[meteorite-list] Greensburg Eco-Town with Eco-Bulldozers, Off Topic

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Hey Guys,

First, I apologize that this is  slightly off topic, but it does end with a 
meteorite related topic.

This  past Monday afternoon, one of my Greensburg neighbors called me and 
asked if the  City of Greensburg had given me notice that they were going to 
bulldoze my  house?   I told him "No" and he said "Well, they just bulldozed it a  
couple of hours ago!"

For those of you that don't know, my house in  Greensburg was hit by the 
tornado, and I lost half of my roof. I sustained a lot  of damage inside, but I 
still felt the house was worth restoring.  Waiting  for cash flow to pick up, I 
had not yet made any major repairs, only cleaning up  and putting a tarp over 
the missing part of the roof.  

Well, maybe  the city officials didn't think my old house was Eco-friendly 
enough to stick  around in their new "green" environment, so they just took it 
upon themselves to  get it out of the way, who knows???  

So much for having an Extreme  Home Makeover TV show made on the restoration, 
drats!!!   

So  now I have a clean lot in Greensburg, and I am waiting for them to send 
me a  bill for their demolition efforts, and to raise my taxes at the same time 
I'm  sure. I guess I am no longer a (part-time) resident of Greensburg since 
I don't  have house to "reside in" anymore.  It is kind of a disenfranchised  
feeling.  My house survives the F5 Tornado only to succumb to the  Caterpiller 
D5 Bulldozer.

I am thinking about erecting a billboard on my  lot where my house used to be 
telling my story, but somehow I don't think the  city would appreciate that 
too much.  Maybe if I made it out of recycled  material, it might be a "green" 
enough thing to do...humm.

I do want to  say, that while I am very upset with the Greensburg City 
Officials (at least the  one that signed the work order for my house to be razed), I 
am still very  supportive of the PEOPLE of Greensburg.   In fact, having to 
suffer  with bad city leadership is an even bigger reason to reach out to the 
people of  Greensburg with support.  

For any of you that are concerned about  the fundraiser, understand that the 
money raised for it is not going to the town  government, but rather to a fund 
that is helping the victims, to real  people.  

Steve Arnold  




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