In today's New Haven Register, there is an article that explains that West Haven officials have approached UI to look at the Bayer Site.Ironically, I was just saying this to someone the other day. UI was looking at the West River Crossing site - but this might be an even better place for them to house their head quarters - 125 acres! If they come to town, earlier reports said it would be about $4M to us in taxes...
According to an article in today's Westport News, Sandy Point in West Haven is named as one of the stewardship sites that would benefit from the $25 million of federal funding. However, the Long Sound Stewardship Act still must be signed by President Bush.According to the article:It is a bill authorizing $25 million in federal funding annually to further the goals of an initiative that includes purchasing land and development rights to properties along the Sound.(...) Linked to the Senate action, environmental officials from Connecticut, New York and the federal government have agreed to designate 33 areas along the Sound's coastline as ecological or recreational assets needing restoration, protection and research -- with 17 of them in Connecticut. They have established a committee to oversee spending $6 million to restore coastal and river habitats on both sides of the Sound.The surprising wording above is about the "purchasing land and development rights" - I'm not certain that
... ok, it's a long shot, and depends upon Bethany not keeping the manufacturer of ceramic tile and stone installation systems who has been doing business there for 50 years. Basically, a proposal to offer competitive tax incentives to area businesses has been proposed in a unanimous vote by the Board of Selectman; ultimately this must be approved at a town meeting, and the Board of Finance must approve the incentives on a business by business basis, which I suspect it is likely to do for a business of this longevity.However, Laticrete is/was looking at West Haven as an alternative. From an Orange Bulletin article:"Laticrete came to me because it wanted to expand and was looking at other areas specifically the Bayer site in West Haven and Progress Industrial Park in Waterbury because those sites are close to major highways," [First Selectwoman Derrylyn] Gorski said."Those towns were offering them tax incentives of a 50 percent abatement for five years. We're offering them 30 perce
An article about the 2006 Firefighters Convention in yesterday's Valley Gazette makes mention that next year's convention will be held in West Haven... I wonder who PAYS for that? This year's hosts are Ansonia, Derby AND Shelton... I guess because we have 3 separate departments, they won't need to team up with anyone... sigh. I guess I should look forward to the parade...
We went to the West Haven, CT tax rally last night; we were astonished to hear that:The Mayor of West Haven doesn't own property in West HavenThe former Superintendent of schools, Paul Tortora, was given a pension worth something to the effect of 80% of his $140,000+ salary after only working as superintendent for 4 years. [NOTE: Further research has revealed that Mr. Tortora has worked for the school system for 30+ years - our apologies to Mr. Tortora, who clearly has earned his dues.]That because our educational budget has been slashed, that we are going to pay 6-figure penalties to the state of Connecticut (Why not spend this money on our kids - our future - instead of giving this money to the state of Connecticut?Are these statements rumors or propaganda? Truthfully, we don't know... yet.If West Haven has financial problems, sure, we have to fix them. But we CANNOT do this in one year. I look up and down the streets, and roughly 20-25% of our town appears to be up for sale
A 2/22/07 article from the New Haven Register makes it clear that West Haven will not be able to send waste to New Haven as an alternative. In fact, studies show that our best option is to keep our current technology and contracts with neighboring towns. Why not increase the fees to the towns to help cover the necessary renovations?As posted on LowerWestHavenTaxes.blogspot.com.
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