presstalk 671-TALK
• I see the Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen had no problem giving $70,000 of taxpayer money to the Farragut Business Alliance. Very disappointed with my elected officials on this decision. As I recall, it was just a few weeks ago that the Town administrator and certain BOMA members were publicly bellyaching about the Town’s future loss of Hall Tax revenue. Hard to take these people seriously when their actions do not match words.
• In response to the opinion of [Alderman] Bob Markli published June 2, I find Mr. Markli’s opinion seems to be very self serving. He fails to recognize that the infrastructure needed to deliver power, water, sewer and transportation to homes in Farragut is a public good that costs money to expand. Every new home must be provided with the needed infrastructure and that expansion costs money. Who should pay for that expansion of infrastructure? For example, if Mr. Markli wants to increase the number of fans in Neyland Stadium watching a Tennessee football game, who should pay for his ticket? Of course, he should. The same is true for a person wanting to add a new house to the Farragut community. Why should Farragut citizens be asked to subsidize the profits of land developers like Mr. Markli?
• When we walk the greenway trails so often we see dog excrement bags thrown alongside the trails. Why would someone bag it and just throw it a few feet away? We saw about 20 bags thrown in one area off the Rockwell Farm greenway. These unsightly bags will not decompose. We own dogs and we collect their [excrement] and dispose of the bags in a refuse bin designed for this or we hold onto the bag and dispose of it when we get home. I would love for someone to explain the reason why they would pick up their dog’s excrement only to pitch the bag a few feet away.
• Where, oh where can I find a part-time job that’s going to pay me over $40,000 a year for doing next to nothing? In these times of economic struggle, the Dow dropping 600 points, people’s retirement accounts being wiped out overnight and the world in economic turmoil, our little Town can find more ways to waste needed taxpayer money that could be used to benefit us all, such as improving Virtue Road, and not just a few.
• Disappointed to hear the Board of Mayor and Aldermen’s approval for yet another traffic light on Kingston Pike, this one at Virture Road. This was one of the last stretches of clear road on Kingston Pike within Farragut. And as a reminder, Kingston Pike is a main thoroughfare for many people from their homes, their work, school or church. Now we’ve got yet another traffic-stopping light and this one is on a curve, which doesn’t seem as it will be adding to the safety of those who travel this stretch of Kingston Pike.
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