If the Board of Appeal simply followed Town Counsel's advice, Mrs. Ingraham and I would never have been in this senseless charade. In addition, they held secret meetings, paid no attention to the evidence or the zoning by-laws, and they decided to grant the variance, even though they had no proof, as required by state law, to back up their decision. And, Mr. Shaw's recent statement that the Board's job is to break the law just sums it all up. Mr. Shaw feels no need to read or follow the law. This is outrageous.
Nobody is authorized to be above the law.
He should be removed immediately from the board. Even Chairman Pearson is still in denial. She thinks that this was a close one. The fact is that she made a bad, bad, bad decision. She participated in secret meetings with the Passalaquas and was told by three courts that the Board of Appeal cannot grant variances without backing up their decisions with facts and evidence.