From: Tom O'Hara

Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 10:11 AM

To: plan zone

Subject: Moratorium

This Talbot County resident - soon to be (Nov. 15th) Town of Easton

resident - is opposed to retail development on the scale of that proposed

for the so-called "Home Depot Big Box".

This is not needed and cannot be supported by our current regional

population size. Commercial development should be sized to the anticipated

market. PKP, Home depot, et. al. will not hesitate to leave a market that

will not support their operation - leaving Easton with empty buildings and

an inflated infra structure with an insufficient tax base.

Economics aside, does anyone really want the north edge of Easton to

resemble North Salisbury Boulevard - or Glen Burnie - or any of the many

"small" towns in Northern Virginia which have benefited from the "vision' of

PKP. I think not! Personally, I am happy to shop locally and make an

infrequent shopping trip to Annapolis, Dover, or Salisbury when absolutely

necessary.