Middletown Wasn't Given A Choice

I think Middletown should be happy that it is not a big box store. More traffic? Won't these people need to live nearby? Won' t these people need to buy food, eat lunch, pick up milk on the way home? I think indirectly this will add to the economy. At least its not a noise making, air polluting factory. I think if people need to worry about the open space in Middletown, they should be all upset about the huge chunk of trees and land that look like sh*t that is being destroyed right on the river by the old felspar mine. Talk about destroying the landscape....How come no one has said a thing about that ecological eye sore?

Ann Theresa wrote:

I think Middletown should be happy that it is not a big box store.

How shortsighted. At least a box store would pay taxes. You obviously aren't aware of the number of properties already in Middletown that do not pay taxes to the City. Weslyan, CT Valley Hospital, CT Juvenile Training School...all use a lot of land and pay taxes to the State, not the City. This year there is a question of how much of a reimbursment Middletown will get from the State for those properties, and based on the State deficit, those funds may be reduced. The City is also opening a new high school next year. Add a new tax-exempt federal facility and the burden on Middletown's residents will be even more burdensome. I don't want more people buying milk in town if my mill rate goes up.

well i hope are elected officials do there jobs ,like they promised.

that was behind closed doors and should of been allegal

Ann Theresa wrote:

I think Middletown should be happy that it is not a big box store. More traffic? Won't these people need to live nearby? Won' t these people need to buy food, eat lunch, pick up milk on the way home? I think indirectly this will add to the economy. At least its not a noise making, air polluting factory. I think if people need to worry about the open space in Middletown, they should be all upset about the huge chunk of trees and land that look like sh*t that is being destroyed right on the river by the old felspar mine. Talk about destroying the landscape....How come no one has said a thing about that ecological eye sore?

how come they didn't protect white rock,a very unique piece of geography.people are just getting stupid and lazy to see what is going on around them.wake up stupid

higganum boy wrote:

how come they didn't protect white rock,a very unique piece of geography.people are just getting stupid and lazy to see what is going on around them.wake up stupid

What the hell are you on ?

ct yankee wrote:

<quoted text>What the hell are you on ?

your mama

it's such a scam the reserves want to put an army base in maromas.westfield section is the better place due to it's proximity and closeness to major highways and urban areas.it's not a feasable location .middletown and state officials said they would stop it.DEP said they had a special emergency fund to buy the property .now lets see if delauro and byzewisz can keep their promise.

The city and the army say for public consumption that the army picked the Freeman Road site from a topographical map and that no one in the city administration or the chamber of commerce directed them to that site. What is also implausible is the current claim that the army is now choosing a site on its own and that the city government won't know what it is until there is an announcement in June. It is, however, getting more difficult for the two parties to deny that the city conservation and development director (mostly development) has been taking the army project director around town, that the site has now been chosen, and that the city is now looking for a way to tie that choice to its original (though denied) intention to extend sewers to southern Maromas and to develop that area commercially and industrially.

Again we are reminded of the lack of good planning that pervades this large Army consolidation. If we accept the rationale that a regional consolidation is necessary to achieve the Army's primary objective to modernize to the highest standards of Military Value, it defies logic to consider only one centrally located city, Middletown, rather than to look regionally. Not being a strategist, I cannot say with certainty that a large consolidation is better or worse in terms of Military Value than the previous system of smaller scattered sites. And, I also cannot agree more that the Army needs to be ready to help people effectively should a catastrophe or attack occur. But, I will bet you dollars to doughnuts that there is a far better site for this base, one that would best serve the Army's objective, than within the beleaguered City of Middletown. It is disappointing that no one at any level of government has stepped up to notice that this aspect of BRAC 2005 is just plain foolish.

Ann Theresa wrote:

I think Middletown should be happy that it is not a big box store. More traffic? Won't these people need to live nearby? Won' t these people need to buy food, eat lunch, pick up milk on the way home? I think indirectly this will add to the economy. At least its not a noise making, air polluting factory. I think if people need to worry about the open space in Middletown, they should be all upset about the huge chunk of trees and land that look like sh*t that is being destroyed right on the river by the old felspar mine. Talk about destroying the landscape....How come no one has said a thing about that ecological eye sore?

You make some excellent points. However, one of the potential sites being considered, one of only two recommended by the City of Middletown, is directly adjacent to the currently-under-construction Kleen Energy power generating plant that you have rightly identified as an eyesore at best. To my eye it is a desecration of the landscape and a portent of worse things to come. In my opinion an Army base would be further injurious to Middletown's CT River frontage.