HomeMy WebLinkAboutC Stein.PDFStatement by t3atherine Stpin
11 Spruc;e Lane
Village Eoard Meeting - March 14, 201 1
I live in C.H. but I can't be there tonight. I have spoken at a few
meeting$, and submitted written statements to express my horror
at the idea of killing deer in the village and the negative impact it
will have on my children.
lwas raised, and have raised my children to respect animal life
and the beaut,y of nature. I grew up in lthaca, graduated from
Ithaca High School and got my undergraduate degree from
Cornell. After some years away, I returned to the lthaca area to
buy a home hr:re. I bought my home 2 and 1/2 years ago before I
had any awareness that an effort to kill the deer would soon take
place here in 0.H. lwould have bought a home elsewhere had I
known what was being considered.
I understand tlhat killing by net-and-bolt can take place anywhere.
I DO NOII want this to be done anywhere, and certainly not near
my house. This ugly prospect of killing the deer, is completely
irrationail when this has been proven ineffective in other
communities, and when there are less invasive methods to deal
with this issue, such as fencing, which are not even being
considered. Tlre action of the trustees will divide and taint the
village fclr years to come for many of the residents of Cayuga
Heights, as well as for the larger community of which it is a part,
whether or not the trustees acknowledge the web of social and
economic connections within the lthaca area.