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I will!

Thanks for posting that, BTW.
I grew up working in the summers for my grandfather, and the thought of NC losing tobacco farming for good is just unthinkable.

CD

I was watching the government channel the other day and the Cary Town Council meeting was on (okay I know I was bored!! You don't have to tell me). There was a young lady on there that apparently had land willed from her great grandmother. Something about a grandfather clause has protected the land for a couple of years but apparently no more. Some of it used to be tobacco land, but guess which 'growing' Town Council thinks they can use it better than the property owner? The government has tried killing the industry from one end and the carpetbaggers are trying to kill it by building on all the land around here

CD, I'm with you. I remember the days gone by when you drove through Eastern NC and saw tobacco, not housing developments. As much as I am against internal improvements or government handouts, if the good state of NC can do anything to help protect these companies from the general government, I say keep giving. This state, while somewhat weaned from tobacco, would be dealt a serious blow if attacks on the industry are allowed to continue unabated. I chose to smoke (quit about 1 year) and I choose to dip snuff (have since I was about 9). I know the drawbacks, I know the dangers, but danged if I'm going to sue anyone for my choices. I personally don't think there should be one more tobacco settlement. If you don't know the dangers by now, you're living in a cave. If you so choose to use tobacco products (like myself) quit whining if you get sick. It's no one's fault but our own

I grew up working in the summers for my grandfather, and the thought of NC losing tobacco farming for good is just unthinkable.

Why?