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:/r I <br /> • <br /> f <br /> OPENING STATEMENT <br /> to the <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Hillsborough, North Carolina <br /> February 22, 1988 <br /> COMMISSIONERS: <br /> We took the liberty of reproducing a small number of copies <br /> of your Master Recreation and Parks Plan for distribution to the <br /> rural townships of Orange County. We regret that the lack of <br /> time and funds prohibited distribution to all citizens of Orange <br /> County. <br /> A number of people have reviewed the Plan in its entirety. <br /> Through a concerted effort by rural communities, a much larger <br /> number of citizens are now familiar with the most important <br /> elements of the Plan and with its real objectives. <br /> We find the Greenway program proposed in the Plan to be <br /> totally and completely unacceptable. It cannot be made accept- <br /> able. We will not accept it. <br /> We have stated our position briefly and clearly in a Notice <br /> of Concern by the citizens of rural Orange County to the Orange <br /> County Board of Commissioners. We now present you with a copy of <br /> this Notice and ask that it be entered into the official record <br /> of this meeting. <br /> It is clear that the majority of the citizens of rural <br /> Orange County have no representation on the present Orange County <br /> Board of Commissioners, but we ask that you consider our position <br /> very carefully. The consequences of failure may be very grave. <br /> We demand that you cease this raid upon our rights, our proper- <br /> ties, the welfare of our families, and our liberties - and cease <br /> it now. <br /> Thank you. <br />