Thursday, January 31, 2008

Letter to the Editor: Randy Bridges

Regarding the proposed biodiesel plant, it is interesting that in Sunday's paper the editorial called for Iredell Neighbors for Rural Life to give up our fight. Phil McLain states that his family will "be good neighbors once we get it up and going." How about being good neighbors now and moving the plant to an industrial park, where such a facility belongs?

Judge Kimberly Taylor's ruling means anyone in Iredell County with a few acres can build a 500,000-gallon biodiesel plant, with no approval needed from the planning department, the planning board or the county commission. There are probably hundreds of nice housing developments in Iredell County bounded by now-suitable tracts for a biodiesel plant, including many upscale neighborhoods. Do the families that live there want a biodiesel plant or some other industrial operation next door?

Wake up, fellow citizens of Iredell. Our fight is your fight.

Randy Bridges
member of Iredell Neighbors for Rural Life

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