From Girard at Large Radio Blog:
“We do not believe you and we are not stupid.”
“That’s what Pinardville resident and Plan Pinardville opponent Gaetane Benner wrote in a letter to Plan Pinardville ad hoc committee member Tony Marts. Marts, a local attorney who has been involved in several Goffstown development projects, issued a letter on Tuesday defending his participation on the ad hoc committee overseeing the development of the controversial master plan. Benner challenged Marts’ representation that he’d only been marginally involved in development activity citing his involvement in the mixed use development involving Rite Aide and a swath of low income housing developed by Greater Manchester Neighborworks along Mast Road. She also wrote that his name was all over the documents on the controversial Moose Club apartment development that’s building forty eight apartment units in Pinardville. Benner also wrote that eliminating the residential neighborhoods from the zoning proposal was quote just another attempt to fool us end quote. She believes that if Mast Road is developed as proposed, traffic pressures will force bypass roads to be built and lead to the takings of back yards to create alleyways as envisioned in the plan. We’ve posted Benner’s letter with this newscast at Girard at Large. It’s an interesting read of the various issues the neighbors have with the plan. We’ve also reposted Marts’ letter.
In a related matter, our friends at GoffstownToday.com are publishing a five part series on the proposed plans and members of the ad hoc committee. They’ve raised some interesting points and questions, not the least of which are the conflicts of interest that may exist between members of the ad hoc committee and the intentions of the proposed plan.”
In our opinion, this is what every town should be doing to put an end to this GSF nonsense in their towns, and we commend Girard and Wynne for taking this on.