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There’s strength in numbers.
Harris Hollow residents who are up in arms about a proposed adult home in that hollow proved during the supervisors’ meeting last Monday that this simple statement still rings true.
Residents packed the courthouse and jammed supervisors’ communications like tinfoil disrupts sophisticated radar. To continued reminders of “this is not a public hearing,” citizens who wanted more definitive answers to their questions were heard.
They were heard because they spoke with one voice; they got their way because they were unified in their purpose.
Their purpose is to stifle, or stop, development of a group home in Harris Hollow until they get some straight answers in simple English.
Their mission has merit for several reasons.
First, even experts can’t agree. Attorneys interpret differently the impact of the supervisors’ endorsement of an amendment to a bond to be issued for development of the group home.
is the endorsement just a rubber stamp that shows the supervisors are aware of the project, or does an endorsement constitute supervisors' and public approval? No one knows for sure.
Second, explanation of the exact size and scope of the project has been confusing.
The original application, to construct a mental health care facility, met no opposition. The original application, however, was enhanced by personal visits to Harris Hollow resi
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