tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post2378388849887309240..comments2024-03-12T04:15:32.560-04:00Comments on middletowneye: The army training facility, where will it stop?Middletown Eye (Ed McKeon)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15825886539128890014noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-2308287362487948562008-07-27T11:27:00.000-04:002008-07-27T11:27:00.000-04:00This is an excellent essay. It is from the heart a...This is an excellent essay. It is from the heart and from the head. I hope it is widely read. Copies should be sent to the Planning Department, the City Council,the Mayor and the Chamber of Commerce. I could not have said it better myself! Thank you.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03281992191127498445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-65623001481442181892008-07-26T18:57:00.000-04:002008-07-26T18:57:00.000-04:00For our leaders to decry the site on Boardman Lane...For our leaders to decry the site on Boardman Lane on conservation issues and applaud their own recipe for conservation disaster on River Road is well, hypocritical. Equally repellent is the enlistment of the Westfield Residents’ efforts as a Bully Pulpit to promote the City’s selected site which has not received one iota of public scrutiny. Is it a valuable piece of Industrial Land that is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-46813698307035261432008-07-26T16:17:00.000-04:002008-07-26T16:17:00.000-04:00Fishmuscle, you are the man! No one is well served...Fishmuscle, you are the man! No one is well served by the location of the Army base in Middletown. Not the City of Middletown, despite the reprehensible tactic of attempting to further a flawed development plan in Maromas, not any of the citizens wherever they live who would face even higher taxes to make up for the Army's demand for City services, and not the Army who deserves an excellent site Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-23671830518610774772008-07-25T18:43:00.000-04:002008-07-25T18:43:00.000-04:00I hope the governor finally involves herself and w...I hope the governor finally involves herself and works to get the facility better locaed in a place where it can connect to a local economy and re-use a brownfield.<BR/><BR/>Please read the article I wrote in this coming Sunday's Commentary section of the Hartford Courant (July 27), suggesting two sites in New Britain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-78301308878072915272008-07-25T12:17:00.000-04:002008-07-25T12:17:00.000-04:00The military base would take money out of the pock...The military base would take money out of the pocket of the taxpayer with is exemption from taxation. The base is not an entity that will create business for restaurants, or any of other type of enterprise here-really let's be serious. These men & women are not on holiday. The government has pre- set national contracts for food service, plumbers, maintenance, etc and the illusion that Madam Nirvana (Molly Salafia)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05840486501108960299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-43273286814471352892008-07-25T11:44:00.000-04:002008-07-25T11:44:00.000-04:00ECONOMIC BOON ??? Does anyone realize that when th...ECONOMIC BOON ??? Does anyone realize that when the reservist come to use a facility for the weekend they are there to WORK. They often cannot have outside contact. They aren't going to be strolling the streets sampling fine cuisine on Main Street, playing laser tag, buying toys, or going vegan grocery shopping! Thats why its 1 weekend a month 2 weeks a year because the program is compact!! They Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-10766574712346573002008-07-25T11:39:00.000-04:002008-07-25T11:39:00.000-04:00The only reason why the Westfield Residents do not...The only reason why the Westfield Residents do not want this back yard is the old NIMBY excuse.. South Middletown always gets the "unsightly" resolutions and enough is enough. Anyone remember when the state finally condemned the Village projects? The reason why it should not go on the Aircraft Rd. site is because its polluted- it was done so by the GOVERNMENT. A private business would Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com