From Joan Ledbetter:
A Native American proverb goes “The Frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives.” This bears some contemplation.
Must we build on every green space?
Is it really wise to fill in every wetland?
Are more retail shops and shiny new (for now) apartments that could be put in a much better location really more important that preserving out ecology, our inner-city beauty, a healthy recreation area, a spectacular outdoor biology lab, and a flood plain that we just may need for holding flood water?
Is selling off 80 acres of City land (citizen land) smack in the middle of Rome, just a few blocks from Broad Street, for a $600K song really a good deal for Rome citizens?
If you think these are matters worth questioning, checkout the Save Rome’s Central Park citizen movement, find out why so many citizens do not want what used to be a wonderful duck pond paved over, get involved, and vote for the future of Rome and Romans!
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From Terrell: Please share these things as much as possible this weekend and always remind folks that the vote is Tuesday, November 3 at your regular city voting place. Many are expecting only a couple of thousand voters out of the 15,000 registered voters in Rome. Let's prove them wrong.
Our sitting commissioners want to allow private developers to bury our children's lush green legacy you see here under ten to twenty feet of rubble then convert it to just another urban strip mall. How many half empty ones do we have now? We can never get our "Duck Pond", our floodplain, our forest, and our wetland back. Once it's gone, it's gone.
Vote NO incumbents!
Vote for the new voices only: Abeed, Sundai, and Craig!
Stop this senseless destruction.
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Dear Friends,
If you haven't yet put one of our signs in your yard, would you consider putting one up for the final five days of this , perhaps Quixotic, campaign. As someone respected in your neighborhood a sign will declare two things: 1) your support, and 2) the legitimacy of an unusual campaign.
Let's shock the political status quo in Rome by putting three fresh voices in with the six remaining incumbents. It just might save our central park for our kids and grandkids.
If you want a sign message Jeremy Harrison or me.
Thank you!
Sincerely,
Terrell Shaw
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