WPCNR WHITE PLAINS VOICE. January 1, 2004: In a news release from the County Board of Legislators, it was announced this week that County Legislator Rob Astorino, a Republican, was being removed by County Board Chair Bill Ryan as Committee Chair of a parks committee of the County Legislature for refusing to let a spending bill authorizing $4 Million in asthetic and safety improvement on Playland's Dragon Coaster and Boathouse. A reader writes supporting Astorino's stand:
We the taxpayers--not Bill Ryan--should be the ones who are outraged....that our county officials just don't get it. We shouldn't be paying to run a money-losing amusement park any more than money-losing golf courses. A government body should spend within its means and only beyond its means when required for the safety of its citizens. Golf and roller coasters wouldn't seem essential to life. Rob Astorino has his priorities right.
John Tiernan
Bedford
