Gazette readers may be missing the contentious opinions arising from a letter to the editor in the May 19 issue in which the writer urged the town to enact growth limits.
Along with the pros and cons by different writers, we are learning that a group has been formed with Richard Ostergard as chairman, Concerned Citizens for the Preservation of Open Space & Watershed Protection. Further, one of the group says they plan to form a PAC to support town board candidates who will support smart sustainable growth and to fight the development of the former Wake Forest Country Club. Ostergard has turned down an invitation to talk to the Gazette editor at this time.
If you want to follow this discussion, go to www.wakeforestgazette.com and put “growth limits” in the query box on the first page.
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In case you are considering a letter to the editor or a guest editorial in the Gazette, please be aware that the editor is taking a six-week hiatus because of needed carpal tunnel surgery. It is not dangerous surgery – outpatient, only 30 minutes of less of an actual procedure – but her left hand does need the six weeks to heal.
The Gazette will be published as usual next week – June 16 – and resume on July 21 or 28, depending on the doctor’s advice.
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Hope the surgery goes well Carol. That open space PAC seems like a good idea. Guess I should look into it further.