The Late Show

It’s an impractical compromise. I believe one designed to be a headline grabber to help a new candidates ratings in the polls. It was not well thought out. Another idea with absolutely no way to pay for it. If I were Mr. Hoyt I would have told the Board to pack sand. Some BOS members want to give away land they don’t fully own, with the assumption that Mr. Hoyt will just pack up & move, open his wallet again and pay all the costs to build on the site they picked, which sounds less than desireable (probably won’t get enough drive by traffic to encourage new people to consider adopting). Plus, the BOS indicated they might get him some start up buildings? He already owns property & buildings. BOS can’t get any buildings, there is ZERO money for this. Plus, there is some question if this would be legal. This was an empty promise for land, maybe some buildings & insinuated application approval (again) dressed up to look like a “compromise”. It will never happen, and BOS will never come up with the money. They had a bird in hand ready to go and let politics interfere. I doubt their behavior is going to encourage other citizens to step up and offer to help with other projects we need. We are an unreliable partner.

So citizen’s are given 3 minutes to speak and somehow candidate Irene Egan managed to present a slide show in the scant 3 minutes that swayed the board? Sounds like some board members saw the presentation in advance and the “public comment” by Egan was a sham show. How come no one else was given the opportunity to present materials? Several of the speakers who urged passing of the CUP indicated that they had slide shows but were denied the use of them. Back to the “compromise”. Ms. Egan presents a compromise that allows Bill Hoyt the privelege to improve the land and facilities up to county standards and then vacate it at some future point for unimproved landfill acreage. Oh, what a deal! Let’s all remember that Ms. Egan is one of the Meadowbrook meighbors. Her compromise only stands to improve the value of her property, as when Hoyt vacates the site, it will be better than it currently is. Ms. Egan is showing that she’ll fit in well with the good old boys on the Stafford Cty Board, as she’s got no problem with fattening her larder at the expense of the citizenry and even helpless abandoned animals. Seems like when she went to college she should have concentrated more on those pesky ethics classes!