[RI Swamp Yankee]

Originally Posted by no-engine

...Next for those in SDS, read a letter to editor in Today's Daily Sun!

Here is the letter so everyone can read it. (Sept. 30, 2010)

Trail through South Down would be on public property, not private

To the editor,

WOW! What a group of elitist, selfindulgent,
and self-important people
there are in the membership of the
South Down Shores Recreational
Association. Imagine, assessing
themselves $100 per year to establish
a legal fund to “protect South
Down’s interest(?) with respect to the
proposed...W.O.W. Trail.” To protect
what interest? The right of way is
public property. Yes, the land where
the trail is planned to go is on public
property, not land owned in any way
by South Down Shores residents.

Over the past summer, a number
of letters to local newspapers have
praised the benefits of the now-finished
section of the trail, and ever
so many sharing and kind people
of Laconia have participated in the
beautification of the trail through the
magnificent murals and lovely flowerbeds.
What an absolute improvement
the walkway has been to the community.
What more can be said?

Out of self-interest and selfishness,
this small but arrogant and egocentric
group wants to exclude the citizens
of Laconia from public land that
they, the South Down Shores people,
apparently have been using and walking
over freely for years. This doesn’t
make it theirs. How sad that they
can’t see their selfishness. Their $100
per year could be used to help less fortunate
people than they are; and then
walkers, bicyclists, grandparents with
baby strollers, lake-lovers, teenagers,
dog-walkers, and joggers could have
access to the path without the need to
go through an expensive court battle
to win what rightfully belongs to the
people.

Harry J. Mitchell
Laconia