Developer
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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Elder abuse comes in a variety of ways but, the worst in my opinion, is financial elder abuse.
A neighbor of mine, who is in ill health, has been taken advantage of by a local developer and the system itself. Several years ago the developer built many nice homes off of Ferguson Road. I don't know what happened, but drainage was evidently last on his "honey do" list. So he did what any successful developer would do. He dug a big hole in the ground that looks like a small lake to take care of the drainage.
This hole in the ground, of course, was illegal. As it has no dike, soon the waters came over the top and flooded my neighbor's woods. In fact, right now, his woods looks like southern Louisiana. The developer has drug his feet on doing anything to fix the problem. Perhaps he was thinking he would wait out a sick senior until he would be out of the picture.
Now, another solution is offered. They could dig a ditch through the woods and drain into the Rozella Ford Golf Course creek. Oh happy days! That solution reminds me of the old adage "Old golfers never die, their balls just float away."
How about just saving an old primitive woods and helping out a senior citizen.
Tom Metzger
Warsaw, via e-mail
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Elder abuse comes in a variety of ways but, the worst in my opinion, is financial elder abuse.
A neighbor of mine, who is in ill health, has been taken advantage of by a local developer and the system itself. Several years ago the developer built many nice homes off of Ferguson Road. I don't know what happened, but drainage was evidently last on his "honey do" list. So he did what any successful developer would do. He dug a big hole in the ground that looks like a small lake to take care of the drainage.
This hole in the ground, of course, was illegal. As it has no dike, soon the waters came over the top and flooded my neighbor's woods. In fact, right now, his woods looks like southern Louisiana. The developer has drug his feet on doing anything to fix the problem. Perhaps he was thinking he would wait out a sick senior until he would be out of the picture.
Now, another solution is offered. They could dig a ditch through the woods and drain into the Rozella Ford Golf Course creek. Oh happy days! That solution reminds me of the old adage "Old golfers never die, their balls just float away."
How about just saving an old primitive woods and helping out a senior citizen.
Tom Metzger
Warsaw, via e-mail
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