a message to my neighbors

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Am I wasting my breath? I think so.

Are MOST people here in a self-induced coma, lapping up propaganda, not thinking and speaking for themselves? Yep.


That notwithstanding, lets review the facts:

1. Sembler has proposed a 1.5 MILLION SQ. FT. mega mall in SCHH's front yard.

2. This area doesn’t have the population to support a mega mall.

3. Sembler wants sales tax rebates to build the mall.

4. South Carolina needs ALL the tax $ that it can get.

5. State representatives Herbkersman, Pinckney, and Chalk support this.

6. So do developers, contractors, subcontractors, and Gucci lovers.

7. Struggling local businesses do not.

8. Sembler has a poor track record finishing their projects.

9. The mall will be located in the headwaters of the Okatie estuary.

10. The Okatie is currently polluted.

11. BIG TIME increased stormwater runoff from the mall will be dumped into the Okatie.

12. We KNOW from the May River, and from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, that increased stormwater runoff, even CLEAN stormwater runoff, dilutes saltwater in their natural habitat and drives away oysters, shrimp, and crabs.

13. Sembler’s Okatie Crossings mall will likely mean the end to shrimping and crabbing off Riverbend pier.

14 YOU may not be able to do anything by yourself; however, (here's where I need a REALITY CHECK!), IF WE MAKE SOME NOISE, then WE can send a CLEAR message to Sembler, Herbkersman, Pinckney, Chalk, the South Carolina legislature, Hardeeville, greed mongers, Gucci lovers, et al, what we think of their mega mall in SCHH's front yard that will have MAJOR impacts on SCHH, including traffic, crime, the end of shrimping and crabbing off Riverbend pier, etc.

15. MAKING SOME NOISE means NOT talking among yourselves, but rather putting a sign in your cars and golf carts, writing letters to the editor, using the internet (eg, Twitter.com search word “Okatie”), SPEAKING UP, SPEAKING OUT.

16. I’ve been riding around with signs in my truck for more than 2 weeks. You’re welcome to it. You can download it from here, or you can email me, and I’ll email it as an attachment back to you. Or, you can make your own sign.


REALITY CHECK: As history has shown, MOST in Sun City, even those who profess to be VERY concerned about property values, will be content to sit on the sidelines, lap up the propaganda, and SAY or DO NOTHING, while this boondoggle, with its MANY negative impacts, is built in THEIR front yard. There goes the neighborhood and YOUR property values.
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