When is enough enough?

To the Editor:

When a landowner gets it in his head that he wants to turn his farmland into a large subdivision for maximum profit at the expense of endangering his entire community, should he get his way?

Let's use Paradise as a reminder of just how fast a fire can turn deadly. Now, imagine approximately 500 families trying to get out of a one exit development onto a two-lane road to escape. Maybe they all might make it out in case of a fast moving fire, and maybe not. Now, imagine the County approving another subdivision of duplexes and triplexes butting up to the first subdivision and they only have one exit as well for their hundreds of families trying to get out at the same time.

You get the picture? It isn't a pretty one. Maybe the first family has a chance to get onto 108 for survival, but every extra person from the second subdivision pushing their way out could cause one person from the first subdivision to peril in that fire. It isn't a pretty picture, so why does Kenning Properties keep trying to fit his square peg into Soulsbyville's round hole? Why hasn't the county denied this landowner`s applications each time he applies for the past 30 years? Please tell the county to deny this Kenning Properties project and that you don't want them playing Russian Roulette with your neighbors' lives. It could go to the Board of Supervisors for approval as early as January.

Joy and Jim Lee Diane and Charlie Martarano Soulsbyville