I received the below email early this morning and felt it would best be answered as a posting on this site rather than an individual response to the author as there may be many of you out there who share his or her sentiment.
I asked, and received permission, to reprint this email in its entirety with the caveat that I withhold the author's name.
I asked, and received permission, to reprint this email in its entirety with the caveat that I withhold the author's name.
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Peter,
Although I and my family appreciate all your posts, you seem to be too focused on FEMA, the NFIP and Biggert-Waters. Please remember that there is a lot more happening in our town of Broad Channel that you fail write about on your page.
What about the BCAC, the Volunteer Fire Department, the struggle that the little Church is having getting back on its feet, P.S. 47 which is still missing many displaced students, the rebuilding efforts of the American Legion and the VFW, and so much more?
How about broadening the perspective of your site?
[Name withheld]
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Response:
Thank you for your comments.
Whether you realize it or not, our community of Broad Channel is facing one of the greatest threats to its very existence since Robert Moses and then the Port Authority both tried to destroy our town, in the form of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012.
You are absolute correct in assuming that I do tend to focus this site on information regarding this issue and I do so as a means of trying to hammer home the deadly seriousness of this problem.
Yes, there is a lot happening in our small town, but if the Biggert-Waters legislation and its accompanying and exorbitant insurance rate increases are not addressed by Congress, there is a very good possibility that within 10 to 15 years, Broad Channel will not have a BCAC, a BCVFD, a small Church, a public school or an American Legion and a VFW because none of us will still be living here!
The Broad Channel as you and I know it today, will have ceased to exist.
That being said, as I continue to focus on this issue I will attempt to "broaden the perspective" of this page to include many of those items you have cited in your email.
Additionally, if you have any information you may want to see here, please contact me, and I will make sure it is posted.
Peter Mahon
(718) 945-0805
(347) 355-3669
w12thrdblockassociation@gmail.com
Thank you for your comments.
Whether you realize it or not, our community of Broad Channel is facing one of the greatest threats to its very existence since Robert Moses and then the Port Authority both tried to destroy our town, in the form of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012.
You are absolute correct in assuming that I do tend to focus this site on information regarding this issue and I do so as a means of trying to hammer home the deadly seriousness of this problem.
Yes, there is a lot happening in our small town, but if the Biggert-Waters legislation and its accompanying and exorbitant insurance rate increases are not addressed by Congress, there is a very good possibility that within 10 to 15 years, Broad Channel will not have a BCAC, a BCVFD, a small Church, a public school or an American Legion and a VFW because none of us will still be living here!
The Broad Channel as you and I know it today, will have ceased to exist.
That being said, as I continue to focus on this issue I will attempt to "broaden the perspective" of this page to include many of those items you have cited in your email.
Additionally, if you have any information you may want to see here, please contact me, and I will make sure it is posted.
Peter Mahon
(718) 945-0805
(347) 355-3669
w12thrdblockassociation@gmail.com
Thanks, Pete, for your commitment to keeping the residents informed about the legislation that threatens the future of our town. I understand that you spend countless hours finding out the latest information to educate us. There is no way that you can spend any more hours finding out the latest "goings-on" of the rest of the community. That's why attendance at the monthly Civic Association meetings is recommended for finding out how the whole community is fairing post-Hurricane Sandy.
ReplyDeletePete, You hit the nail on the head.
ReplyDeleteWho can afford $10,000 - $30,000 a year in flood insurance premiums?
PLEASE CALL YOU FLOOD INSURANCE AGENT AND ASK HIM WHAT YOUR FLOOD INSURNACE WILL BE NEXT YEAR? George Kasimos