64 South Elm Street – Merrigan’s Rabbit Hutches
Here is a story about a corrupt local development company and the Windsor Locks Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC). This is dense, but less so than reading all of the court briefs. It is intended to put all of the information out there in perpetuity as a record of how things are done […]
Will taxpayers pick up the bill for Merrigan’s sewage?
Short version A few weeks ago, in the public hearing regarding 64 South Elm Street, Merrigan was allowed to use his previous sewer approval instead of getting a new approval for this new application. This is important, because new, troubling information has been discovered in the interim. The Planning & Zoning Commission approved this zone […]
The existence of Uber does not mean everything is transit-oriented development!
It turns out that our Planning & Zoning Commission doesn’t understand the basics of smart growth and transit-oriented development. At a public hearing last week, two members implied that everywhere in town fits the definition because we have a senior shuttle. Numerous residents (in letters and in person) spent most of two public hearing sessions […]