Saturday, September 29, 2007

Letter to the Editor: Sheree Leach

I would like to congratulate the people responsible for rubbing the salt into the wounds of the families on Snow Creek Road.

They have succeeded in making our lives just a little bit more challenging.

Congratulations to the people who have nothing better to do than to look for any potential property violations of the opposers' of the proposed biodiesel plant may have.

They are doing a fantastic job of wasting the taxpayers' dollars with ridiculous and petty complaints that satisfhy their own amusement.

For those who find it funny to squeal your tires and kick extra dirt on the neighboring driveway that belongs to the owners of the newly rezoned property, thanks for the extra kick in the teeth.

Congratulations to the ones who recklessly drive on the edge of my property right in front of my face. They really know how to push buttons. Some of the people involved are teenage children.

Do we really need to involve them?

Congratulations to the hunters who were permitted to use this same property to hunt on.

They succeeded in making my son's fourth birthday one we will never forget. We were really impressed with how clever they were to park their ATVs with armed men and teenage boys 15 feet from my property line and shoot doves into my yard.

Thanks for that cherished memory.

I will admit, I have lost some sleep since we opposed the plant. If that was the intended goal, it has been a success.

Not only have the ones involved affected my quality of life, but the way I see it, their own integrity has been compromised.

It seems like integrity has been the issue for the supporters, not rezoning.

With the recent complaints, it's apparent that the threatened repercussions have begun.

We were served wit ha property violation and threatened to comply or have to tear my mother's home down. We were silly to assume we could actually occupy both pre-existing dwellings on our own property.

Grow up, people. We are still neighbors. Can we at least be civilized?

Sheree Leach
Statesville

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Intimidation often backfires! The ones responsible for this should at the very least have the decency to apologize! To ruin a little boy's birthday party is reprehensible. What are these people teaching their own children?

Anonymous said...

So, I guess if you don't get what you want, you get even? Thanks for helping make our world a better place.

Anonymous said...

Welcome to Redneckville. It is not about right or wrong, it is about who you know and who you like. I am assuming you called the sherriff when people were shooting into your yard?

Mary Douglas

Anonymous said...

The opponents of the biodiesel plant were never against the McLains, only the placement of this facility. But how can a family, described by their supporters to be stewards of the land, sleep at night knowing what they have done to their neighbors? How can you knowingly destroy the value of adjacent property and expect people to not fight back. Do we really live in a world where people like the McLains try to "punk" down their neigbors becuase their deal with the commissioners didnt go as smooth as planned?
Signed: Suzanne Leach Opponent of the PLACEMENT of the Biodiesel Plant.