To the Editor:
Alderman Ray Vitali has taken aim at Milford mayor Ben Blake, attacking him in social media and local press for not selling a piece of city-owned open space to a private party. The interested party plans to develop the property; the mayor fought to keep the city property open and undeveloped.
The mayor received countless signatures of the neighbors, objecting to the sale and the mayor agrees with them. Although these neighbors live in alderman Vitali’s district, Vitali insists on pushing for the sale. He strikes some as more concerned with one developer than he does with the many neighbors and families who signed the petition opposing the sale.
We should again applaud mayor Blake for protecting our city’s open space, pushing back on development and, most importantly, for listening to the residents of our neighborhoods.
Rich Smith
Milford
Mr. Smith is absolutely correct.