I have seen surveyors on my road all week. While taking a morning run Saturday I ask them what they were doing. They said they were surveying the farmland for the state. They mentioned by name the farmers name. I knew he has been trying to sell the development rights to the state so it could not be taken by eminent domain.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/21/scotus.eminent.domain/index.html
The folks up here have had to fight off a proposed airport, a prison, and a couple of years ago we fought off an industrial park. I was involved in the last one. The newspaper did an editorial in the Sunday paper with a cartoon of "Plain Hill" residents in a bunker with our eyes poking through it, not very flattering, nor was the article. In a nutshell there's an industrial park behind us a bit that is half empty, why build another. But that's a whole nother story.
This afternoon I took a jar of my pickled jalapano peppers and went over to visit Gene. He is a 75 year old farmer that still hays the fields. I was told the agreement is that nothing can be developed for 99 years. While I'm sure he has made quite a few enemies he has made quite a few friends also. I piss and moan about the state of Ct. and rightfully so imho. But I do have a little piece of paradise here. I happen to be very fortunate. Here is the view I will be able to enjoy for years to come instead of looking at a friggin' Walmart.
