Site of proposed shooting complex questioned

To Commissioner Galovich  et  al.:

It’s come to my attention that County Commissioners have decided that if Hot Springs County’s bid for the shooting complex is successful that it will be sited west of the Red Lane neighborhood. This was also where you were going to site the trash transfer station.

My question is why are you intent on sitting noisy, noxious enterprise above a quiet housing area? I’ve heard that a rifle shot fired from the proposed site is no noisier that the train going by. While that may be true the train goes through a few times a day and is gone where a constant din of rifle fire is a sustained nuisance to the area.

Additionally, there are trails on Round Top Mountain that will be anything but restful to walk if this complex is allowed to be placed there. Your proposal will decrease the value of the property in this area and as you might have guessed we will strenuously resist this.

Thank you, Harold Hutson

Chairman, RLWID