Letter To The Editor
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Submitted by: David Seal Dear Editor, Jefferson County Elite vs. Regular Citizens If you drop your guard while boxing, you give your opponent the opportunity to knock your lights out. Citizens in this county had their guard down in the Summer of 2009 and again in the Winter of 2013. The […]
Letter To The Editor
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Submitted by: Dale C. Allen Dear Editor: Jefferson County Commission has cancelled funding the proposed Megasite. Jefferson County’s citizens should understand this did not occur because of Valley Home area farmers and homeowners selfishly opposing use of their land. The Megasite’s demise occurred after an opportunity for proper study and consideration […]
Letter To The Editor: Questions To Ponder
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Submitted by: Annette Loy SO…what’s so wrong with a bedroom community? Jefferson County is often called a “bedroom community” That means that most of our citizens go outside the county to seek employment. They go to Morristown, Sevierville, Knoxville and other surrounding areas and then they come “home” to Jefferson County […]
It’s time to wrap up the mega site proposal
Letter To The Editor Submitted by: Glen Bibbins 1 I hope that the commission will direct that all funding for this project that was approved for EDOC and Industrial Development Board be returned to the county. 2 The fair thing to do at this point would be for the commission to direct EDOC to cancel […]
Planners owe property owners and county tax payers a Mega-apology!
Letter To The Editor Submitted by: David Seal When the Megasite was announced in January, planners, consultants, and politicians had their fifteen minutes of fame. Public relations experts had a cash cow on their hands. The uninformed and naïve had visions of the “shinning factory on the hill”. The EDOC committee thought that Jefferson County […]
Letters To The Editor
Letter To The Editor Submitted by: Don Cameron, BS – agriculture, MBA – real estate and urban development, and lifelong citizen of Jefferson County As a lifelong citizen of Jefferson County, I have followed the news articles regarding the proposed Mega Site. Also I followed the news articles associated with the “Building a Better Future” […]
Megasite, already changing Jefferson County
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Submitted by David Seal, Dandridge Considering how the world has changed over the past few years, it is obvious that people have a different outlook on everything. When I was a child, it would have been considered rude to display a “no trespassing” sign on your property. Everyone in my rural […]
Letters To The Editor
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Megasite Editorial Submitted By David Seal Jefferson County has once again squandered any hope of having a respectful, peaceful, business-like outcome in accomplishing a goal. We now have Megasite madness. Our congressman Phil Roe, County Mayor, and members of the EDOC Committee stood proudly at a press conference announcing that a […]
