To the Editor:

Doesn’t anyone proofread the articles before they are published?

In the Sept. 20 edition, commentary regarding the Knox Town Board deciding to wait before sending its proposed multi-use recreational district to the Albany County Planning Board [news story posted Sept. 14, 2018: “Knox will wait before sending MRD to county”], there are numerous instances of improper phraseology, failure to capitalize designations, and some serious knowledge errors.

First, the proposed district is at the intersection of routes 156 and 157, not at routes 146 and 156, which do not intersect. Note the use of the route designation instead of just the numbers. Second, Knox is a New York State town and its town board should be addressed with capital letters instead of a lower-case letters when referring to its board. Ditto the use of a capital “S” when referring to the supervisor. Ditto to the town’s planning board and zoning board of appeals!

Then there is the issue of the town’s comprehensive plan and the supervisor’s comment that the Knox comprehensive plan does not need to be updated. The comprehensive plan is the document that represents the consensus of the residents of the town of Knox on how the town should be organized and represents at least 20 years of hard work adding to and modifying the plan to address issues that concern the residents of the town.

In addition, the town spent a significant amount of money to obtain the advice of a very qualified planning expert to provide guidance to the numerous town residents who volunteered their time making changes and adding to the depth of the Knox Comprehensive Plan. Bringing it up to date is the right thing to do.

Robert Price

Knox

Editor’s note: Robert Price is a longtime member of the Knox Planning Board. He is right about our incorrectly typing Route 146, and we have made the correction, both in print and online.

The Enterprise uses Associated Press style for capitalization and punctuation so there are no corrections there. Also, the news story had no “knowledge errors.”