72	Carole McCarthy	The Ingersoll House and grounds are a Niskayuna treasure that should not be destroyed but should be preserved for future generations to enjoy for all time. We have plenty of malls, there is even one across the street, and plenty of drug stores, there is already one behind the Ingersoll, but there is only one 1816 Schuyler House with the history of the Stanford family. In addition, and as important as preserving the house is the preservation of the trees and the grounds which sooths the eye and soul of its beholder amidst the light and noise pollution that surrounds it.
73	Hutchin Tibbetts`	I am vehemently opposed to another mall being developed in Niskayuna, particularly on this particular location. St. James Square is an example of a mall gone bad and we've had to live with this much too long. Shame on Luke Smith for supporting a mall on the Stanford site.
74	Marian Tibbetts`	How gross to have another mall go up to deface the character of Niskayuna! What a travesty!
75	Marian Tibbetts`	How gross to have another mall go up to deface the character of Niskayuna! What a travesty!
76	Eliot H. Stanley	We are periodic visitors to N., having family relations there. We hope you'll act to preserve the beauty and historical integrity of Niskayuna.
77	jean aceto	The Isngersoll Home is one of the few remaining historical treasures in Niskayuna. It should not be supplanted by more commercial concrete boxes which are cropping up everywhere.
78	JoAnne Ivory
79	William E. Reynolds
80	Martha Helms	Please vote to save this heritage and open space.
81	Gavin K. Watt
82	David Putnam
83	David Putnam
84	Anonymous
85	Shawn Finnegan	This is a peice of history that means alot to a many of people and to have it developed into a shopping centre and be lost for ever
86	Linda Crandall
87	Gay A. Boggess	Please preserve our history!
88	William Boggess
89	Michelle Katt
90	Shaun Wallace	This land, "The Hermitage", was originally owned by John Duncan, a good Tory and friend to all. His Son Richard joined Sir John Johnson's Regiment (KRRNY) at Fort Ticonderoga in July 1777 with the rank of Captain. After the signing of the peace Richard Duncan settled here in what became Dundas County, Ontario along the shore of the St. Lawrence river. James Croil in his book, Dundas or a Sketch of Canadian History, published in 1861 had these comments about our early history and Captain Richard Duncan. During the early days of settlement into Upper Canada there was no Government ie Legislature, Courts etc... French law ended at Lancaster. For these reason it was decided that the early settlers were to be governed by Martial Law. In the peaceful Lunenburgh District this meant that British Law would be the law of the land, Martially Executed, by the Captain in command in each locality. For the Lunenburgh District this was Captain Richard Duncan, founder of Mariatown (named after his daughter, Maria). This appointment of office is presumed to have been that of chief magistrate, or justice of the peace with the addition of a little more discretionary power. A civil court record does exist from September 14, 1790 in the hand writing of Richard Loucks, Inn keeper. The presiding Judge was Captain Duncan the High Shriff was John Monro and there were 26 jurymen. When the Court of the King's Bench was established in 1794 this former court was retired. Those who were convicted of high offences were punished by banishment and were transported for a term of years, or life, not to Botany Bay, but to the United States, a sentence next to death. Minor offences were atoned for in the pillory. For a long time there stood one such primitive instrument of punishment at Richard Louck's Inn (Mariatown), the centre of law and justice in the Lunenburgh District. Duncan as a soldier was generous and humane, and, the religious sentiment largely prevailing amongst the German settlers, his office was a sinecure. In his day he monopolized every office. A store keeper, and holding a captains rank, he dealt out martial law, dry goods, and groceries alternately. As a member of the Legislative Council, he framed Laws, and as Judge of the Lunenburgh District he dispensed them. His universal hospitality gathered around him a host of friends, while in his capacity as magistrate, he was a terror to evil doers. He was possessed of large tracks of land, acquired partly from Government and partly by purchase, besides other property to a considerable extent, and enjoyed a full measure of the influence and outward respect, usually attendant upon wealth. Upon the death of his father Richard returned to his native home to claim his property. Captain Duncan "was never taxed with cruelty or severity by the settlers" and after his father's death in 1791, he resided for many years at the Hermitage, "an accomplished Christian gentleman, of extremely urbane manners and very much respected." He died at the Hermitage in 1819.
91	Marshall Smith	What a shame that preservation of local history and significant landmarks and historical resources takes a backseat to unnecessary development and someones financial gain and in the name of superficial progress!
92	Daniel Lopes	Remember once it's gone it's gone forever!
93	William Hannenberg
94	Anonymous	Please do not distroy this historic ground.
95	Keith Lindsey	This wonderful treasure should be preserved forever as part of our heritage for everyone to see, appreciate, and understand our history and not be put under the bulldozer for modern commercial interests.
96	Graham Lindsey
97	Sean Joyce
98	David Smith
99	Anonymous	I support this petition
100	Brock Dittrick	New York is in need of saving its Historical Heritage. Many historic area in the Mohawk and surrounding area are in decay. Certainly there must be a better place to put yet another mall.