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DOGGETTJA
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Posted: Aug 9th, 2006 09:07 pm |
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Happy Camper- For several elections our intrepid Northwest observer sponsored a meet the candidates night where the audience got to ask questions etc. Unfortunately they were very poorly attended so last election they had an question and answer section in the paper. Start thinking and see if maybe there is a way to do this that people find helpful and talk to Sandra and Patty.
Now as to development much harder issue. North Carolina is a property rights state which pretty much means that you get to sell your land for its highest and best use. Unforturnately only us tree huggers seem to recognize that undeveloped is an excellent use of land.
People have the right to sell their land. The community has the right to determine what types of development is going in what areas but it does not have the right to say you can't sell and do something with the land that is within the ordinances and planning for your town. So because we have one drugstore on the corner that is zoned commercial if somebody comes along and says hey I want to build another drugstore directly across the street on that piece of property that is zoned commercial they can not be stopped. Same with housing developments. In the 10 years that Summerfield has been a town we have tweaked our long range plan and ordinances to go from the requirement of 30.00o square feet per house to 60,000 square feet per house in effect halfing the number of houses that can be put in a development but if Mr. property owners property meets the requirements for water and sewer, the community does not have the right to say we don't want to see houses there unless the community is prepared to buy the property and save it that way.
There will always be a conflict between the property sellers and the neighbors. It is the nature of the way our country operates. Everything has a value and our economy and everything is based on buying and building more.
If there are enough people out there who care enough to change the course of Summerfield then they need to come to the council meetings, not just the ones that effect their neighborhood and start saying we want things to change.
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Posted: Aug 10th, 2006 11:49 am |
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Well said Jane.
I feel (my opinion) Large property owners who want to sell their land want to sell for the best deal overall. These property owners are selling these long time family owned farms because they are no longer able to support them as farms. In other words there are no money producing farms in Summerfield that can support a family. These family owned farms are going up for sale and the only people that will purchase them are developers.The developers will not purchase the property unless it can be rezoned!
So, If you live next to a farm and enjoy the view of someone else's property and it is going to be sold to a developer if it can be rezoned and you and your neighbors don't approve, you and your neighbors need to purchase this property.
Some of these farms are tax debts to the families who own them and they need to sell. Kept this in mind also when you are thinking about being a good neighbor.
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Cracker Jax
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Posted: Aug 11th, 2006 05:32 am |
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Whew! I have some catchin' up to do here!
Jane, thanks for once again explaining that development approval is not always black and white and doesn't just depend on whether or not a council member likes or dislikes development.
Happy Camper... I would certainly hope that if the NWO decided to conduct a candidate's forum for the next election folks would attend. I think a lot of people are realizing that they were bamboozled during the last election and are paying closer attention. I sure hope so anyway.
About the CC's campaign contributions.... Don't ya'll remember that we asked that way back when??? We wondered who was funding all of those mailings?
Pappy, I think your observations about cooperation and respect for differing opinions is "spot on"!
Oh... and do you think the CC's would vote to approve a statue, honoring my new HERO Bill Hill, to be erected in the SF park?? 
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FatPappy
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Posted: Aug 11th, 2006 12:25 pm |
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Bamboozled! Good word, Crackah!
'Bout time you jumped in here. A good Crackah post does us all a lot o' good.
I reckon Bill Hill must be proud to be your hero!
Now if you make that statue a mile long, them CCs might give you 48ยข toward it, otherwise I don't know if their main man's got any more o' his salary left this year to take off his taxes or I bet he'd be willin' to contribute. Talk about spendin' yer paycheck all in one place!
I wonder if George has been able to use the truck yet. I hope it ain't been tied up transportin' all Mom's FOIA papers. I thought they didn't want the town to get in the trash bidness. Huh...
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Baseball Buddy
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Posted: Aug 11th, 2006 02:22 pm |
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Look's like Bill was a great Baseball player also
Bill Hill Stats
Bill Hill was born on Sunday, August 2, 1874, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Hill was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 18, 1896, with the Louisville Colonels. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bill Hill baseball stats page.
Email editor@nwobserver.com if you'd like a copy of the above stats. Sorry Baseball Buddy, but these stats took up a little too much room and were just a little bit off topic. Interesting stuff to know, though, and I've saved them in case anyone wants them. - Patti Last edited on Aug 11th, 2006 07:27 pm by EditorPS
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Cracker Jax
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Posted: Aug 11th, 2006 02:36 pm |
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Well goodness Baseball Buddy! I don't speak all that baseball-ese but I know Bill was battin' 1000 when he shut out the Mom Creature the other night. Home Run! (Where's Lacka's baseball knowledge when I need it???)
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Posted: Aug 12th, 2006 04:24 pm |
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And now.................Let's Get Back "On Topic" please
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Posted: Aug 13th, 2006 12:25 am |
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Ahem...Excuse me SMS.... Bill Hill, attorney for the SUMMERFIELD TOWN COUNCIL (and my new hero) was at the SUMMERFIELD TOWN COUNCIL meeting when he shut the Mom Creature up. She was once again disrupting the SUMMERFIELD TOWN COUNCIL meeting and the SUMMERFIELD TOWN COUNCIL was having trouble conducting SUMMERFIELD TOWN COUNCIL business because of her. Last edited on Aug 13th, 2006 12:27 am by Cracker Jax
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Posted: Aug 13th, 2006 01:47 am |
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| Easy, now, Steve-O. We're just takin' care o' a little bidness. It's all good in the hood.
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DOGGETTJA
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Posted: Aug 13th, 2006 02:40 am |
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| Cracker- Maybe you could start a new Thread......BILL HILL MY NEW HERO.... and solve the off topic problem. Just a suggestion.
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Posted: Aug 24th, 2006 02:57 am |
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You guys are extremely quiet over here. What's going on? No council comments here in almost 2 weeks.
I see something on the zoning board agenda about nuisance ordinance. Does anybody know specifically what this is about? Do you guys think the nuisance ordinance needs to be changed?
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Posted: Aug 25th, 2006 05:08 pm |
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| I don't know what this is all about but from what I know there are some people in SF that could be classified as a nusiance!! Does this new ordinance thing apply to them???
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Posted: Aug 25th, 2006 07:06 pm |
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| I don't know what's it's specifically about neither. I could guess, but I'm like zippity, it'd be a looooooong list. I wonder if noise will be included in the nuisance category or that's a separate thang? Them long wave length bass sounds comin' outta car stereos travel a good ways. I've been beside cars playin' the bass so loud it rattles Pappy's dentures.
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Posted: Aug 29th, 2006 12:59 am |
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| y'all's "mom" would be #1 nusiance!!
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Posted: Aug 29th, 2006 01:23 am |
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Amen DT!
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