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ing that they are private.
First the board had to get past the issue of whether to have signs at all.
Several people have objected that the signs are ugly. Others objected to having to use the new addresses.
Phil Irwin said he objected to the “ugly suburbanizing signs” and then found out he would also have to change his address. He said he had a lot of information out for his bed and breakfast using the current address. “I don’t understand the connection between the emergency system and new addresses,” he said.
There are also several people who are not happy with the names selected for their roads.
“There’s an easy way out,” Mr. Massie said. “Don’t put the ugly signs up.”
Mr. McCarthy said the Postal Service requires that people use the new addresses because people use them anyway, and the post office does not want to be delivering mail to the same residence at two addresses. He also said, “I don’t think they (the road signs) will look that bad. We have less roads (than other counties which have put up signs)”.
Mr. Massie said in giving that opinion, Mr. McCarthy was “overstepping your duties as county administrator.”
Chairman Hubert Gilkey said Mr. McCarthy was giving his report as a member of the E-911 advisory committee.
“That’s my opinion, too,” Mr. McCarthy said.“What will happen if the Signs are not put up?” Mr. Massie asked. He noted that rescue vehicles would have maps indicating where the house was located.
Paul Poling, president of the Fire and Rescue Association, and Frank Huff, chief of the Flint Hill Volunteer Fire Department, both said that would make their jobs more difSee
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