Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 13:32:21 -0400
From: “Michael Kirkman”
Subject: Re: Chatham Chatlist #4665
Chatham Chatlist #4665
Thank you Donna and Gene for answering some of my questions concerning a recent post by Ms. Karen.
At this point it doesn’t matter, but it would be interesting to see a job description for Sustainable Communities Director
But in particular relating to Wal-Mart, Ms. Karen stated in a previous post:
-Virtually all Development had been shut down.
– Private investment in the county dropped to nearly 0.
– Businesses wouldn’t even look at Chatham County to locate in.
– Chatham businesses were leaving to go to surrounding counties.
There have been several postings relating to Wal-Mart. All of the above possibly apply I do not have enough info to judge except I do know that local business do suffer when Wal-Mart “moves in†. They go out of business or they move. They can’t move to Siler City. They really can’t move anywhere. They just go away. Is that sustainable? I do not know? I do know that there are a lot of low wage jobs and most Chatham Co. people do not benefit except maybe thru property tax collected from Wal-Mart but do the taxes they paid cover what they receive from Chatham Co. (mainly infrastructure and maintenance of the environment as in Jordan Lake)?
I continue to be disgusted by this left/right argument going on (of which I am sorry to say I have participated). What happen to meeting in the middle and trying to work things out. Things have gotten so extreme that everybody is PO’d. A discussion can not take place because all the “facts†are just half-truths or outright lies.
HERE IS WHAT TERRY SAID IN A RECENT POST (God Bless Him and I must be a Marxist too!):
Subject: Count me among the Marxist
To the politically – aggressive person who does not use their name to call others names: Count me among the Marxists, or Socialist, or whatever label that you are trying to stick to people because here is what I have learned in five years of graduate school and 25 years of ministry;
Isaiah 65:17-25 outlines six characteristics of a healthy community from the heart of God:
• Public celebration and happiness (18, 19)
• Public health for children and the aged (20)
• Housing for all (21)
• Food for all (22)
• Meaningful work (22, 23)
• Family support systems (23)
• Absence of violence (25).
Those who build up, rarely have time to tear down!