Flying J would be welcome in Preble if they just followed our laws.

We are a small community of about 1,500 people with about 500 homes and farms. About two years ago representatives from Flying J with their lawyers Rick Shafer and Amanda Shaw proposed a truck stop in Preble. They were given a copy of Preble's Land Use Plan and Zoning Ordinance books. "These are our laws for Preble", we said, "follow them and you will be welcome."

Since then every proposal from Flying J has NOT followed those laws, indeed they broke them. When our town told Flying J they had to follow our laws they sued us. When we won that lawsuit, they broke the same law again, and when we refused that, they sued us again.

It is Flying J itself, not Preble, nor any of its citizens that is stopping Flying J from building here. The clear fact is that _IF_ Flying J submits a plan that obeys ALL of our laws we could NOT prevent them from building here!

Why is Flying J not following our laws?

They want to build a truck stop in Preble that is bigger than the amount of land they want to buy! Their design is simply too large. This fact is not Preble's fault. You can't put ten pounds of meat in a one-pound bag.

Nor is this about truckers. Preble currently has a rest area on Route 81 that serves truckers which is now being enlarged to accommodate even more truckers. We are not opposed to that. The design for that rest area is in accordance with established laws and is properly sized. Flying J would be well advised to look into that and follow suit.

Our laws are there for all to follow. Whether you are a lawyer remodeling a camp or a big rich Utah company with 'deep pockets' does not give you the right to violate our laws!

Don't blame us for enforcing them.