Letters to the Editor
Here is what needs to be done to save the Yerkes and honor such figures as Albert Einstein (who did research work there) and (Edwin Hubble, of the Hubble Telescope fame) and, of course still the largest refracting telescope ever made. How can this iconic structure, along with its history, achievements and giant scientists who worked there be allowed to fall into disuse and be surrounded by income-producing or other private structures of no merit is beyond belief? I am an architect, and I am one of national and international distinction, and I must tell you as a professional and participant in the planning, creation, and building of many other great structures around the world, that what is happening (nothing!) at the Yerkes, and what is being considered around it (residential development) is not criminal, if approved by the city, but it sure as hell is a distasteful black eye into the future, probably best defining the entire area by the single word: “rural,” and well-deserving of that moniker.
Tom Kincaid, American Institute of Architects, National Council of Architectural Registration Board, International Certification of Licensed Builder of Concrete Monolithic Domes, Holder of Nearly Countless Architecture Certificates, and awards. Resident of Town of Linn.
Trying to understand WHY the Village of Williams Bay, village hall remains closed to the TAX PAYERS! If all essential and non-essential businesses are allowed to be open then ALL functions of Williams Bay should be open. No excuses, they are closed do to construction. If that’s the case they must have hired a contractor that puts in a nail a day. No village hall meetings open to TAX PAYERS. This is baloney. Again if all essential and non- essential businesses are open then open our (TAX PAYERS) Essential hall. NO MORE EXCUSES. If they want to keep the Village Hall closed then CLOSE ALL businesses. Keep police, fire Streets and water departments open, then CLOSE EVERYTHING else!!!!!