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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1814666" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>I think any topic fits the original post. In regard to people moving into an area, that is about to affect me in a major way. I was a little fellow when my parents moved to this community in 1958. The road we lived on might have a dozen cars pass by on a busy day and you would know most everyone going by. Around 1960, two things happened that have been a bad influence on this area. The corp of engineers built a 56,000 acre lake with a 900+ mile shoreline. Then the interstate highway system added a <strong>666 </strong>mile long (bad omen) highway through here. Both brought people here. LOT's more people now that want to live on or near the lake. But if you are about a 1/2 mile from the lake, the area here is still mostly rural with chicken farms, beef cattle and row crops. The largest town in the county has a population of less than 30,000 and it is by far the largest town in the county. </p><p></p><p>The "lake people" have decided that we need zoning here. Most of the county has no zoning other than the few towns. There are 250 acres of cotton behind my place and 150 acres of corn across the road. About 50 chicken houses within a 2 mile radius. So very rural. The law here says that a voting precinct can call for a referendum on zoning by getting 15% of the voters in that precinct to sign a petition for zoning. The referendum is tomorrow. 15% of the voters can cause a special election. There is only this one item on the ballot and the notice of the voting is only in the legal notices of the newspaper and the county planning department website. The working people probably do not even know they need to go vote. A map with the proposed zoning classification for each property was prepared <strong>by the people who put the petition together</strong> - not the county planning and development office. How can these people on the lake assign my zoning classification? I did call the planning department and they confirmed that this is the way it works. </p><p></p><p>You may have a vision of big expensive lake houses with well kept property. It is that way on much of the lake, but in this precinct that is not the case. Lots of old houses and mobile homes for the most part. Remember lake was built in 1960.</p><p></p><p>Wife and I will vote NO at 7 am tomorrow. These "special elections" are used to authorize bonds and higher taxes for new schools, pass additional special local sales taxes for pet projects, and apparently to vote in zoning. I suspect that less than 20% of the voters know there is a special election and less than 10% will vote. Working folks will be working while the retired and the troublemakers will determine our fate. That is my rant for today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1814666, member: 40418"] I think any topic fits the original post. In regard to people moving into an area, that is about to affect me in a major way. I was a little fellow when my parents moved to this community in 1958. The road we lived on might have a dozen cars pass by on a busy day and you would know most everyone going by. Around 1960, two things happened that have been a bad influence on this area. The corp of engineers built a 56,000 acre lake with a 900+ mile shoreline. Then the interstate highway system added a [B]666 [/B]mile long (bad omen) highway through here. Both brought people here. LOT's more people now that want to live on or near the lake. But if you are about a 1/2 mile from the lake, the area here is still mostly rural with chicken farms, beef cattle and row crops. The largest town in the county has a population of less than 30,000 and it is by far the largest town in the county. The "lake people" have decided that we need zoning here. Most of the county has no zoning other than the few towns. There are 250 acres of cotton behind my place and 150 acres of corn across the road. About 50 chicken houses within a 2 mile radius. So very rural. The law here says that a voting precinct can call for a referendum on zoning by getting 15% of the voters in that precinct to sign a petition for zoning. The referendum is tomorrow. 15% of the voters can cause a special election. There is only this one item on the ballot and the notice of the voting is only in the legal notices of the newspaper and the county planning department website. The working people probably do not even know they need to go vote. A map with the proposed zoning classification for each property was prepared [B]by the people who put the petition together[/B] - not the county planning and development office. How can these people on the lake assign my zoning classification? I did call the planning department and they confirmed that this is the way it works. You may have a vision of big expensive lake houses with well kept property. It is that way on much of the lake, but in this precinct that is not the case. Lots of old houses and mobile homes for the most part. Remember lake was built in 1960. Wife and I will vote NO at 7 am tomorrow. These "special elections" are used to authorize bonds and higher taxes for new schools, pass additional special local sales taxes for pet projects, and apparently to vote in zoning. I suspect that less than 20% of the voters know there is a special election and less than 10% will vote. Working folks will be working while the retired and the troublemakers will determine our fate. That is my rant for today. [/QUOTE]
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