Editorial on the Comprehensive Plan

By Max Lent

Every Webster resident should read Webster's Comprehensive Plan.  It was created in 2000 and clearly lays out a plan for the future of Webster.  Every time I read it, I am inspired about Webster could become.  Unfortunately, the Town of Webster Government has not enacted many of the most important parts of its plan.

Cathryn C. Thomas, Webster Town Supervisor responded to an inquiry about the Comprehensive Plan with the following statement:

"The plan is just that – a plan. There are no penalties for anyone not following the plan. Once a plan like this is adopted, the Town puts in place (or often amends) ordinances to go along with the Plan."

The problem is that the Town has not "put in place or amended ordinances to go along with the plan" on many important issues.

Among Town of Webster officials, there seems to be some confusion about what the Town of Webster Comprehensive Plan is or why it exists.  Some officials didn't even know that it existed, hopefully, because of the confusion about its title.