More Property Rights Concerns from Cherokee Property Owners
Posted: December 22nd, 2006
Category: Canton Real Estate
Letter to the Editor: Commissioner’s Threats…Disappointing
I just left the Board of Commissioners meeting
(Tuesday, December 19). During Case 06-12-084 for the
88.88 acres on E. Cherokee Drive, Commissioner Harry
Johnston blatantly threatened the property owners and
developer, that if the case were to pass at the
requested RD-3 zoning, that he would personally
request and vote to rescind the zoning next month,
when the “new” BOC is in place. He was very strong in
his threat that they, the property owners and the
developers, would have to be ready to financially
fight. What a disappointment to hear this type of
dictatorship from our recently elected official. The
real disappointment is that he’s there for four more
years. Why do the innocent property owners in this
county need to worry about Mr. Johnston rescinding a
zoning case on their property after it’s achieved a
majority vote. Isn’t that unconstitutional? This all
came AFTER Mr. Johnston proposed rescinding a case
that was passed December 5 for the Ruby Forest Zoning.
Is this going to be an on-going procedure for Mr.
Johnston? To vote on a case and then try to turn it
over? Maybe he should rethink his vote on the RD-3
zoning for Stringer Road. But I think not, since that
had an impact on whether or not this property was
annexed into the city of Holly Springs.
I wish everyone that didn’t vote in July could have
listened to Mr. Johnston tonight, threatening this
family, who has lived and farmed this county for
years. The other stigma is that residents who have
lived in the county for +/- one year, got up and
voiced their opinion that they didn’t want more
development so close to theirs (Woodmont!). “I’m here
and it’s OK, nobody complained, but now that the
bordering neighbors want to sell their property, I
think I’ll protest against any more development near
me.”
If the county had one dollar for every time Mr.
Johnston said “I” in his evaluations of these zoning
cases, the county budget would be increased
significantly! “I can’t live with that…it’s not what
I want…I can’t support that…I, I, I” Who in the
world does he think he is? He’s not voting as a
member of the team for the good of the county, he’s
voting for the “I” factor. Mr. Johnston lives in the
City of Canton. WE the property owners live outside
the city limits.
Darla Alfredson
Macedonia
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