To the editor:

This Drift Road solar installation has caused so much stress to all of the abutters and other neighbors and friends affected by it for so long. We have tried to impress upon the planning board how it would affect our quiet little neighborhood — all of the displaced deer and other wildlife that will now have to move to our back yards, Route 88 and Drift Road, the increase in water that is already standing in our yards and fields, the loss of property values. There can be no denying of this as our future.

Isn't it time for the planning board to spend some serious time and effort to revise the solar bylaws or will they wait until the town is blanketed by solar panels and our beautiful rural town is a thing of the past.

Why must this be allowed in a clearly residential area? Will greed win out?  This solar installation (it is not a farm) will provide a yearly stipend to the town — Yes, it's greed, more money for the town coffers to pay for all of the wasteful spending on new buildings.  We could have saved a bundle by combining the police and fire stations but no, we now have two huge buildings to pay for.  And then a huge new school that already has problems before building has even started — not enough land! 

Where does it end — our taxes soaring to pay for all of this while our property is devalued and degraded. Just doesn't seem quite fair, does it?" 

Penny Hadfield

Westport