Comments for Mountain Island Monitor

Comment on Artisans show off Christmas crafts by willyace

willyace — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 02:11:37 +0000

Photos by Bill Ward
Stanley, NC
willyace@twave.net

Comment on Holiday cheer marches through Mount Holly by willyace

willyace — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 02:10:51 +0000

Comment on Crescent Resources plans industrial park by snarky1

snarky1 — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:00:49 +0000

That is a great idea C Robb! There is an empty target store (100K) square feet in downtown Gastonia that would be perfect. It would not affect the fragile watershed of Mountain Island, not put unnecessary additional impact on the already over utilized city utilities, and be put in a location that can reduce pressure on over crowded schools of Gaston County. If we, as Gaston County residents are going to subsidize this school, it should be in a place that can benefit the greater population of the County. Not just the over privileged residents of Stone Water and the residents of Mecklenburg County.

Comment on Charter school bill re-ignites parental-choice debate by annehall

annehall — Sun, 08 May 2011 13:15:07 +0000

I was surprised by the above one sided article on Charter School Funding. I don’t have children (don’t plan to have them) and I won’t even get into the issue but the clear bias was appalling. “segregated system” “giving money away” “taking money from traditional public eduction” then you talk about successful teaching as the positive to charter schools. If you are going to highlight the debate, why not use apples to apples – how much money, discuss how charter schools use the same money differently. And then the “Republican” effort at the end of the article only further sought to further ignite and divide.

Disappointed by the bias,

Riverbend resident (a Mt. Island Lake Community)

Comment on Crescent Resources plans industrial park by C Robb

C Robb — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:07:02 +0000

From looking at Google maps it looks like green space. In my opinion, that is far more valuable to maintain biodiversity than warehouse space which will increase traffic in the area, exacerbate toxic stormwater runoff, and thus reduce water quality. Looks like a good candidate for a riverside park to me.

Comment on Crescent Resources plans industrial park by C Robb

C Robb — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:52:01 +0000

What is there at the moment? Surely there are enough empty big box stores and warehouses that could be re-purposed rather than commit watershed buffer areas to development.