Wednesday, December 1, 1999
Wednesday, December 1, 1999 |
| It's
time for affected neighborhoods to speak up about new
jail
Fayetteville jail notification: Last call; don't say you weren't invited! Chanticleer, Kingswood, Woodlands, Wellington Place, Jeff Davis Plantation, Woodgate, Williamsburg Circle, Wyngate — consider this and lend a voice. If you live in or near these subdivisions and still don't think the proposed jail is going to change your life then consider the following: ” The entrance or grounds to each of the above subdivisions is between a half mile and five miles from the entrance or grounds of the jail. ” The entrance or grounds to each of the elementary, middle and high schools, McCurry soccer, softball, and football park as well as the athletic facilities on Redwine Road is between two and five miles from the entrance of the jail. ” Those of us that plan on selling our homes in the future can forget whatever market-value, nest-egg profit we were planning on. Many of us will be banking on that money to help retire, put our children through college or simply get some well-needed financial assistance. Expecting that kind of an increase in value for our homes with a jail as a neighbor is probably not wise. ” What we once considered “other city problems” will be a stone's throw away. While all the assurances in the world sound great, there are no guarantees. Let's face it — all it will take is one incident to affect how we sleep (or not.) ” What has turned into a traffic problem of residential growth, will only get worse due to jail traffic. Everyone needs to wake up and see the barbed wire! This facility will house approximately 800 prisoners. We, the citizens of the once beautiful city, have no say on where it goes or how we pay for it. The county commissioners are having a workshop meeting on Dec. 1 in the government complex at Stonewall Village at 3:30 p.m. The next official county commission meeting is scheduled for Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. Regardless if they have the jail on the agenda, we need to attend and speak up. If the county commissioners are at the crossroads on how to pay for this, we need to let them know first what we think of this. Marilyn Benedetti Fayetteville
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