To the Editor:
One of your readers wrote to WestportNow to inform us that: [he] “awoke this morning (March 30, 2004) to the sound of bulldozers and backhoes…” He then goes on to state that the “mindset” of Fairfield County politicians should change so that such wanton destruction of historic places should not occur.
What he fails to mention is that what should also change is the mindset of Fairfield Country businessmen like John Nelson of Paragon Realty. Mr. Nelson wants to build 330 condos on 56 acres of wetlands, vernal pools and forests in “far away” Middlebury, CT.
A disregard for history and nature is not a mindset limited to a specific area of Connecticut but rather it is a symptom of current business practices in Connecticut. Such practices condone destruction of any property which is out of the immediate sight of the perpetrator.
Your reader should realize that the answer to Fairfield County’s problem is not to send the bulldozers out of town to us but to convince men like John Nelson that some things are sacred and such destruction should cease no matter where it takes place.
Please don’t send your bulldozers here to Middlebury, CT.
Pat DeAngelis
Middlebury, CT 06762
