letter to the editor
Vote no on Articles 3 and 4 at Camden polls
Tue, 06/06/2023 - 6:30pm
There is no gain to the community only to the the people wanting the dope shops. Its all about making money with no regard of the fact it will ruin the town. Why do I say this?
I was born and raised in the South end of Rockland. " Gowing up it was, "Camden by the Sea and Rockland by the smell." This was because of all of the fish plants in Rockland.
I now live in my Dad’s and Grandfather’s town: Camden by the Sea.
Often I ride my bike from Camden to Owls Head and every ride the smell of skunk weed flows out of the cars and I get to smell it. How can people inhale that? Putting smoke into your lungs just doesn’t make sense to me. To each there own.
My home town of Rockland has two dope shops on Main Street. In my opinion, two black Eyes on a beautiful town. Do not let this happen to Camden.
I became an airline pilot and for 30 years I got to see a lot of America and the towns with dope shops to me seemed really degraded. Often I overnighted in San Francisco and the company would put us up in the heart of the financial district. It was a great place to explore; now walking around all you smell is skunk weed, bums living in the alley ways; the area is trashed. Every city with dope shops to me is a black eye.
It is a short six-mile ride to Rockland and the Rockland City Manager tells me they have six dope shops. Short drive from Camden.
These shops are only good for the owners making a profit.
Vote for Camden. Not for a dope shop making someone a profit.
Scott Freeman lives in Camden
