Most people in Ramapo, and Rockland, have heard of Preserve Ramapo, an environmental activist group that has morphed into a ballot line, and has spoken out long and loud against the policies of Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher P. St. Lawrence. Preserve Ramapo’s Web site defines the group as “The not so silent majority.” (Personally, I would have hyphenated not-so-silent, but, that’s the old copy editor in me.) Articles posted include “Upset Over School Taxes? Better Take a Closer Look,” that chronicles East Ramapo Schools Superintendent Ira Oustatcher’s salary, and “St. Lawrence’s Protege Files Complaint Against the Police Union, Department, Town, and Fellow Officers,” but an EEOC complaint filed by a Ramapo rookie officer who was raised in the Hasidic community.

Some have questioned what this type of coverage has to do with land use/smart growth/environmentalism—other stories on the Web site include current environmental and land use issues in Ramapo—but the leadership of Preserve Ramapo has been clear about who they are and what they want—mostly St. Lawrence out.

Now, there’s Reserve Ramapo, which defines itself on its Website as “The Majority that does not cry.” Its articles, often signed by “a Reserve Ramapo Staff Writer” though sometimes signed by Yitzchok Schreiber, chronicles the positive happenings in Ramapo (Maple Avenue Project Nears Completion Ahead of Schedule) or the problems with Preserve Ramapo-backed candidate Bruce Levine, who is mounting a Democratic primary challenge against St. Lawrence, (Bruce Levine’s Late Financial Filing Shows Litte Support for His Campaign.)

No big surprise that two groups with very different (diametrically opposed?) points of view would see things so differently. But here’s what’s interesting. Pretty much everyone who follows local politics knows who the chairman of Preserve Ramapo is: Robert Rhodes. He signs letters to the editor that way; he identifies himself when he speaks out at public meetings that way. And if you click the button on Preserve Ramapo that says “Contact Us,” you are referred to the Web site’s editor, Michael Castelluccio.

I couldn’t find and equivalent button on Reserve Ramapo, and a search for Contact Us found nothing. So, besides Yitzchok — and thanks for signing your name — who is Reserve Ramapo? Their graphics, by the way, are quite pretty. Don’t be shy, take credit for your hard work. Everyone deserves a POV.