What readers are saying online
‘This may be great from the city’s viewpoint, but nothing in this proposition is fair to the citizens involved. Don’t they work for these citizens?
What is our great city coming to? Cheat, cheat and teach others to cheat. And it won’t cost us a dime.’
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‘The city officials can find plenty of money to pay for their new offices (when they didn’t need new offices), but there’s no money for streets and sidewalks? And the indoor pool has to pay for itself.’
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‘What a neat loophole for the city to take people’s land from them legally ‘ I wonder when they’ll want to widen my street? They’ll probably have to take my house because I do good to pay the city and county taxes I pay at present. I’m sure the home owners on Chancery feel the same. This new idea is wrong. It seems that our taxes are not spent efficiently in this city.’
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‘Everyone in Warren County complains about not having good roads, facilities, and jobs, but no one wants to open their wallets to solve our problems. If the North Chancery Street property owners lived in a larger city like Murfreesboro or Nashville, they wouldn’t have a choice about paying, because those communities are actively pursuing PROGRESS. Congratulations to David Rutherford for doing his job.’
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‘I do not own land on the street, but I think I would like it if I did. A good road absolutely does increase the value of a property. Adding walking traffic to the road couldn’t hurt either. Maybe these people could put their property up for sale to speculators if the occasion were to arise. Good luck with it whichever way it goes.’
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‘This is an example of what happens when no one PLANS for growth. It’s not a pleasant option, but the city’s back is against the wall and citizens will likely have to pay the cost. No one ever wants to spend money to improve the quality of life around here. We expect it to just happen. Had a planning commission been actively looking to the future years ago, they might have anticipated this problem and taken steps to prevent this situation.
Larger cities don’t stop to ask permission when the need arises to make improvements similar to this one. Property owners have the responsibility to be educated to this possibility. I agree. It’s a horrible situation to be in if one owns property on N. Chancery. However, it doesn’t take a fortune teller to see that N. Chancery has been leaning toward all commercial zoning for some time. This is the next step.’
What readers are saying about a couple in trouble for leaving a 7-year-old girl to watch two children under age 2 while they went to the store:
‘A child that is 7 years old is not old enough to be left alone and babysit. I think there is more to the story than is being told. Why did it take both parents to go to get cookies at a store? Sounds awful fishy to me-maybe they were doing something else. They deserve what ever punishment they get!’
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‘Seven-year-olds are old enough to hold jobs down in some countries. China does it all the time. We may just not be teaching ours what they need to learn early enough. (joke)
Really now, what in the world are people thinking when they leave a child in such a situation? Anything could happen. Ignorance can be fixed, but stupid is forever.’