Lofty goals, Black Dirt and Star Trek

To the editor: Before voting on the three-quarter of one percent transfer tax on real property in November, it might behoove everyone to consider the real motivations behind the Warwick “Smart” Growth Alliance’s and their underlings’ drive for this added tax. Two instructive presentations by charter members of the alliance are found on their Web page (www.warwicksga.org). Here are two glimmering jewels of interest: Dr. Richard Hull’s presentation informs us that “individuals and families have” “surrendered their development rights” (surrender he says) fulfilling the alliance’s “lofty goals?” Seymour Gordon’s presentation enlightens us as to what those “lofty goals” are with this jewel. The increasing scarcity of fossil fuels and the sharply increased cost carries an ominous message regarding a secure supply of food - that comes to us from thousands of miles away. And it comes to us only through the huge consumption of gasoline and diesel fuel. Industrial farming, that uses vast amounts of natural gas to produce fertilizer - the huge diesel tractors and diesel powered irrigation pumps on farms - and the trucking industry - that burns tens of millions of gallons of diesel fuel to bring food to market - will eventually be confronted with dry wells and dry fuel pumps? I want to assure us the utmost of food security right here. With about 6,000 acres of Black Dirt - plus my goal of preserving 4,000 acres of upland farms - we can produce a great mix of vegetable crops, fruit, milk and livestock for meat. Warwick can have a food self-sufficiency, plus an economic boost from agriculture that can be most enviable and a source of food supply safety. This is not some wild nightmare - not some outrageous speculation? Huh? Let me read that again. Better yet: Beam me up, Scotty! Stan Mocarsky Warwick