Really? Will they be responsible for the first rain? What about the increased litter? What about the new Democratic voters?

Join me in being the first to welcome our new neighbors. This development will not have the smallest bedrooms, nor will it be the most dense. It will not be the most difficult for emergency services and the science on the enviornmental "threat" is a wacky theory that lacks any credible science.

Greed is good, it's nothing more than someone else's self interest. But please indulge us, how were the trustees greedy or otherwise evil?

Turns out Garfield is going to start looking out prettier than Radburn.

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the council has nothing to do with this

FYI, present council had NOTHING to do with this. However PAST COUNCIL had EVERYTHING to do with this by designating the land as residential development, the future site of affordable housing, creating an environment where the developer had to sue, then funding so many appeals that the judge deemed it harassment and handed Landmark a builder's remedy, which totally deprived FL residents out of their say on the density of the development and other unfortunate circumstances. Weak minded council past with their lack of leadership and sense of responsibility to those who elected them, plus their self-serving lawyer are totally responsible for dropping the hot potato in the laps of current municipal government. Lance, you had the option of buying that land and not developing it, therefore you cannot blame the landowners for doing what they see is best for them. They put their hand in their own pockets and paid for it and now you are mad because they did not do what you wanted to do, that is not how things work in a free country. Would you ban free speech because some may use it to criticize your intelligence or the funny way your mother dresses you? I would hope not. Freedom is better than the alternative and just like you would not like me to tell you what to do with what you own, you should not tell others what to do. Lance, please buy up all the vacant land and keep it open space. You would have blown through a pile of money, but just think of all the friends you would make.

Sounds like you are expecting residents in the new development to be criminals, pyromaniacs and quite sickly.

Lance, no one cares enough about that. Every lawyer there said there is a court order. No one at this point has the will to take this obscenity to a higher court. By denying the motion, it will just end up delaying them maybe a few months and costing the taxpayer and losing any goodwill there might be with the builder.

Can someone explain to me why a person living in a less expensive, "affordable" apartment, should have the same size place, or same view, as someone who is paying full market rate?

Stuart, my bad, private property that should be treated like open space. It should remain what it is, a park, and it should be improved upon as a park!

All open space is owned by someone so it is effectively private property that is used by the public. Both Daly Field and Archery Plaza were open space parkland since the original ownership of all the land in Radburn decided to put them to that use. Daly Field was the home field of the Fair Lawn All Sports, and used for public and civic events from the 1930's until the contamination was discovered in the 1980's when it was taken out of use for public safety reasons - and kept closed off to retain the impression that it was just empty space with no public history. Reasons behind that, remain in the mind of those that kept it that way. but when I have had a trustee tell me that it was "just a vacant lot" when I know better - and the public uses of it are a matter of public record that has been allowed to slowly fade from public memory.

The front lawn of the municipal building and the high school fields are also open space and private property. Perhaps the next step will be a judge telling us we need to build apartments there because a developer wants to build it and we need more "affordable" housing. This is a very slippery slope that has been set up by this refusal to stand up on principle.

So much of what Deleted believes simply isn't so. Some open space is owned by the government (public) and the rest is private. Radburn Association is a PRIVATE organization, not a government.

The land the high school and municipal building are on, are "owned" by a government. Unless it decides to sell it, no Judge will ever order condos there. Now if we look at the properties near the 208 entrance on Berdan Ave, those are open space and owned by the government. I don't recall you complaining about those be (unsuccessfully) auctioned off.

The only slippery slope I see is that your vote counts as much mine. After all the greatest threat to democracy is uneducated or misinformed citizenry.

Kindly do us a favor and leavce for another town, you rat.

Yes, absolutely, because the "volunteering" involved decisions that affected both the quality of life in the community as a whole and the value of homes belonging to everyone in Fair Lawn. And despite two opportunities to withdraw and reconsider, they made a choice to continue when they had an opportunity to simply ask the Radburn homeowners what they wanted to be done. Anyone willing to name the other seated trustees at the time the sale countract was drawn up?

Walter, Radburn residents do not pay dues - and you know it. It's called an assessment (and no, it doesn't count what the line item on a tax return says).

And yes, Daly Field is private property - read the sign again.

Happy Thanksgiving.

It belongs to the members of the Radburn Association. You know those of us who own here. We have a contract for how to manage our collective private property. If you don't like I suggest you start the actions to dissolve the Association or accept the rules and outcome of our contractual agreement. Just because a few hundred people own the land, that doesn't make it public land.

Walter, this argument lost in court several times. You can say it over and over again, but it won't make it true. Daly Field is owned by the Radburn Association.

It does not matter how you phrase it, a judge in a court of law says it is private property. It is private property that was sold by a private association owner to a private developer owner, who is going to be develop it for its zoned use, which is residential. Had it been zoned commercial, there would be a new drug store, fast food outlet and a bank going in its place. Would that be better? Had the Borough of Fair Lawn purchased it from the Radburn Association, only then could it have been left a park or sports complex or whatever, as then it would have been converted to public municipal land. You could have purchased the land from RA and then donated it the borough for open space. This went to court many times and each time it was deemed private property to be developed or not, based on the decision of its owner. RA did not develop it and its new owner did. This is one of the good things about America, private owners get to decide what they want to do with their stuff.

Not to be Clintonese, but define what "this" is you want me to define or explain, Walter.

Please let us know of a town in the tri-state region where one can drive during rush hour without traffic.

Phil, your initial argument is innacurate. You are arguing that all X cars (let's use 165 for argument's sake) will be on the road at rush hour and at Plaza, Cooper or Fair Lawn at the same time. That's not probable.

I don't know what the grade of service is used for road traffic engineering, but it certainly isn't a P0.01.

Much to Mr. Weglein's dismissive attitude, I do share your concern about safety. Ask me about the folks coming out of Glen Rock barrelling down Plaza Road North or those using Owen Avenue as a shortcut. As the pit guys at Formula 1 races say, "Piano, piano, piano" and using hand motions with the palm parallel to the ground.

As to the groundwater/chemical contamination, the NJ DEP does have standards and does require tests, tests, tests and more tests. NJ DEP has the most stringent testing of all 50 states and you know why I know that? The first commissioner of the Department of Environmental Commission was my neighbor. Richard Sullivan personally made the NJDEP what it is still today and back in the day those restrictions put many a slipshod developer not only out of business but facing heavy fines and penalties.

As to "the group", why didn't you put your name in for consideration for the Board of Trustees this year?

Happy Thanksgiving.

Seems like the same "the sky is falling" arguments we heard about Home Depot opening in Paterson. I'm still waiting for the horrible traffic jams on Fair Lawn Ave.

Walter, assuming what I may think or what may bother me is faulty logic, at the best, on your part. As an aside, will I be reading an anti-Trawinski screed from you in next week's Community News?