I am interested in why having sewage put through Seymour is such a problem.
I understand that money is always a problem, but the alternative to not having sewage put into our homes is much more worrisome to me.
You say we need more money to do this. I have a suggestion on a way to raise money for sewage in our area.
I am originally from Pa. and we had dog laws that were enforced. Everyone paid for a license for his or her pets. Now this is not an astronomical fee, so everyone that owns a dog could afford it. For a male dog or female dog that was spade or neutered, it cost you three dollars per animal. If your dog was not spay or neutered, it cost you five dollars. The up side to this is that your animal is registered with the courthouse by his/her license number allowing lost pets to be returned to their owner.
Have you any idea how many dogs live in Sevier County? If I could go by my subdivision, I would conclude there are enough dogs in Sevier County to pay for a good portion of the expenses.
Understand now this money is payable every year.
Please tell me why something of this nature could not be implemented into a law for us. It would benefit the animal’s welfare and the owners concerns as well and most of the money could be used for the necessary money needed to start putting sewage into our older subdivisions. Not only could you purchase your dog license at the courthouse, you could get it at your local co-op, and local hardware stores.
Now I would like you to know what will eventually happen to your property if something is not done to get us sewage. We all live in an area that does not perk well. Red Clay is not an ideal place for septic systems. Our ground can only absorb so much run off from you field drains. After many years the ground will no longer be able to absorb the water and it will come to the top of the ground and stay there. You say, “We will put more field drains in”. That is fine if you have enough land to do that, but most of us have about 1/2 acre lots in the subdivisions, especially the older ones. At 11 feet per bedroom, their is not enough room to put more into our properties. I have been told 110 feet per bedroom of field drain is the law in this County. What happens then when they become unusable?
You may have a $250,000 dollar home or a $150,000 or a $60,000 home. What good are they now? You can’t live in them, you can’t sell them and then there is a problem with having a mortgage on the property to pay. Are you willing to have your property condemned when your field drains can no longer be added too?
Seymour, Sevier County, wake up before you lose everything you are working for. If the commissioners of Sevier County have been in office so long they do not want a change, then vote them out and put someone else in with new ideas and a willingness to try something to at least raise money for something so needy to our community.
Bonny J. Powell
Seymour, TN.

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