Niagara Times Misses the Point, Distorts Issue on Parkway Removal

The Niagara Times Blog again misses the political point and intention of local environmental activists regarding efforts to remove the Robert Moses Parkway. To claim that "In reality, the supporters of the removal, including Wild Ones Niagara...have little interest in preserving history, the environment or anything else they may proclaim" is defamatory disinformation at best. Driven by his economistic, business first, political motivations, Hobbes, the blog administrator, continues his politics of violence against any progressive forces who strive to fight for anything more than reducing taxes on big business and securing power for the Republican Party in Niagara County.

In short, removal of the Robert Moses between Niagara Falls and Lewiston, which is the real environmental concern, is not about creating a captive audience for business in Niagara Falls nor "creating a wall around the city." No one thinks that removing the Parkway is "a panacea to what ails them." This is non-sensical hyperbole. But of course Hobbes real intent is to make everyone believe that such groups have essentially economic agendas which are wrong and therefore promote an economically futile environmental project. And therefore the project of Parkway removal is misguided and irrelevant.

Sadly and pathetically Hobbes is incapable of thinking outside his economistic, pragmatic box and fails to see the value of Parkway removal as intrinsically worthy in terms of ecological restoration and environmental conservation. He is obiously against Parkway removal for economic reasons and they undoubtedly have to do with defending Lewiston business interests.

His post today is dishonest, manipulative and egregiously short-sighted. In short he is dangerous to the vision of the Falls which is possible and in the long run even economically advantageous to Niagara Falls and Niagara County.