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Many Expected to Protest Mine
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Jacksonville. Elsie had earned enough money to buy a car and for the first time my sisters and
I went Christmas shopping together in Ocala. None of us had much money, but our main focus
Operation at Next County Meeting
was a gift for Mama. We decided beforehand to split-up in Ocala at the shopping center on
Pine Street and each buy Mama our own gift.
Inglis resident Better Berger, citizens advocate and opponent of the proposed mining
I bought my Dad a necktie, or something like that, and was feeling my first sense of holiday
operation north of Inglis said she will be on the Levy County Commissioners agenda on
stress that one feels when unable to find an appropriate gift for someone special. My sisters
January 8 at 9:30 AM to speak about Tarmac Mine concerns. She said, "the Special Exception
told me to look for a scarf or nice bottle of perfume. I looked, but nothing looked good enough
they ask for is for a zoning change to allow them to mine in Forestry, Rural Residential. The
for the two or three dollars I had left to spend on Mama.
Comprehensive Plan is a separate issue. The conservation part says it is in Conservation and
The last store in the center I shopped was J.M. Fields, located at the north end of the
Coastal High Hazard area." Berger emphasized that she would be speaking as a private citizen
center. I was a bit downhearted when I entered Fields, but there on a large table I spotted the
and not an Inglis town commissioner. Berger urges any citizen concerned about the matter to
perfect gift for my Mother. Among a display of ornaments and figurines was a cherub. The
show up at the January 8 meeting in Bronson.
beautiful winged angel was one of many stacked on the table and much to my surprise was
Inglis Commission Votes 4-1 to Go Against Mine
only a couple of dollars. My search was over.
Commissioner Betty Berger's agenda item December 11th "Discuss and vote on a
When we met back at the car Elsie took us to Elliot's Drive In and treated us to one of their
letter to the Levy County Commission on Tarmac Mine Operations" passed four to one, with
famous milk shakes and then we drove home.
Commissioner Roy Smith voting against it. The mayor and the clerk were instructed to draft
On the way home my sisters excitedly showed what they had bought Mama. Then Elsie
the letter expressing the disapproval of Inglis on the impact it will have on water and roads.
asked "what did you get Mama, Doug". I thought I had the best gift of all but, when I proudly
According to Commissioner Berger, Albert Townsend, the Project Manager for Tarmac,
pulled the cherub out of the J.M. Fields bag I was greeted with silence: followed by uncon-
wrote a letter to Inglis Mayor Carolyn Risher, requesting that a meeting be set up sometime in
trolled, continuous, side-splitting laughter.
January, so that Tarmac can address the townspeople on the proposed lime rock mine north of
For the days remaining before Christmas my sisters would say to my Mother, "Oh wait
Inglis. Townsend commented on the Dec. 11 Inglis Town meeting, where commissioners
until you see what Doug got you, Mama", followed by laughter. My Mother is the most
agreed to write a letter to the Levy County Commission against the proposed lime rock mine
supportive and sweetest person I know, but even she was having a hard time keeping a
and stated that he understood the concerns that area residents have against the mine, but that
straight face.
his intent is to work with the community. He wrote that he would like to clear up misinforma-
That cherub set a chain of events in motion at our Christmas Eve gatherings that culmi-
tion regarding environmental issues, as a consequence of the proposed mine, that have been
nated in my sister's prank this year.?
brought up. He stated that his research staff, along with the Florida Department of Environ-
mental Protection, has spent thousands of hours compiling hydro-geological data on the
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proposed mine site and a site-specific mine footprint has been arrived at that he would like to
make available at a public meeting. Berger stated that Tarmac representatives addressed the
Withlacoochee Area Residents, Inc.
Inglis Planning Commission for about an hour and a half at their most recent meeting, how-
ever, only about 2 of the approximately 85 people attending the meeting were in agreement.
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