[at-l] Answering Fed Ex...

[Sly]

So, how's the weather?  :-)

Sly

(hope I got my part right ;-) )


Miss Janet wrote:
> LOL  Mr. FedEx!!!
>  
> Where, Dear did you get your info???  I CLOSED MY PLACE.... the city 
> had nothing at all to do with my decision.  Some of your other 
> comments had more to do with me closing... I was too crowded and I 
> needed more room to serve the hikers that wanted to stay with me and 
> the new things I wanted to add to make my place support it's self 
> better. Other reasons were personal family business. 
>  
> The TOWN, Mayor, City Planning Commission, City Building Inspector ... 
> all of these people and more are PERSONAL friends as well as people 
> that are in offices I dealt with about any issues the city had with 
> MISS JANET'S HOUSE over almost seven years.  In those seven years the 
> police actually came to my house TWICE.   Once for me burning brush in 
> my back yard without a permit.  A second time was because Fabian was 
> not happy being tied outside and let EVERYONE in the neighborhood know 
> about it.  This is a fact that you can check with the Erwin Police 
> Department.  IF they ever got complaints they must have decided that 
> they were without merit and never sent anyone to my house.  The police 
> were actually at my house many other times... some of the guys who 
> work on the two county law enforcement units, came to breakfast 
> several times... as did the Unicoi County Mayor.  It was nice being a 
> short city block to the offices of both... it made me feel safe to 
> have them both so close... not worried!!!  A few other times I was 
> involved with rescues or missng hikers and they were at my place.  I 
> do wish I knew where you got your ideas...
>  
> These same people as well as many other town officials have been 
> working closely with me as I was planning the Erwin Hiking Center.  
> They have been very supportive through the whole project and are 
> disappointed that this last property proposal was turned down two 
> weeks ago by the owner.
>  
> I actually helped to draft the new Bed and Breakfast ordinance by 
> invitation of the City Planning Commission.  Who better could they 
> talk to?  I KNEW that they had never had a B&B in Erwin that had large 
> NUMBERS of guests. I tried to tell them that my place was not a 
> typical B&B but a hiker hostel.  They had NO ordinances governing 
> B&B's and they had no real idea of what a hostel even WAS and 
> certainly no HOSTEL rules on the books.  They adopted the state 
> guidlines almost word for word for B&B's.  They NEVER said they would 
> never haver a B&B for hikers in town. They did not add any "special" 
> wording to say anything about hostels at all.   They would love to 
> have a couple of nice B&B's that even hikers would use... and so would 
> the businesses down town.   But the guidelines have nothing governing 
> hostels.
>  
> Sorry for taking up space on the List but FedEx's information was not 
> correct and I felt that I needed to correct that...  
>  
> Miss Janet 
>  
>
> 2009/1/29 GARY HEBERT <hikerfedex at gmail.com <mailto:hikerfedex at gmail.com>>
>
>     That was our point exactly. This timing wasn't a coincidence.
>     Despite that we loved Miss J's place and her hospitality they
>     town did get complaints and cops did come out there for problems.
>     They also did camp in the backyard. Unfortunately she had a heart
>     of gold and never said no no matter how full up she was. 
>
>     The town definitely acted on the opportunity to shut her down for
>     good.  They had no desire to grandfather her or they wouldn't have
>     worded the ordinance so strictly. Yes, it's true that many towns
>     have such ordinances for just that purpose - preventing hostels,
>     and other such "horrible" things from coming to town. 
>
>     Miss J is kind and not trashing the town. Spin it any way they
>     want. The town did not see the big picture. They blocked us from
>     staying in town at a reasonable cost. Uncle Johnny's is fine and
>     he's very helpful. Stayed there too. But it's no where near as
>     convenient as walking around downtown, come and go at your leisure.
>
>     It's a shame after all the years.
>
>     FedEx
>
>
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