Meade County Messenger


Vol. 119. No.52	DECEMBER 29, 2010

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OPINION

Letter to the Editor

To the Messenger:

To the Messenger:

This morning on public radio, I heard the Fort Knox commander voicing his concern about the shortage of housing around the Fort Knox area. This is the second time I have heard him voice his concern about this. Instead of blaming the local community, maybe he should explore or do more research. Where is he deriving this opinion from? If I were his sergeant major for a day, I would provide him with the overall facts versus a narrowly focused point of view. Facts such as your soldiers and Department of Defense civilians had to move during a time when they couldn’t sell their houses at their last location, forcing them to lease them. The fact that many have no plans of remaining in Kentucky, therefore will retain their current home. The fact that banks have resorted to knee-jerk extremely tight loan standards to qualified buyers. And the fact that the local area was caught up in the housing construction boom like the rest of the country and anticipated more housing sales than rentals. If you total these facts, the bottom line why new arrivals to Fort Knox can’t find ‘suitable housing’ is the current housing crisis, not the local community.
I have a nice, very reasonably priced house for sale in an awesome gated community, but no sale. This fall, I realized there is a bigger demand for rental property and now have my home listed for sale or rent. There have been so many people who have worked very hard and have rolled out the red carpet to welcome the new arrivals to Fort Knox. Please examine the full facts and don’t be so quick to blame the local community! And thanks for letting me be your sergeant major for a day.

Dorsey DeMaster
Brandenburg

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