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Fallacy?
To the editor:
At the risk of beating a horse that appears to have died, I must point out the fallacy in your editorial last week justifying the secret negotiations that led to the swap of the Washington firehouse for the Methodist church.
You state. “The (secrecy) provision is for the protection of the people since notice of local government interest in land generally serves to drive the price up, demanding more of the taxpayers' dollars.”
But the party that “drive(s) the price up” is the seller of the property, not the taxpayers. The only reason for secrecy is to keep the town’s interest away from the seller. When the seller of the property is already involved in the negotiations with the town, there is no purpose to be served by keeping those negotiations secret from the taxpayers.
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