DirtyJobsGuy
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Re:Public Hearing - Zoning Commission- Dorset Crosssing - 2008/07/22 10:13
I wasn't at the hearing, but it sounds like the applicant's lawyers let everybody know that if the Commission doesn't follow the law they would respond with a law suit.
Simsbury has a reputation for being anti-business because the boards and commissions often do not follow the law and their own procedures. Mary Glassman seems clueless on this.
The Zoning Board does not get to pick what business gets to build or what benefit acrues to the town. The property owner still owns the property (at least we would like to think so).
It is only right that they expect the board to follow the rules and reject an application only because it does not meet those rules or that the request for change is unreasonable.
I've been in a lot of developing countries and the residents would love to have the Rule of Law we have in the USA. It is the thing that has made us well off with a stable democracy. Property rights are a central cornerstone of that Rule of Law.
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