Opinion piece: this article represents the personal view of the author.
Edit: this article was updated to make the position of Democrats more clear.
Dear Citizens of Rocky Hill,
When you say Kelson Row (the former Ames property) will be the 3rd largest taxpayer in a few short years’, why don’t you just say the actual year that they will pay property taxes-2034! Last time we checked, the property is almost fully occupied, there is a bus stop there with kids going to our schools and the developer is collecting rents, the retail space is all still vacant and let’s be real – 2034 is certainly not a few short years way, it’s going to be a full decade before we see taxes from your ‘cornerstone’ legacy project.
If residents don’t like to pay the increase in their taxes and are not happy that this developer isn’t paying their fair share, then we hope you will consider voting Row A, this election.
Note: AlI Democrats voted NO on this abatement while Republicans Mayor Marotta, Pankaj Prakash, Alan Greenspan, and Jeff Levine voted YES.
