THE PROPERTY DEVELOPER A$$-KI$$ER$ CONSTITUTING THE STERLING ZBA OPPOSE 2022 STERLING ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT ARTICLES 1 AND 2, SO, PEOPLE, COME OUT, FLOOD THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, AND VOTE FOR BOTH

Sterling’s ZBA members never met a local developer whose A$$ they would not kiss readily (THE A$$ Of STERLING’S BIGGEST SNAKE, SIMPSON, BEING THEIR PARTICULAR FAVORITE). Hence all the bogus ‘Variances’ and ‘Special Permits’ they’ve handed out over the years. Their Developer-A$$-Ki$$ing predilection is so pronounced that I am quite surprised there is not in this year’s Sterling Annual Town Meeting Warrant a special appropriations Article to procure kneepads and Chap Stick just for them (Craven Developer-A$$-Ki$$ing Select Board members Cranson and Kilcoyne can afford to pay for such items out of their ‘stipend’).

So, it is absolutely no surprise that the Sterling ZBA has come out against 2022 Sterling Annual Town meeting Warrant Articles 1 and 2, brought by Citizens’ Petitions, to remedy, in part, the abominable Select Board-sponsored 2021 Annual Town Meeting Developer-A$$-Ki$$ing Warrant Articles 47 and 48 that greased the skids for craven Simpson-A$$-Ki$$ing Select Board members Cranson and Kilcoyne to grant Simpson, in December 2021, a provisional, sham, illegal ‘Earth Removal Permit’ to mine and truck away (er, “grade in connection with building a house,” WINK, WINK) 18,000 cubic yards of sand/sand & gravel located at 68 Heywood Road, zoned Rural Residential & Farming.

This year’s Warrant Articles 1 and 2, if passed, will amend the Sterling Protective (Zoning), and General, By-Laws, respectively, by requiring the Sterling ZBA to apply ‘Variance’ criteria to any project that would involve removing 3000 or more cubic yards of material from any parcel zoned Rural Residential & Farming or Neighborhood Residential.

UPDATE, 15 April 2022— Here is link to the ENTIRE 2022 Sterling Annual Town Meeting Warrant now posted on the Town’s website: https://www.sterling-ma.gov/home/files/annual-town-meeting-warrant-articles

IT BEHOOVES STERLING’S PROPERTY OWNERS TO COME OUT AND PROTECT THEMSELVES BY FLOODING THE 2022 STERLING ANNUAL TOWN MEETING AND VOTING FOR WARRANT ARTICLES 1 AND 2.

See you there!

J.G.