Ms. Rosenthal's and other let­ters to the editor regarding the Eagle River Station development give a concise history of this long, drawn-out and much­decried chain of events.

It should have been very clear to the Eagle Town Board long ago that the majority opinion in Eagle is against this project. Con­sidering the current economic atmosphere, despite what we read in the newspapers (read: government mouthpieces) about the economic crisis being behind us, any further attempt to foist this lunacy on the public should simply be cut off at the roots.

Most of the people in govern­ment who are in favor of it are the very people who, as various people have correctly pointed out, were adamantly opposed to the Gateway project and the Adams Rib development project. Or they just don't know what the real truth is. Even a dense country bumpkin like myself can see that they are simply using the ERS project as a way to make up, monetarily, for poor decision­making in regard to those previ­ous opportunities.

While I'm certain that local construction industry would welcome the work, should it be approved, it will be years away. RED has three to six years just to sit on it if they choose, plus RED has proven in the recent past not to use much local labor anyway, so why would they start with this project?

No to ERS.

Buddy Doll, Eagle