In regard to the article printed in the Oct. 4 edition of R&L about the biodiesel facility, it is quite obvious that people still don’t get the issues that surround this proposed location.
If it were 100 percent safe — which it isn’t, there would still be the concerns of our decreasing property values, due to the zoning change. As all homeowners should know — owning property is supposed to be an appreciating investment, not depreciating.
Why would anyone want to put something in their community that would devalue their neighbor’s properties by hundreds of thousands of dollars? Where is the love?
As for Mr. John Bonitz’s invitation for an "educational" tour of the Pittsboro biodiesel plant — are you suggesting that we are uneducated?
As for our "concerns over production safety being almost laughable" as quoted by Mr. Bonitz — please don’t patronize us. I personally don’t find anything about this topic as being a laughing matter.
I noticed that one of the facilities in Pittsboro is located on Industrial Dr (does this tell you anything?) and the road that the coop is on is a divided zone, half being in the Pittsboro city district, and the other half is unzoned.
Are either of your facilities located in R-20 (single family residential) districts? The facility that he speaks of being 100 ft from a playground with offices next door doesn’t sound like a residential district.
As previously stated, numerous times — we are not against biodiesel manufacturing — this is a zoning issue.
Lorrie Barker
Statesville
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