Inviting another Lenox tempest
The Berkshire Eagle, www.berkshireeagle.com 21 October 2011
In reference to the Oct. 17 article “Board to pick wind panel” I’m confused. The Lenox Mountain proposal is to launch another divisive controversy, borrow $5.3 million, rip up the mountain and take on the operating and financial risks for 20 years in order to earn projected annual net benefits (according to the town’s $90,000 study) ranging from $63,000 in year one to a high of $268,000 in year 20 (that’s 2032, folks), or to let a private developer do what developers do to make a profit, which will net the town $116,000 in year one edging up to a non-inflation-adjusted $203,000 in year 20 (payable in postage stamps?)
Isn’t this the same mountain that the townsfolk turned down a million dollars for a year or so ago, from the State Department of Conservation, on the grounds of losing control and risking despoliation?
My question is: where did they find three people in favor of this?
RICHARD TAYLOR
Lenox
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