To the editor,

After viewing video of the March 3, 2014 Marion Planning Board meeting and listening to board member Jay Ryder’s comment on the Zoning Board of Appeal's request for input regarding the solar farm installation on County Road, we believe there is a need for clarification.

Board member Jay Ryder’s comment - “The Briggs’ have taken the Planning Board to task for years” - is both untrue and offensive.

The owners and applicants for the proposed solar farm project before the boards are Dale and Laura Briggs. In the 59 years of living in Marion we have been before the Planning Board on two prior nights, both of which were over 20 years ago, one being unofficial and the other for a lot division.

We have always been compelled to help our town and because we do not make it public most do not know of the numerous contributions we made, which have included materials, time, labor and equipment afforded the town by Dale, Laura and Timothy Briggs.

With board member Jay Ryder’s comment being public and televised before our town, we felt it necessary to state the corrected facts.

Dale and Laura Briggs,

Marion