Gmenfan - Berlin chose not to be involved in trying to purchase the property well in advance of the mill closing because the Town has no money to fund a purchase...
And now even Clean Power says the Company will not be able to afford to pay the Town appropriate taxes on their proposed new project...
IMO, the State of NH will be extremely receptive to a proposal like Laidlaw's which will increase local tax revenue collections in Berlin and reduce the Town's dependence on handouts from Concord... Time for the Town to become revenue self-sufficient now rather than counting on pie-in-the-sky dreams of becoming a tourist mecca when Berlin has recently chosen to become the "Prison Capitol of New Hampshire"...
The state will likely agree with the old adage "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" and approve the Laidlaw proposal to create new jobs and new tax contributions to Berlin (and the State of NH)...
Gman, JMO but in view of the overwhelming number of opposition posters here having FREE account status, it may be they expected to get something else for nothing? JMO, Nez
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