[mommadooo3]

Hey Lady...can ya do that ping thing? Can't remember how to spell everyone's names the right way. (swimming under stress, horses will do that to ya)

[Molly Pitcher]

Hi ladies!

Thanks mommadooo for the latest on this story.

We drove thru the area just last week, and will be doing so again this weekend on our way to Oxford.

I'm wondering if the gov't. wiil eventually get what it wants, after all....

[Iowa Granny]

"The government already owns so much,'' Blatter said. "But I did it, and I feel good about it. I set myself up for retirement and I made sure this land will be protected.''

This statement says it all.

I am a farmer. I am opposed to government ownership of land, in most situations. None the less, the owner should have the right to do what they want to do with the land within the law. Obviously, this farmer did not want his land developed and he needed money for retirement.

I hope I never face a situation where I would need to sell my land to the gov't.