Congratulations to the City of Belfast for securing an agreement from Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey under which Frey will stop defending the Harriet L. Hartley Conservation Area if the City stops trying to illegally take the conservation area by eminent domain without court approval, as required by Maine law (Pen Bay Pilot, Feb. 19).

That's like getting the cops to agree to not arrest you for shoplifting if you agree to not shoplift.  Hard to beat that!

Lawrence Reichard lives in Belfast