What a difference a day makes!

Frank Hogg (Draft) 4/12/1

(Wednesday 4/11/1) My phone has been busy with calls from the media and friends. Everyone is amazed we succeeded in beating the dragon. Many warned me to be careful, that they might come back, that this was just a ruse. For myself I won't feel comfortable until I see that 'Nice N Easy' sign going up. I plan to keep on a war footing, which is to keep doing what I've been doing with this web site and keeping a close eye on our officials. This victory may have been the war or it may have been a battle. It is better to think of it as a battle and to keep fighting till the 'last dog dies' as the old saying goes.

Not to get maudlin but...

I remember being at one of the many meetings listening to some old man speaking in favor of Flying J because he wanted his taxes reduced. While he talked my minds eye reflected back to a scene on TV 3 showing little 8 year old Tina Oliver picking flowers in a field across from the proposed Flying J site. Our purpose in life is to pave the way for kids like Tina, not ruin their lives just to save a few tax dollars for some selfish old goat! I hope that when I get that old I will still have some feeling for those around me

We are put on this earth to reproduce, prosper and leave it better than we found it. There are those in our society who believe that the acumination of money and/or power equals success. Neither of those leaves a mark on the world that one could be proud of. I pity those who are so short sighted that the reduction of taxes, in other words making money, is and should be their only goal in life. I would rather leave this world with no mark at all, than the oil stain that would be left if Flying J succeeded in coming here.

To those whose vision does not extend beyond their wallets I have nothing to say, but to those who are concerned about this planet and the air we all breath and the water we all drink I feel that what we do here is a good thing. We put a finger in the dike of the onslaught of power and greed over common sense. However, the onslaught is still there, the dike is holding but we must be ever diligent, ever wary of those whose only god is green money, whose only concern is selfish greed, who views their neighbor as a profit center rather than a human being. Our fight is noble and worthy and must and will continue until we have protected our homes and our children from those greedy and selfish few.

We can bask in our victory and enjoy the freedom from worry but still be diligent. We won; we beat their expensive lawyers, their pricey engineers, their fancy experts and our officials. We beat them one and all and if need be we can do it again and again. They outspent us 10,000 to 1 and we still won. They lined up expensive experts against us and we still won. Their pockets weren't deep enough because we... still... won...!

Be proud... be happy...

Hit the road J, dontcha come back no more