She’s got that right

1.7-acre lot, 86 units, 60 market rate, 26 units “affordable” for recent Harvard graduates currently living with their mommy in the back country

In a letter published in Greenwich Free Press today, Tara Restieri outlines the new gold rush developers have discovered: the already existing 8-30g law and the proposed Transportation Oriented Development law, both designed to override local zoning laws and impose multi-family development “as of right”.

Restieri makes many good points, but I was particularly struck by this paragraph:

In a recent article, an advocate of both 8-30g and TOD development made the following statement; “this bill (HB5429) would mean those towns would have to give something back to Connecticut — if only allowing some new neighbors in to share the quality of life they’ve been hoarding.” I hope everyone reading this takes time to let those words sink in. I found them insulting. “Those towns” like Greenwich and other Fairfield County communities “give back” on an annual basis by contributing almost half of the state’s tax revenues since 2004.