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Wednesday, Jul. 02, 2008

Jump in to be a part of change for Lake Wylie

By David McCorkle

Special to Lake Wylie Pilot

Dear District 2 voters,

I would like to thank all who cared enough about our community's future to come out and vote in the recent elections.

Unfortunately less than 1/3 of 1 percent of the community made that decision.

I promised to meet monthly with an advisory council, members of the community including business, civic, government and neighborhood associations to set and achieve goals for District 2. To my knowledge no one has ever attempted this; sadly most have never met in an open forum with the community they represent.

In order to achieve our goals, we must act as a team. Our community is viewed basically as a tax base by York County with few of our tax dollars ever returned. Most of our representatives never visit the area and have no idea what our issues are or what problems their decisions have created or will create for our community.

Sadly, the majority of the community and the voters who did come out last Tuesday decided we have no business being involved in our community's decision making process and that one persons views were adequate for us all.

Our elected officials should be impartial judges, serving without compromise and influence for the betterment of the community in which they serve. They should be proactive and should not be project advocates, facilitators or promoters for a few developers in our community.

Our precious natural resource, the Catawba River, is the most endangered river in the country, yet development is occurring in its watershed with reckless disregard.

News conferences are held, articles are written, promises are made, the Riverkeeper Foundation intensifies its efforts and are fought back by the developers attorneys, and we return to the same destructive patterns. Some things never change.

Our campaign to involve the community, protect our natural resources and our quality of life will never stop. Please visit Mccorkle4council.com for future updates or to express concerns.

David McCorkle