Betrayal of public trust with Paley Farm project

Letter to the editor

When the state of Connecticut bought the development rights of the old Paley farm it was with the understanding that all non-farming developments are excluded and the 184 acres remain as open farmland, as a portion of that quintessential public asset called landscape. Allowing the building of a multimillion-dollar mansion with a long driveway, a pool and presumably a correspondingly large lawn and garden is a betrayal of the public, as would be any even small development unrelated to farming. Protected open land has so far saved the Sharon countryside and private money should not be able to carve out development rights for hilltop mansions I hope the DOA decision gets overturned.

Fritz Mueller

Sharon

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