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	<title>The "Front Door" of Orchard Park, NY</title>
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	<description>OUR PERSPECTIVE on the Many Important Quality of Life Issues Facing Our Town</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Walgreens Update: Another Revised Proposal</title>
		<link>http://opfrontdoor.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/walgreens-update-another-revised-proposal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the last OP Planning Board meeting held Wednesday, July 9, 2008, a revised development &#8221;concept review&#8221; was discussed for the planned Walgreens &#8220;big box&#8221; drug store for the southwest corner of Union and Michael Roads.
For background, here&#8217;s link to a previous Blog article: http://opfrontdoor.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/proposed-walgreens-big-box-back-on-town-agendas/ 
The original proposal, which was non-conforming per OP Town Code for both &#8220;front yard parking&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A &#8220;Snapshot&#8221; Look at OP&#8217;s Zoning Board of Appeals</title>
		<link>http://opfrontdoor.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/a-snapshot-look-at-ops-zoning-board-of-appeals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps a good way to start this article is with a question.
&#8220;What does the Town of Orchard Park Zoning Board of Appeals think of our Town&#8217;s ordinances?&#8221;
So I decided to try to find out - with a &#8220;snapshot&#8221; look of sorts.
In this snapshot, I learned that 95% of cases heard before our Town&#8217;s ZBA were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WNY Immediate Health Care Comes to OP</title>
		<link>http://opfrontdoor.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/wny-immediate-health-care-comes-to-op/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As reported on Business First of Buffalo and speakupwny.com, Exigence LLC, the operator of Western New York Immediate Care, has selected a site in the Front Door of OP for the organization&#8217;s third regional care center.
The new 6,000-square-foot facility, located in a new outparcel building at 3050 Orchard Park Road near the corner of Weiss Avenue, will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Permission to Video Board Meetings Asked of Town Council</title>
		<link>http://opfrontdoor.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/permission-to-video-board-meetings-asked-of-town-council/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On July 9, 2008, a formal request was made to OP&#8217;s Town Council for their permission to peform video and broadcast of future Town Board meetings.
The request was sent to each Town Council member in a joint e-mail communication:
&#8220;I would like to respectfully and formally request the permission of the OP Town Council to allow me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Look Back At Our Town&#8217;s Approval of Quaker Crossing</title>
		<link>http://opfrontdoor.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/a-look-back-at-our-towns-approval-of-quaker-crossing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the next few months, an important Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) will be submitted to the Town of Orchard Park.
Concerned citizens will resume debate with the OP Town Board, who must ultimately determine whether a controversial Wal-Mart Supercenter is appropriate for 19 acres of land at Milestrip and California Roads (costing $4.62M) across from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Town Board Meeting Minutes: &#8220;Tradition&#8221;, Not &#8220;Verbatim&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://opfrontdoor.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/our-town-board-meeting-minutes-tradition-not-verbatim/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the July 2, 2008 Town Board meeting, numerous citizens expressed their displeasure with our Town Clerk regarding her purported &#8220;unilateral&#8221; decision to produce Town Board meeting minutes with only the &#8220;minimum&#8221; amount of information required by the Open Meetings Law.
It is important to reemphasize that there was never a suggestion made to the Town Clerk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OP Residents Clamor for More Government</title>
		<link>http://opfrontdoor.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/op-residents-clamor-for-more-government/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Article Submitted by Chris Willet
Our region is an economic nightmare. Decades of incompetent governance, population loss, and inter-municipal rivalry have sapped our vitality and created an environment unfriendly to growth.
Neither land use planning nor economic development is coordinated at a regional level. While our IDAs battle to entice businesses from one town to another, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Citizens&#8217; &#8220;Minutes&#8221; Concerns &#8220;Minimized&#8221; at OP Town Board Meeting</title>
		<link>http://opfrontdoor.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/citizens-minutes-concerns-minimized-at-op-town-board-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Business from the Floor&#8221; was a busy place at the OP Town Board meeting of Wednesday, July 2, 2008.
Numerous citizens voiced their concern and outrage regarding the Town Clerk&#8217;s recent secretive and &#8220;unilateral&#8221; decision to &#8220;minimize&#8221; the information contained in published public Town Board minutes.
As expected, these concerns were systematically minimized - by a majority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will the OP Town Board Act Promptly on the &#8220;Minutes&#8221; Issue?</title>
		<link>http://opfrontdoor.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/will-the-op-town-board-act-promptly-on-the-minutes-issue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I guess we&#8217;ll find out - at the scheduled Town Board meeting to be held Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at 7:00 PM.
Numerous concerned citizens will speak out loud and clear during &#8220;Business From the Floor&#8221; and give the Board an ear-full about the secretive and &#8221;unilateral&#8221; actions of the OP Town Clerk to minimize information provided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Infamous &#8220;Northern Gateway Moratorium/Overlay Committee&#8221; Comes Out of the Closet</title>
		<link>http://opfrontdoor.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/the-infamous-northern-gateway-moratoriumoverlay-committee-comes-out-of-the-closet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what&#8217;s your favorite &#8216;ol saying regarding &#8220;patience&#8221;?
&#8220;Patience is a virtue.&#8221;
Or, &#8220;Good things come to those who wait.&#8221;
Or, &#8220;Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience.&#8221;
Or, &#8220;Patience is the companion of wisdom.&#8221;
Or,  &#8220;Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.&#8221;
Or, perhaps, &#8221;Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.&#8221;
Whatever [...]]]></description>
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