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cut ne is not optimistic, he added. Those who expect a compromise solution, he said, are being “idealistic and unrealistic. I think anything less than what they plan is going to be a disappointment. But I don’t see how the town can accept the proposal they have put forth.”
His biggest question, Mr. Bailey said, is what happens after the Inn? “When they retire, look what the town would be left with. There is no question about their integrity — whatever they do will be done well.
“But after they are gone, what will happen to that big building? There might come a time when we beg anyone to come in because the building is deteriorating ... It frightens me to death.”
Parking remains a problem for the town, he said, but he still opposes parking lots in residential areas. He likes the idea of regulating such uses with a special use permit, he added, but only if a time limit could be attached for review, allowing revocation of the permit if neighbors object. “But we would find ourselves in court losing if we tried to do something like that.”
The town should develop additional sources of revenue, he suggested. The money produced by the meals and lodging tax, Mr. Bailey said, is dependable only as a temporary source. “It might be here this year, and next year, but we can’t depend on it for years. I just don’t believe that we should give the town away for greed. What happens when the judgement day comes and we don’t have the money?” he asked.
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