I encourage any one that has the same opinion as I to copy the following letter and mail it to the following addresses:

vrobinson@ci.syracuse.ny.us ; wryan@ci.syracuse.ny.us ; kcallahan@ci.syracuse.ny.us; sminer@ci.syracuse.ny.us; phogan@ci.syracuse.ny.us ; jdefrancisco@ci.syracuse.ny.us ; rmcmahon@ci.syracuse.ny.us ;  tseals@ci.syracuse.ny.us ; wsimmons@ci.syracuse.ny.us

Please sign the letter as yourself.  I have sent this letter to the editor of the syracuse post standard as well.

Letter Follows===>

City Councilors

City of Syracuse

Syracuse, NY

To The Councilors of the City of Syracuse,

Re:  Vote to appeal decision handed down from Judge Centro regarding the Destiny Settlement.

Dear Councilors,

It has become quite evident from your actions that you do not have the best interest of the City of Syracuse at heart.  You have embarked on a path which, in the long run, will only lead to a larger deficit for the city budget and decline in the development opportunities offered this city.

You claim that the “silent majority” are not speaking up against the project.  This may be complacency on their part.  I am here to tell you that the not so silent majority are taking an active interest in the city and do want this project and others to proceed for the betterment of the City of Syracuse.

It is stated in the Declaration of Independence as follows:

“Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness”

I would keep this in mind as you are aware that actions which jeopardize the City will not and do not sit well with the “consent of the governed”.  If you continue down this obstinate path of fighting a developer based on personal beliefs or dislikes of that developer and you continue to obstruct the progress of development within the city, you can only draw one conclusion from your actions.  Your obvious political motivations are doing you no favors and it is time to stand up to Albany and fight for progress in this City.

Signed

Benjamin Bibik

Member of

“The not so silent majority”