Rick Florian Offers Thanks to the Community

While I know this list is not exhaustive, I want to thank the Creeks, the Felts, the Triggs, the Colellas, the Jones', Feenstras, and all the other families who worked so hard in pushing this sewer effort through. While costs will potentially move higher than anticipated, it would have only gotten worse with any future delay.

Sewers are inevitable. Period. There is a 100% chance that each of our personal experiences will get worse without it. The only uncertainty is time. A repair I had a year ago may last me for another 20 years. Who knows? One thing is for certain. Each of our days of septic issues are numbered and they are coming. For many they are already here.

Many thoughtful and substantive efforts are being made to mitigate costs for ALL of us. These efforts are being made by very few for ALL of us. This includes some of our county commissioners.

I hope that many of us (including myself) will step up to the plate and help whenever possible to assist in bringing this effort to fruition.

Remember that we are a community. We can choose to work together and celebrate that relationship or we can pull inside ourselves and only consider our individual needs. In this case, I believe it would be to the detriment of our neighbors and ourselves not to look out for all our interests in both the short and long term. We are taking care of our family when consider our neighbors. I want my kids to live with that perspective.

Thanks again to all who put such substantial work into making all our future lives better. Sorry this is so wordy. I wouldn't surprise you to hear I'm known to be a talker...

- Rick Florian