The folks who live on Snow Creek Road must feel like they got kicked in the teeth by Steve Johnson and Godfrey Williams, punched in the gut by Ken Robertson and run over by a bus driven by Marvin Norman.
Who can fault them? Tuesday night, a large contingent of concerned citizens went to the Iredell County commissioners to plead with their elected officials.
They wanted the commissioners to understand their neighborhood was not a good location for a proposed biodiesel plant. They were worried about their safety, their property values and overall quality of life. Who can blame them?
One commissioner, Sara Haire Tice, felt their pain and voted against a proposal to rezone an eight-acre tract of McLain Farm from single-family residential to manufacturing to accommodate the alternative fuel plant.
We find it incredible, really, that the other commissioners could take this action in the face of such overwhelming opposition by the people this operation will impact the most.
What's the purpose of having zoning ordinances, which are designed to protect residents from dangerous industrial operations, if the very people elected to serve the people are so willing to turn a blind eye to what the people want?
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