During the 11 April 2023 initial hearing on Sterling Planning Board Chair and Weasel’s Weasel Carl Corrinne’s proposed multi-family development on the parcel known as 100 Clinton Road, Sterling, Massachusetts, Corrinne’s Hack Buddies on the Sterling Zoning Board of Appeals a/k/a ‘The Developers’ Doormat,’ when asked point-blank by one in attendance if Corrinne was on any Town of Sterling Board or Committee, pretended not to know and never answered the question. The ZBA Hacks know well that Corrinne is Chair of the Sterling Planning Board and Chair of the 1835 Town Hall Committee and is in a total conflict of interest. The ZBA Hacks are playing footsie with Corrinne and attempted to deceive the public. As you can tell, they aren’t very bright but think that we are all stupid and uninformed. Following an abutter’s telephone call to me on 12 April 2023, reporting on that hearing, I typed and mailed out the two following letters that are self-explanatory (all text is ‘justified’ to the left margin for this medium in hopes that this thing works. Apologies for the spacing gaps here that I am unable to correct).
P.O. Box 1149
Sterling, MA 01564-1149
12 April 2023
Sterling Zoning Board of Appeals
Municipal Building
1 Park Street
Sterling, MA 01564
RE: Proposed Multi-Family Development at 100 Clinton Road, Sterling, Massachusetts
Dear Sterling Zoning Board of Appeals Members,
This day I received a telephone call from an abutter about the Sterling Zoning Board of Appeals hearing conducted 11 April 2023 on CD Corrinne Builders’ petition to construct a multi-family development on the property known as 100 Clinton Road, Sterling, Massachusetts. The caller reported that, in response to a direct question from one in attendance as to whether Carl Corrinne d/b/a CD Corrinne Builders was on any Town of Sterling Boards or Committees, you all refused to answer.
Of course, as you well know, Carl Corrinne is the two-faced little weasel who just happens to be Chair of the Sterling Planning Board and Chair of the 1835 Town Hall Committee with whom you are playing footsie at the expense of the Town of Sterling Protective (Zoning) By-Laws and the property owners abutting 100 Clinton Road. Corrinne is in a total conflict of interest and you all know it. I am sure Corrinne was seated in the crowd during your 11 April 2023 hearing, while his hired mouthpiece spoke, but lacked the honesty and integrity to speak up and acknowledge his two Town Committee chairmanships.
You also told those in attendance that Town Counsel opined that the land within the power line easement constitutes “Open Space” required for the project even though under the Town of Sterling Protective (Zoning) By-Laws it does not qualify as “Open Space” for multiple reasons. Since you possess zero credibility I have sent you a separate written request, in accordance with Mass.Gen.Laws Ch. 66, Sec. 10, with a copy to the Town Clerk, for any such written opinion rendered by Sterling Town Counsel.
The Sterling Zoning Board of Appeals has perverted and subverted the Sterling Protective (Zoning) By-Laws, in favor of developers, for years. You all and Corrinne are cowards and are so crooked that when you die you won’t be buried—you’ll be screwed into the ground instead.
And since you are all so crooked I have advised abutters to this proposed development to retain competent legal counsel and prepare for litigation.
Sincerely,
James F. Gettens, Esq.
cc:
State Ethics Commission
Clerk, Town of Sterling
Carl Corrinne, Chair, Sterling Planning Board
Town Planner, Sterling
Select Board, Sterling
Abutters
The Item Newspaper
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P.O. Box 114
Sterling, MA 01564-1149
12 April 2023
Sterling Zoning Board of Appeals
Municipal Building
1 Park Street
Sterling, MA 01564
RE: Public Records Request in Accordance With Mass.Gen.Laws Ch. 66, Sec. 10
Dear Sterling Zoning Board of Appeals Members,
In accordance with Mass.Gen.Laws Ch. 66, Sec.10, request is hereby made for complete copies of the following public records:
I. Any and all written opinions sent or provided to the Sterling Zoning Board of Appeals by Sterling Town Counsel concerning or related to open space within the proposed multi-family development on the property known as 100 Clinton Road, Sterling, Massachusetts.
Please advise me of the cost for producing and mailing to me the requested document copies.
Failure to respond to this request in a timely manner may result in a Superior Court enforcement action.
I thank you for your anticipated cooperation.
Sincerely,
James F. Gettens, Esq.
cc:
Clerk, Town of Sterling
MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT— THIS IS TOTAL CRONYISM AND THESE PERNICIOUS ACTORS ARE TOTAL ASSHOLES. And as you can tell, my fuse is lit.
The Hacks constituting the Sterling ZBA a/k/a ‘The Developers Doormat’ continued the hearing on this matter to 9 May 2023. Show up and make them look like the TOTAL ASSHOLES they truly are.
J.G.
STERLING, MASSACHUSETTS, OVERWATCH 