Comments on SNW

Chairman Sayre is absolutely correct. Christianson should realize that flooding also impacts businesses, property, farmland & people on the lake & river. He may be the face of the Lake Distict Organization, but he clearly does not represent all of the property owners that are forced by their tax bill to fund and be a part of that group. Christianson is an arrogant, power hungry, egotistical fool.
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Right - power hungry for a volunteer job that demands a lot of time to overcome opinions that spread like invasive species unless countered by expensive research from experts with PhDs.

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Sounds like the lake district isn't happy about anything they don't control completely...too bad, so sad...

This appears to be another attempt to bypass the court ruling of not raising the lake levels.
The article says there is a court case against the DNR and is headed for the Supreme Court. The appeals court judge has already ruled on this and the lake district lost. So is there another case we don't know about?

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No, the appeals judge did not rule on "this," the SNW order.  They are completely separate issues and your posting is a result of the content of the reporter's failed reporting.

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Sayre is the irresponsible one in this dispute. NOAA has the experience and knowhow when it comes to water levels throughout the state and the nation. They monitor all rivers closely. They have set the "take action" level on this waterway responsibly at 9 feet. That means slow no wake should be set in accordance with their reccomendation not some farmer's ideas that have no scientific basis.


The waterway is much higher than it used to be due to development from Watertown on down over the past 3 decades. If people have old piers and seawalls they should be replaced not protected by Sayre and his cronies. Hopefully rock County will see the light and go by engineers and professionals recomndations. Evan Sayre is the ego power monger in this dispute and should be disregarded.

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Thanks Mom, for defending me :-)

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If the property owners along the river from Newville to Indianford were polled I suspect over 95% woulld be in favor of the higher level. It is only a very few that ever complain and they are always the same ones. None of the Fulton Town board live on the river and I have seen none of them use it. Leave the waterway matters to the Lake District where it belongs. We own the dam and are working hard to improve the lake and the river. It is very difficult to understand why the township is fighting us. (unless maybe Sayres is jealous)

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Where does Fulton think this issue began - it started with riparian property owners emailing and calling that the town was imposing SNW orders and punishing boaters when the water levels receded by keeping SNW imposed for a week longer if not more.....