Young, Giglio Fighting to Keep Park Open
By ANNE HOLLIDAY WESB/WBRR News Director Hundreds of people showed up for a rally in Allegany State Park in an effort to show Governor David Paterson the park shouldn't close. State Senator Cathy Young said the fact that people from Canada, Buffalo and Pennsylvania attended the rally "shows how widespread the support is." She also noted that last week she started the Save Allegany State Park Facebook page. At the time of the rally she said 9,140 people had joined. As of this posting, the number is up to 9,247. Young said volunteers have been going door to door with petitions in favor of keeping the park open and "hundreds and hundreds" of people have signed. Many people at the rally signed a petition that was there. All of this support really helps us when we go to Albany," Young said, "and we'll let the governor know that closing our parks is not the right thing to do." Young told WESB and The HERO that she's cautiously optimistic about ...
