It's time for affected neighborhoods to speak up about new jail

It's

time for affected neighborhoods to speak up about new

jail

Fayetteville jail notification: Last

call; don't say you weren't invited!

Chanticleer, Kingswood,

Woodlands, Wellington Place, Jeff Davis Plantation,

Woodgate, Williamsburg Circle, Wyngate - consider

this and lend a voice. If you live in or near these

subdivisions and still don't think the proposed jail is

going to change your life then consider the following:

� The entrance or grounds

to each of the above subdivisions is between a half mile

and five miles from the entrance or grounds of the jail.

� The entrance or grounds

to each of the elementary, middle and high schools,

McCurry soccer, softball, and football park as well as

the athletic facilities on Redwine Road is between two

and five miles from the entrance of the jail.

� Those of us that plan on

selling our homes in the future can forget whatever

market-value, nest-egg profit we were planning on. Many

of us will be banking on that money to help retire, put

our children through college or simply get some

well-needed financial assistance. Expecting that kind of

an increase in value for our homes with a jail as a

neighbor is probably not wise.

� What we once considered

"other city problems" will be a stone's throw

away. While all the assurances in the world sound great,

there are no guarantees. Let's face it - all it will

take is one incident to affect how we sleep (or not.)

� What has turned into a

traffic problem of residential growth, will only get

worse due to jail traffic.

Everyone needs to wake up

and see the barbed wire! This facility will house

approximately 800 prisoners. We, the citizens of the once

beautiful city, have no say on where it goes or how we

pay for it.

The county commissioners

are having a workshop meeting on Dec. 1 in the government

complex at Stonewall Village at 3:30 p.m. The next

official county commission meeting is scheduled for Dec.

9 at 7 p.m. Regardless if they have the jail on the

agenda, we need to attend and speak up. If the county

commissioners are at the crossroads on how to pay for

this, we need to let them know first what we think of

this.

Marilyn Benedetti

Fayetteville

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