Editor:
Your article “Billionaire levels historic Carbondale home” was somewhat of a cheap shot in that Tom Bailey should be credited for what Garfield County taxpayers and many landowners are unwilling to do — preserve open space.
I grew up on the Grubb-Brown-Perry ranch and I’m sad that my childhood home was also torn down along with the main house and barn, but I will be forever grateful to Mr. Bailey for saving the ranch land itself. One has only to look across the river from the ranch to see a row of subdivision homes lined up in the middle of a field to appreciate and be thankful for what he has done.
Darcey Brown
Moab, Utah
