To the Editor:
In response to Ralph Lloyd’s letter, it is easy to call something NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) when it is not in your backyard.

The truth is coal mining is not good for Carroll County. It will bring less than $5,000 in tax revenue, create few if any jobs and destroy the water and life as we know it environmentally.

I did not sell my coal rights. When I bought my property 30 years ago, I was reassured by county officials at that time there would never be deep mining in Carroll County because the coal was too difficult to get out of the ground. Had I been able to see in the future, I would not have bought my property but I could not.

Lastly, it is very difficult to feel concern for a multi-million dollar conglomerate over my friends and neighbors.

Vote for any levy? There won’t be enough of a tax base to support any services. Carroll County: don’t buy the lies!

Jean Martin
Carrollton, OH

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