Maps
I obtained several maps of the land across from East Elementary School. The most interesting shows the flood plain of Paperjack Creek. The west side of Paperjack as it curves south has lower land than the east side. What this means is the should the east side flood there are a number of houses in a sub-division on the west side that are in a good deal of hurt.
For years I've heard that the land on the south side of hwy. GG across from East Elementary was totally unsuitable for a school building. Tell a lie often enough and people begin to believe it.
posted by Bob Ziller @ 1:42 PM
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Bob:
I know your intention is to keep away from negative/personal attacks. I would suggest that you avoid such statements "Tell a lie often enough and people begin to believe it."
You are the one looking at the maps. My just is the far west side of that property is touching the flood plain. That people are going around saying that is on a flood plain is more like folklore and a lie. This is often the case in these public issues. "Hearsay" is the term and over time it becomes folklore. Like George Washington chopping down a cherry tree.
I would suggest you stick to your guns on taking the high road. If you know for a fact a public official deliberately misled citizens about a flood plain, it would be blogworthy to let us know who that official is. Otherwise, keep the negative comments and innuendo out of the discussion.
I was on the school board years ago when we were kicking around the purchase of land (in open session by the way). We discussed the property in question and a board member opined that it was low land in the flood plain and unsuitable for a school building. End of discussion.
I can give you the name if you call me at 246-6237. I am not going to put it on this blog as it will do no good to rehash history. By the way it wasn't the public that was misled, it was me.
You are right in one respect, lie is a little strong. Many things discussed as factual start out as casual observations, sloppy research, or assumptions and later expounded as fact.
I have the same theorey as lawyers: "If it isn't documented, it doesn't exist."
It's been my experience that people will repeat what someone else said or make an assumption about something and that is the basis of their comment. Evidently then, the land south of GG and across from the East Elementary school.
I've always been under the assumption that the houses between West Elementary and the high school are owned by the school district and were available for future school expansion. I base my assumption on one of the occupants of one those houses told nearly 20 years ago. We worked together. He's retired, but I still bump into him occasionally.
Since I haven't heard the use of that land come up in school construction conversation, I'm guessing that is folk lore also.
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