In a message dated 09/07/2005 12:34:16 PM Central Standard Time, gregory.l.valentine@delphi.com writes: I can understand most of your thoughts here, but not all of them. Come by and look at the extensive work being done on Chapman/Cottrell Cemetery in Green Township. Don't just look at the view from your chair in front of that computer screen. As I mentioned the other day, maybe they aren't putting the stones back together properly, but at least they are doing something and the results look great. I sure could not do their work. Mr. Valentine: Maybe you should come up to Riverside Cemetery here in Brook and see what proper restoration looks like. It's in progress as we speak, and I'll put my end results next to yours for comparison any day. No, I don't do it myself either. But I also know the money being spent is not in vain and won't have to be spent again to undo what's being done now. That's part of what is going on here....undoing what some 'well intentioned' person did some 30 or 40 years ago. I have served in township and county government positions and have vast experience getting the max out of a tax dollar, especially as a volunteer fire chief. I'm lucky...money is not an issue any longer, and that's why we can do what we're doing and do it right. Believe me, it was well worth the wait. Yes, it's your money and you're the one ultimately responsible for what is being done. The fact that you admit that the work being done may not be exactly right but is being done anyway might be one reason why people are calling for a revamping of the township form of government. It's not the intentions I have issue with. You're hearts are in the right places, if you would just get your heads out of the sand.... Again, it's your county and I have no known relatives there. I'll leave the heated debate for those with a horse in this race. I appreciate what you do, I just don't agree with how you do it, and I was hoping to encourage you to explore other options. From the sounds of things, your minds are made up and none of us need to waste our time trying to convince you otherwise. -Kyle D. Conrad