To the Editor:

The front page article [“University Announces Development Plans,” Town Topics, Dec. 6] looks like it was written in toto by the public relations arm of the University. The piece is filled with vague but upbeat platitudes from University officials about the positive aspects of the plan while making it clear that the initiative is huge both in geographic footprint and enrollment increases.

Nowhere is anyone interviewed who has legitimate concerns about how this mega expansionary plan could disrupt the fabric of our community. I would deem this kind of journalism “unbalanced” without a counter viewpoint.

Thirty years ago when I first moved to Princeton and the University was lobbying for another of their “transformational” campus enhancements, a sage skeptic of their plans warned me that the University played a “long game” and was prepared to outlive all opposition.

I almost started laughing when I saw that all their new proposals were cast towards the year 2026, a truly “long game” until I realized that the time to begin seriously questioning this latest University-driven juggernaut, though a decade away from completion, is right now.

Nelson Obus

Russell Road