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Thursday, March 20, 1986, p. 7.
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Manchester votes for a referendum

By TOM RUE


HONESDALE -- On May 16, residents of Manchester Township will have an opportunity to express their opinion at the ballot box on whether the township should cooperate with the National Park Service (NPS) efforts to assist in the management of the Upper Delaware River.

A revised question, submitted at March 13th meetings of the Wayne County Commissioners and Board of Elections, will appear on the ballot as follows: Should Manchester Township enter into, or cooperate with NPS through contractual agreements and management plan? Yes/No.

Attorney Warren Schloesser, who drafted the question at the request of the Manchester supervisors, cautioned on last Friday that the referendum may or may not be binding on the township.

At the same meeting, Rolf Beck of RD 1, Beach Lake, president of the Independent Landowners Association, presented the commissioners with a "Fact Sheet" he had prepared detailing points of interest in the present draft of the Upper Delaware River Management Plan. The flyer claims that "Home rule cannot be preserved and protection against condemnation cannot be achieved under the present legislation by means of any management plan, no matter whether it is written by us or the NPS."

Saying that the plan is a fraud, Beck reportedly told the commissioners, "There's nothing you can do but tell them [NPS] to take a walk."

The Wayne Independent quoted Commissioner Robert Carmody as saying, "Something tells me the voters in a few weeks will tell them to do the same thing."

Contacted Monday, Chief Clerk Reg Wayman said that the voters would express themselves at the polls and declined to comment.

Beck reportedly told the commissioners that groups opposing the plan are mounting "a massive public relations campaign." and that he expects groups which support the plan to do the same thing.

In other business, the commissioners voted to replace smoke alarms at the Wayne County Group Home, at a cost ol $1931; and awarded a contract for repair of the Galloway Bridge in Manchester Township to E. Soden & Sons, with a low bid of $11,976.

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