Mr. Welsh needs to remember the proverb about "people who live in
glass houses should not be casting stones."
Most of the pro-ethanol distillery camp's platform is built on
flag-waving tactics to make them look like patriots, and the
anti-ethanol camp look the opposite.
Neal Cline, in his recent
letter to Public Opinion, very eloquently explained the possible
dire consequences of building this distillery disaster near the
Army's maintenance facilities at Letterkenny Army Depot — a premier
Army maintenance facility that is a key player in the "War on
Terrorism." If Mr. Welch and his supporters truly understood
patriotism, and the need for the U.S. Army in a time of war to
operate unencumbered, they would move the distillery site to one of
their own back yards, many miles from the proposed Letterkenny site.
Anyone with common sense can deduce this distillery is bad for
the Army's mission at Letterkenny, bad for Greene Township and bad
for Franklin County. Mr. Welch and his investors seem more concerned
about their investments and potential profits, and gaining 35-plus
jobs. As self-proclaimed patriots, they should be more concerned for
the potential loss of thousands of jobs at the Letterkenny Army
Depot. ...
Mr. Welch needs to better explain his logic ... if he wants
logical and reasonable residents and taxpayers like me to give his
case any credibility. ...
Tell us why this proposed distillery is better for Greene and
Letterkenny townships, and Franklin County, than Letterkenny Army
Depot, with its 2,000-plus direct jobs, and hundreds of peripheral
jobs. ...
It is my opinion the Penn Mar investors ... have not told me, and
the vast majority of my neighbors, why we should not be concerned
with having this environmentally hazardous facility in our back
yards.
Citizens of Franklin County need to be more concerned about
keeping Letterkenny Army Depot open and a viable player in the War
on Terrorism. Makes a lot more economic and security sense than
supporting the creation of 35-odd jobs at a highly subsidized (your
tax money) corn distillery.
Carl McAfee
Chambersburg
publicopiniononline.com
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