Comments on: Norwalk: Property Taxes, Still Needs Reform

By: Emily Latella

Emily Latella — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:28:46 +0000

Handrinos has a still that needs reform? Wouldn’t that be a Federal tax? Is that what he serves the Mayor?

By: Aunt Bertha

Aunt Bertha — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:33:58 +0000

I just wanted to add that the property taxes are too high for some of our older citizens. They are leaving for smaller homes/condos up the line because of the high taxes. If you have lived in a home for 40-50 years it is crazy that you could be priced out because of your limited income in your retirement years. Sad.

By: Aunt Bertha

Aunt Bertha — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:18:08 +0000

Thank you number 34. If we take away our past we can have have no foundation to build a future based on the character of those who came before us. Norwalk has a colorful history that should be taught in our schools. The people who walked our streets were true founders of this country. It is not just a house it is our past. Could you see people taking down the house of seven gables in Salem Mass? Nathaniel Hawthorne lived there, was he more important to this country’s history than Samuel Grumman?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:22:03 +0000

The Town Clerk, Samuel Grumman, lived there when the British burned Norwalk in 1779. Grumman saved the town records from being burned as well. I would say that in itself is enough to preserve the house regardless of the fact that it has been modified and added on to over the years.

The Fitch Law Office at Mill Hill is the same age and not exactly original but nobody seems to care about whether it is exactly the same as it was when the former Governor of Connecticut lived there.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:56:21 +0000

Can someone please tell me what historical event occurred in this house? Or is it just old?

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:12:00 +0000

#29 You can stop the owners from tearing it down, but you can’t stop the house from coming down on its own, eventually.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:43:52 +0000

#30 is making the same mistake that all the history haters do, and that’s engaging in willful ignorance of the facts. The Historical Commission, part of City government, was responsible for the Incerto House decision, not the Norwalk Preservation Trust.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:09:56 +0000

I don’t think the house looks anything like it did when it was originally built. I think an ordinance should be put in place to revert all historical buildings back to the way they were originally built. No electricity, plumbing, plastic, or drywall. That is the only way it will be historically representative. Great job on the Incerto House guys. Maybe the preservationists should be required to pay for the dismantling of 93 East Av and then they could store it in trailers for posterity.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:32:23 +0000

As stated in #21, this is American History. As Greeks, the Inn owners have had the privilege of succeeding in the American dream, on American soil, next to a building that is part of American History. The fact that they not only want to tear down American history, but that they should do so with such hatred and disrepect is appalling.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:44:38 +0000

200k is an expensive price to pay for penis enlargement. And it didn’t even work… maybe Handrinos should have asked around if everyone shares his opinion that “size is everything.”