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chu
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I hope the town fathers and the voters don't allow this to happen. There is no town that has allowed commercial use of their land and realized a drop in their taxes, the taxes continue to go up and the residents are stuck with the big box store, an eye sore.
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Skippy
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Wal-Mart increased crime in my town, That was a smart move! Wal-Mart attracts alot of scum.
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Konnecticut_Bett er_yet
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chu wrote: I hope the town fathers and the voters don't allow this to happen. There is no town that has allowed commercial use of their land and realized a drop in their taxes, the taxes continue to go up and the residents are stuck with the big box store, an eye sore. the town fathers and voters already sealed the deal. They want to stand by and allow the legislature to do absolutely nothing about the tax structure or overhauling education cost sharing, all the while taxing everything and everyone they can to death, this is what you get. The state keeps piling on the unfunded mandates and the towns keeeeep rolling over for them. You get what you vote for.
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GO MIDDLEFIELD
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Grab all you can...It is all crap and junk along the way. So is this whole State and its corruption and socialist control. Don't forget the Unions.
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Haddam Resident
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Why can't anyone realize that most of civilized America use sewers - what is the big evil?
I do agree that this will not "reduce" taxes. The legislature will just take more and then the vicious cycle starts.
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Rockfall Jeff
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That area has turned into a major roadway from Meriden to Middletown ... it would be a good idea for some controlled development
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middlefield
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great, I already know what happened to Canton when they allowed their development to go in. It destroyed that town! I don't want to see the same thing happening here!
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Ken
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At what point in time do towns realize that too much developmente is just that? Look around you people, how many places do you need to buy the same things.
For my part, Wall St. is to blame. In their endless pursuit of high rates of return, to generate their own revenues and their own fat profits and equally fat bonuses, they will pillage and plunder the countryside of Amerika. The result is suburban sprawl.
Prediction - in 15 years we will have suburban blight on a scale never before imagined.
Short term gain for long term pain.... who's next.
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Joe
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This is exactly why how towns are selling their souls in the name of "economic development". Who thought economic development was synonymous with with large expanses of unused pavement, painted concrete block structures, and low paying jobs. If this brought in so much tax revenue, why are the taxes in Manchester and Berlin still high?
We need property tax reform now, so towns are still able to keep their identities and not become slaves to corporate America
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Pinky
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GO MIDDLEFIELD wrote: Grab all you can...It is all crap and junk along the way. So is this whole State and its corruption and socialist control. Don't forget the Unions. Yeah, that's it. The socialism and the unions, the cause of all of our problems, from the Iraq war to gas prices to corruption in the highest state offices. Wow, you are an IDIOT.
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SRIB
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Joe wrote: This is exactly why how towns are selling their souls in the name of "economic development". Who thought economic development was synonymous with with large expanses of unused pavement, painted concrete block structures, and low paying jobs. If this brought in so much tax revenue, why are the taxes in Manchester and Berlin still high?
We need property tax reform now, so towns are still able to keep their identities and not become slaves to corporate America Actually, compared to other towns in hartford county, Manchester has relatively lower taxes given the services the town provides.
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Observer
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Aside from the water and sewer issues, Jimmie D's place is a great spot to 'poke around' and pick up something for the yard or your home. Great guy to talk to and do business with, as well. Give it a look sometime!!
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Iron Sheik
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middlefield wrote: great, I already know what happened to Canton when they allowed their development to go in. It destroyed that town! I don't want to see the same thing happening here! How the heck is Canton destroyed? There are a few new strip malls on an already traveled road. The Shops added little headache while bringing in tax dollars. And if the excuse is that they destroyed the small businesses, the answer is the small businesses must not be good enough if they can't compete
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Nino Brown
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Iron Sheik wrote: <quoted text>
How the heck is Canton destroyed? There are a few new strip malls on an already traveled road. The Shops added little headache while bringing in tax dollars.
And if the excuse is that they destroyed the small businesses, the answer is the small businesses must not be good enough if they can't compete That can't be the excuse her because on that stretch of road there in NO business
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Nope
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The state spent years and millions of dollars recreating RT 66 from the 91/691 junction. This has been the game plan all along- to develop Middlefield.
It's up the voters to STOP the rampant development. There's already a Walmart about 10 minutes away from there. There's already a Home Depot 3 minutes away. Do you want that area to look like the Berlin Turnpike? do we need to buy more crap we don't need?
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get your kicks on
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so everyone complained that 66 was slow, that it took a long time to drive from meriden to middletown or vice versa. so the state dropped millions of dollars on widening the road so everyone could get where they were going faster. now middlefield wants to burden the road and its drivers with a strip of commercial buildings and driveways which will have the net effect of slowing down traffic. what a joke!
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Konnecticut_Bett er_yet
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Nope wrote: The state spent years and millions of dollars recreating RT 66 from the 91/691 junction. This has been the game plan all along- to develop Middlefield.
It's up the voters to STOP the rampant development. There's already a Walmart about 10 minutes away from there. There's already a Home Depot 3 minutes away. Do you want that area to look like the Berlin Turnpike? do we need to buy more crap we don't need? Exactly. There is the mall and heavy development in Meriden, and middletown is just one giant strip mall--10, 20 minutes in either direction--all the shopping you'll need. SO more of the same is NEEDED in between the two towns? It's not needed to meet any consumer demand. It is needed for the towns to pay their bills in one of the highest taxed states in the country, not counting the insane property taxes needed to keep up with unfunded mandates from the state and the unions. Property tax. Sales tax. gas tax. income tax. vehicle tax. Nickel and dime fees out the wazoo. A mountain of debt. All that revenue, yet every town has to clear and plow under 200+ acres for parking lots and warehouses with pretty signs on them. Then, clog their roads with more traffic after it's all done, which means more blacktop as they widen roads. There has to be a way that's not perpetually retarded. Oooops.. that's asking way too much from ct leadership and voters. Yeah, real bunch of green environmentalists in this state.
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Oh yeaaah
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Geeeeeeeeez....cant some places be left alone and undeveloped??? drive down another mile in Middletown and get what you need right there.
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Duh
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Iron Sheik wrote: <quoted text>
How the heck is Canton destroyed? There are a few new strip malls on an already traveled road. The Shops added little headache while bringing in tax dollars.
And if the excuse is that they destroyed the small businesses, the answer is the small businesses must not be good enough if they can't compete Canton is destroyed because that nice view where the golf course was, is now an ugly mall, the small mom and pop stores can't stay afloat because of these monstrosities come in and PUT them out of business, it's not because they are not good enough, the general population does not support them but support chain stores.
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Cedric
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The same box stores exist everywhere. We are in, or entering a recession. This is a terrible time to start any such project, anywhere even if it were a good idea. And I don't think building more of the same local box stores in every town in Connecticut is a good idea at all. It seems as if developers are "convincing" town officials to buy into this new idea under the guise of lowering taxes and funding their children's local education. These scare tactics are constantly used to pass these type of projects, and unfortunately, they work.
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