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Message: [QUOTE="freescooter, post: 3964914, member: 1023"] [B]Mansfield really can’t stop UConn legally [/B]in the sense that as a state institution it doesn’t have to get local approvals. Municipalities are creatures of the state and have no authority over state (or federal) institutions. In fact, if it chose to do so, the state could eliminate all town government in an afternoon. But PRM can gum up the works, cause delays, get students all riled up, get legislators all riled up...so it’s better to work with them...the public-private thing also gums up the works. Towns might have mor authority in that case. Depends on the specific situation. Those can get complicated. Groton, I think, for example won a case about reviewing a Credit union built on the sub base because it was a private entity who would own it not the Navy. Had the Navy built it and leased it to the Bank, Groton is out. [/QUOTE]