Let me go on the record as saying I agree with Brad Andersohn's fee structure..decision.
I have been living in an area that a handful of people (and companies) have contributed by in large to the growth and success of the community/town. It has been painful to see new businesses open and succeed having not paid the dues of the forefathers. Their predecessors cleared the timber, and leveled the fields for their proprietary. Only to have a new generation question why we didn't plan for an airport instead of a school. The new businesses that say why join the chamber of commerce that is an old fashion medium and lacks relevance. Well I'm here to tell you the Chamber of commerce put this place on the map, and the company that turned a bankrupt paper mill into a shopping mall lost a lot of money in the first few years, because the plan was long term and the new tenants will benefit from the prior sweat and long hours of planning that went into it.
The pioneers were able to establish a homestead interest in the land they staked out the hard part was to get there and make the property tillable, find a crop that would grow and survive meager beginnings.
When it was easier to see the west by train, there was no stopping the population shift, but by then if you wanted land you had to buy it. You were no longer a pioneer you were riding mass transit with established routes and know destinations.
I attend a lot of planning board meetings in my town, and listen while applicants try to convince the board that they shouldn't have to adhere the the new set backs because the neighbor is closer to the boundary line. The answer is largely the same the rules have changed and the abutter was there first, he had complied with all the current requirements and has done his part for commerce and community before you arrived. Some may say what I hear in these meetings ..you have yours and are trying to keep us from getting ours, no that's not true you can pay to have the same set up we have..or you are welcome to go somewhere that still has no costs.
It's your choice you can settle where the roads are paved or go where there is no traffic and no rules.
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