Tuesday, June 21, 2011

WHIPPLE: Is Costco worth the cost? - The New Britain Herald (newbritainherald.com)

Scott Whipple
Business Scene
Posted by Frank Smith at 21.6.11

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

So Tim O'Brien picks a side of this Costco issue and it isn't on the favorable side. He must have done as much research as possible and feels more voters are opposed.
The position is risky because the Costco issue may be the one defining item on the minds of the voters.

June 21, 2011 at 8:59 AM
Anonymous said...

Tim O just lost the primary if he lasts that long. See you later Timmy boy :)

June 21, 2011 at 1:28 PM
Lou Salvio said...

The Democrat Party of NB - The "PARTY OF NO!".
For the past 8 years, Council Democrats and NB, State legislative Dems have attempted to thwart any positive venuture forwarded by the Stewart administration, designed to stablize or lower property taxes. The Democrats have been aided in their efforts by the DTC Chair. Today's column by S. Whipple conjures up examples from the past as well as those of today. Most often the name of Re. Tim Obrien is linked to their effort.
Rewind to about 5 years ago; the Tilcon Co. came forward with a proposal to buy unused, low level NB watershed property on the city's west side - no water involved - for, $15 million. Homeowners along Wooster St. petitioned O'Brien and the State Sen. Don DeFronzo to squash the proposal they did. Bye bye to $15M for NB.
Rewind to a few years ago. The WalMart store on Farmington Ave in NB is picketed by, among others, you guessed it, Tim O'Brien and a couple of NB Council members, all Dems. Result? WalMart says bye bye to NB.
O'Brien professes to champion property tax reform, more and better jobs and lower taxes. Switch to, today. The COSTCO organization, comes to NB with a proposal. Who jumps in and is leading the fight against the proposal? None other than Mr. property tax reform/jobs/lower taxes guy, Tim O'Brien. But wait, another champion of "NO" has emerged, with the name, DeFronzo. This time it's Alderman Dave DeFronzo (see today's letter to the editor).
Alderman DeFronzo is against the COSTCO proposal, the Aquinas proposal and The CREC proposal for Pinnacle Heights. Goodbye millions in property sales, goodbye to hundreds of thousands in property tax relief, goodbye to hundreds of "good" jobs, ETC.
But of course, it's an election year. The Dems are already plotting to see who will take over as Mayor - everybody knows who the DTC will endorse - and they will be making the same promises they always make. Who will suffer? New Britain taxpayers.

June 21, 2011 at 4:58 PM
Jim Sanders Jr said...

We can't afford to maintain the parks now! Pools will be closed because we can't afford them! " not all" if we say no to costco, then just put a sign at the city limits that says " CITY OF NEW BRITAIN "CLOSED" For all new businesses! Signed the DEMACRATS!

Let every one who is against this be special assessed on there property to compensate for the taxes we will lose if Costco doesn't build here!!!!!!!!!

June 21, 2011 at 5:27 PM
Anonymous said...

Under Dictator Dan the entire state is closed to business, so why should New Britain be any different under the rule of Danny Boy's minions?

June 21, 2011 at 8:32 PM

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