Sportsman , boaters, kayakers the town of esopus has restricted the use of the sleighsburgh ramp for all of us. There is a group of us that have been fighting these new restrictions for over a year now. There are 2-3 local residents complaining (lying) to the town that there are drug deals, drinking parties, and other stuff going on at the ramp so the town put restrictions on the hours of use. All of these allegations have been proven false through help of the sheriffs and the ramp was opened again 24 /7 as it should be in April only to be shut down again a week after it opened because of the 2-3 local residents lying again on other made up items & once again these items were proven false with the help of the sheriff again but the town has not lifted the restrictions. These people have been complaining since the ramp was built in the late 90's and past supervisors have told them they don't dictate the ramp hours . This new supervisor will not do this so we need more people who use the ramp fight with us. Next week there is a meeting again to try to resolve this issue (Aug 5) . If any of you use the ramp or know people that use it let them know and come to this meeting. See attached. If you can't make the meeting send an e mail to the address on the attached meeting notice to support the ramp being open 24/7. If you want to see the history on this fight go to the striper section and look of Sleightsburgh ramp. I hope some of you step up and support other sportsman. This ramp was paid for through grants from the DEC through fees from all of our hunting / fishing licenses. Thanks
