Dear Anonymouse (by the way - I spell it "anonymous"),

Fortunately there are many other ways to preserve agriculture land rather than "killing" a re-zoning request. I wonder if you are a transplant from another area that has adopted the "not in my back yard" mentality. People move to this area, and then complain because of the amount of growth that we are experiencing. What kind of development had to occur to allow them to move into this area? There are always different circumstances that would make re-zoning certain tracts of land beneficial to the community and the taxpayers that live there. Many of which are too complicated to explain to you. As for the integrity of the developer, I think we should leave it up to the officials in charge of enforcing the Subdivison and Land Development Ordinance requirements to make sure that the project is completed as approved... Maybe if you would get rid of the "kill it now" attitude, get involved with the planning process in the Township, you would have an informed comment for this article. Also, if people are worried about preserving agricultural lands, while still providing afforadable housing with the appropriate open space, maybe they should have been more supportive of the TND Ordinace that was proposed in East Hempfield Township.

you people in east Hempfield have a your own unique view of what you call " suburban"
Travel up the Jersey turnpike and look at the "suburban" office parks that are clustered around each and every turnpike exit. That is truly suburbia!! And that is what you will soon be getting.
The Ideal commuting time is 20 minutes, or 15 miles down the freeway. As long as rte 30 exists, your township will be the object of growth and all those things that you rail against. You will be choking on your traffic even as rte 30 is converted into 5 lanes in each direction. You are fighting against decisions that were made 20 years ago and they can't be changed. So with housing costs down, the time to move out is now. You can't turn the clock back to the rural East Hempfield of 1950.

I've lived here probably longer than most of you are old. Yes, I would be considered to have a NIMBY attitude. So what?? I was here first.

We've lost our rural character. I'll put up with our suburban character. I don't want urban and that's what this would contribute to.

The Twp officials had better vote this down. Or we'll vote them down like we did LeFevre.