The Connecticut Post reports: A federal judge gave the green light Monday for the sale of the Army Engine Plant to Hollywood East and the transfer of a nearby acre of land to Bridgeport and the Federal Aviation Administration for the extension of a safety zone at Sikorsky Memorial Airport.
Senior U.S. District Judge Charles S. Haight Jr. lifted his April-imposed stays and denied what some say was a desperate political attempt by Stratford Republicans to throw a wrench into the impending sale. That attempt surfaced in the form of a motion to intervene filed by Kevin Kelly and Garrett A. Denniston on behalf of the Stratford Water Pollution Control Authority, which claims a portion of their sanitary sewer system would be rendered inaccessible if Bridgeport receives the acre.
Stratford Mayor James Miron agreed the effort was "without question a political attempt by (Stratford's) Republican leadership to obstruct the progress we have made at all costs. Thankfully, it didn't work."
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Forget Miron he did the best he could but needless to say his time in the mayors seat is history. Stratford needs to stop low income housing, improve our city's service to home owners and make quality education/schools a priority as it impacts our children and the value of each of our homes. Our town borders on being a dumping ground for the un-wanted and non productive if we are not diligent about preserving and maintaining what we have. We have a beautiful historic charming town that is negatively impacted by incompetent economic and housing development. In addition to lack of city ordinances that allow home owners to cut up a single family home and divide it into 6 rentals thereby destroying the character of our town. This ignorance leads to over crowding of our streets with cars, noise, and individuals who do not own homes but rent rooms... If I wanted to live in a community of middle aged apartment dwellers who rent rooms I would not have chosen Stratford to raise my family in! Somehow town officials don't see this... If you can not afford to keep your home sell it! Do not subject our town to desperate individuals seeking room rentals. I am empathetic and am all for helping people but not at my neighbors expense. These individuals should go to a shelter or an apartment complex that was designed for such not our bedroom community. In addition, these homeowners owners many of which are earning tax free income on these rentals why I pay a lot of money in taxes to live in this community. Wake Up Stratford!!! Economic development should focus on quality shops with health conscious attitudes such as whole foods or boutique grocers such as trader joes who have stellar reputations in the community. Enough of the bargain basement shoping town of wall mart,marshals Dollar stores etc.... When is someone in this town going take pride in developing it. The Shakespeare theater is a joke.. Tear it down and put up a recreational facility for our children put a man made lake there with benches and trees for the community to enjoy.. Greta Garbo is not coming back and theater goers go to Broadway... We can't even sell out tickets at our other theater in town stop wasting time and money on this like you have for the last 20 years.... Its time Stratford stops striving to find itself and begins focusing on defining itself as Fairfield county's up and coming best kept secret. Mayor Harkins I hope has the same attitude but he is only a small part of the picture. Town members must demand a change and stop looking the other way.
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