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PLANNING Commission chairman Herbert Barksdale told his fellow commissioners at the meeting last Wednesday night. May 21, that he’d just received a letter that was “pretty scary.” Barksdale said he wasn’t sure who the letter wais from.
“But they’re talking about giving control of all inland waterways to the Army Corps of Engineers,” Barksdale said. He was worried that this would mean a farmer would have to get a permit from the Army Corps of Engineers before he could clean out his pond. “There are just too many people fighting the farmer,” Barksdale said.
The Planning Commissioners looked toward District Nine physical planner Jim White to find out who controls inland waterways now. “A multiplicity of agencies,” White answered. “There does need to be more co-ordination,” he said,
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