I am closing the Pitney Farm petition, it has served its purpose and it's time to move on. If you get this, you signed it, so thank you VERY MUCH for adding your voice. Who should want to save Pitney Farm? You did, as will others... >If you value history and our past, similar to saving Washington's HQ, Jockey Hollow, and similar places of significance. >If you value saving some land in town for it's beauty and for recreation and use by residents, not just for more development. >If you don't like wasting tax money already spent to buy and maintain the site, all for sound reasons. >If you don't want taxes to rise more in the future to buy a more expensive and less desirable property when, inevitably, some new or replacement facility is needed and site to host it. It may be 5-years from now, but it's inevitable. >If you think our small, old facilities (library, town hall, police department) are below par vs. our peer towns and wonder why. >If you think that building up debt, over years, instead of allowing small, appropriate tax increases to fund more as you go is wrong, and then to sacrifice a treasure, against the will of most residents, to solve a small portion of the problem. Do you pride yourself for running up huge credit card debt as a sound practice?? >You and your family and future families should have beautiful places to picnic, hang out, have weddings, see their past, learn living history. >You respect a family that was an impactful leader in our area, and who managed to have 11 generations live in the same house for well over 250 years. >You prefer responsive, representative government that respects the values of residents. What can you do now? >Contribute to the non-profit Friends of Pitney Farm (POB 532 Mendham 07945) >Write a short Letter to the Editor expressing your views in a newspaper. >Come to a Township meeting (next one, with Pitney Farm on the agenda, is scheduled for Tuesday, March 24, 7:30pm, and then again Monday, April 13, 7:30pm. Even if you just raise your hand when asked who is there to save Pitney Farm, you will have helped, speaking briefly from the heart will help more. The Township Committee will react to public support if they see it, please show your support, it counts! Join together, do not let a few make short-term decisions affecting our town forever. Thank you. BGB