Well, the meeting took place and the result is that motion four passed and also motion five passed. What a nail biter. There were a number of attempts from the dissenters to table the vote for later, to question the legality of the vote, to question the environmental impact of a firehouse there, and the impact of more taxes. The tax bill will still be quite less than that for Turners', any alternate property that is available was not feasible and thanks to Mrs. Chief Greene, it was found to be a legal vote. Sam Lovejoy proved to be a fountain of pertinent information and Clarkson Edwards put forth a compelling argument for going ahead with the project.


The naysayers were voted down. How can you vote against a new firehouse? To delay would mean to incur many more costs. The time is now and that was what had to be understood. The vote divided between the lefty and the established residents (to my understanding). This was not a perfect situation; there were time constraints and an anti-development bend on such an endevour was out of place. I think that it came down to the fact that here you had two distinct groups of people and they weren't going to agree. End of story. That has been my gripe with the left because they have failed to enter the community. You won't lose your precious selves if you make new friends. These are good people. The left will never make any headway unless they truly enter the community and understand their neighbors. It is such a simple principle. I guess my time out of the happy valley has been to my benefit. This may seem cruel but the present left are chumps who cannot see. Take this in a constructive manner please.