As Middlebury prepares for Thursday's Planning and Zoning Hearing (@Shepardson, 7pm), let's heed this cautionary tale from Bloomfield, where a lawsuit claims the Planning and Zoning Commission illegally approved the project by conducting an unfair public hearing and ignoring health and safety concerns about the proposal. The lawyer for the plaintiffs argues "The approval will negatively affect their quiet use and enjoyment of their property and their property values."
