Lake district must rethink power play

Editor, the Gazette:

Diana Markson's letter of July 8 and Jim Folk's letter of July 12 roughly define conflicting attitudes within the membership of the Rock Koshkonong Lake District.

Under normal decorum, there should be a meeting of members to develop a compromised position to lay an incendiary community issue to rest-a rested position that past court decisions have failed to convince a very onesided district board's power play which it doggedly pursues based on Mr. Folk's declaration that they are acting from a position of the majority.

(Mr. Folk omits that the majority opinion is gained by proxy votes of nonresidents-those beyond community conflicts!)

Mr. Folk emphasizes that the district is a legal body and has the votes to continue to pursue 7 more inches of water in the lake so to lure larger (nonresident) boaters with more money-gains for the vested interests that the board aggressively lobbies for! A resident-community-value corrupting power-play!

This power-play was very poorly planned-then recklessly pursued. An absolute power play is absolutely corrupting! The dependent variable in this "board exercise equation" is money!

And the independent variables of the equation are: 1) will the increase in profits from bigger gas-guzzling boats due to 7 more inches of water offset the 2) loss of present business profits caused by the continuing creation of undesirable community conflicts?

The vested interests should pause and rethink the folly of their community-divisive power-playing!

LOREN J. CLOSE II
Edgerton