tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post135784484077002371..comments2024-03-12T04:15:32.560-04:00Comments on middletowneye: Catherine Johnson in the Courant on the Army Reserve Training CenterMiddletown Eye (Ed McKeon)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15825886539128890014noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-11402770073543704952008-07-28T15:19:00.000-04:002008-07-28T15:19:00.000-04:00The Army does not answer to the City of Middletown...The Army does not answer to the City of Middletown. No matter how many referenda or resolutions are invoked, they do not apply to the Army. The Army will listen and take the expression of the will of the City and Citizens into consideration but is under no obligation to respond in any way other than to forward its mission to implement BRAC 2005 and establish an AFRC in the City of Middletown. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-19563589510996099722008-07-28T10:44:00.000-04:002008-07-28T10:44:00.000-04:00"What is really going on here? It’s anti-Army bias..."What is really going on here? It’s anti-Army bias. This is not a mental hospital or a prison. This is a facility that is a part of the basis of national security of the country."<BR/><BR/>Anti army my ass... build it in YOUR backyard then...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-73046286701426887472008-07-27T23:09:00.000-04:002008-07-27T23:09:00.000-04:00It is ridiculous how people are saying that this s...It is ridiculous how people are saying that this shouldn't be built on a farm or pristine land. The place is zoned industrial. If some plastic injection factory with more employees than the Army, was going to build on the site the city would be giving it tax incentives, water and sewer. What is really going on here? It’s anti-Army bias. This is not a mental hospital or a prison. This is a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-26372035452486068572008-07-27T15:03:00.000-04:002008-07-27T15:03:00.000-04:00Would the major and common council have the courag...Would the major and common council have the courage to ask the citizens of Middletown to vote in a referendum on whether the Army should build its military base in our town? Four years ago, the citizens of Middletown were asked to vote on whether a high school for its children should be built on land that many considered to be unsuitable. It was resoundingly defeated. How would the citizens Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-22675999170748175052008-07-27T12:59:00.000-04:002008-07-27T12:59:00.000-04:00This is just too smart to have any chance of succe...This is just too smart to have any chance of success. Unfortunately, it is not only the Army Corps of Engineers that has not gotten the message about smart growth. Middletown's City leadership has taken an anti-smart growth stance, welcoming the Army as part of its tunnel-visioned, sprawl proliferating, open-space destroying partner in stupid growth. Most recently the City , not-surprisingly, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com