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the idea.
“It would have saved the town. It would have been the best thing that could happen to the town. People could visit and get out of their cars and get out and walk around without endangering their lives, you know, with all that truck traffic.”
Eying ahead
For the future, Estes sees emergency communications, investment in the public schools and the planned Town of Washington wastewater sewer plant as key to the long term well being of the county.
“I’m for cell towers. Being able to call- they save fives.”
And while he emphasizeed that the Town of Washington is distinct from the county, he is frustrated by ongoing delays in finalizing plans for the sewer plant.
“I can’t understand it. You know what that pond smells like, there by the courthouse. In the summertime, it’ll bum your sinuses.” And he pointed out there are other failed systems in town, polluting the county’s waters right now: “All that gurgling and bubbling goes right
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