We strongly oppose the pending project. Our family has lived on and ranched this property for 85 years. Our property is not for sale.

This field is part of an active, diversified agricultural operation and ... is irreplaceable. It is part of an historic ranch that has been kept whole by our family for 85 years. The continued operation of our business would be seriously compromised by an adjacent medical complex with its sensitivity to odor, sound and dust.

They tell me I'm going to be able to continue to farm, but I'm skeptical.

We have some temporary patches to keep the water out, and in the middle of the month we will probably fire up the pumps. We have to wait until the flood danger is over.

He's a really nice kid from a really nice family who is very supportive of him. I just keep getting more and more impressed with him. He's just a great person.

Once he said yes, I felt free to tell my family,