THOUGHTS ON COUNTY’S DECISIONS

Editor, The Sun:

I attended a county commission meeting on Sept. 5 at 3 p.m., an odd time of the day for the public to have and give input about such an issue of great importance to our communties – the Richardson graveyard. The focus tends to have been on allowing an RV camp and a pickleball court to set up near and around the graveyard, which is very upsetting to those of us who have loved ones buried there. It is our belief that once a property is designated as a burying site, it is not to be disturbed or tampered with out of respect for the dead.
We all know how boundaries, hedges and fences are respected and overlooked and there lies the problem.
Our county focuses on so many businesses coming into the county and none of these are about or for our youth who have nothing appropriate in place for them during the summer months or after school.
Those of us who can afford to drive into Leon County and access their parks and rec facilities have that option, but most don’t.
So much for the plans that were made back in the day for the One Stop Center to include youth activities. An investment in our youth is always a good thing and fosters good citizens.
Little did we know at the time of the commission meeting that thing had already been decided and we were just satisfying the process.

Jennie V. Jones
Crawfordville

Editor’s Note: The 3 p.m. county commission meeting was an appeal of a conditional use permit granted by the planning commission for a pickleball court at a proposed RV park on U.S. Highway 98 at Spring Creek Highway. The site is adjacent to the Richardson Cemetery. The county commission voted to uphold the conditional use.