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Citizens Not
Ostriches
To the Editor:
I reject your idea that the people who came to the roads meeting came without alternatives, that they came with their heads buried in the sand. I believe every person understood, or was seeking to understand, the implications of the Kellerco study — indeed, that’s why we were there.
Over 150 people came to the meeting, but only three had the opportunity to speak. With 147 still to be heard, how can you say nobody had alternatives?
Also Just Saying No can work. It worked in Massachusetts when the Federal government wanted to put Route 95 directly through an area heavily inhabited by birds. Citizens said no, and a six lane road ends just before that area. It also worked when residents of a town in southern Pennsylvania did not want an exit into their town off Route 81. The sign on Route 81 reads, “There is no exit here, this town did not want one?’
This belief that “we have no choice in the planning of our futures” will surely ruin us. Many counties take control of their destinies. Because this county is not planning for major growth, why should it plan roadways for major growth? Good local planning can and should override bureaucratic government plans from Richmond and Washington.
And finally, encouraging people to bring ideas forward and to become involved in the decision making of this county, will go a long way in
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