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~ e e proposed garage" (1 had that put on). "We've decided you need a special permit (PUD)." "Where's n list of the people ~ithin 250 feet of your property?" (1 got it.) "We need a list of people within 350 feet of your property." (1 got that too.) All of the above requirements were never prefaced with a please or one semblance of courtesy. The manner was always arrogant. abrupt, and contemptuous. Once, in frustratlon, my wife said, "our real ~8tate taxes on that property are $4400 per year. We pay them and you treat us like crim1nalsl" The official growled. "Is that all? You've got a good deal!" Some deal! My wife speculates that one of our problems is that we have taken in many temporary foster children in the summer. Several are mixed race. She had one child w1th her dur1ng her first meeting. We have never taken a cent for th1S because 1 spent several years of my childhood in foster homes. I remember th~ influence of exposure to suburban and rural living and developed my love for water and f1shing from that. 1 remember the klndness of people who took s little time from thelr life for a poor inner-city kid from & broken home. We are orly trying tc do the same. 1 promise you that the k1ds we have around are temporary and no threat to the integrity (?) of Roseville. Since 1963 I have spent the summers on Lake Owasso. 1 water ski~ed and fle~ my kite behind my boat. Most old time residents know of me. Much of my t1me was spent performing for charity and even after winning a national champ10nshipt 1 never charged for any charitable performance. Hardly the actions of a criminal. When the marina vas for sale on Lake Owasso, ~e bought it and paid full ask1ng pr1ce. Others had made offers, but ~e loved it and thought lt would be perfect for our retlrement. Uere one of those pend1ng offers from someone ln the Rosev1lle c~ty machinery? Did we take his dream away? Heret buddYt you can have lt back' The constant reference to my occupatlor. as a pilot has us confused. One officlal was especlally lnterested ln my ~il1tary background. This affects our belng able to build a garage? Because 1 commanded a bomblng and strafing operatlon in the Far East~ I must apologize to a paclflst in Roseville? Yes, the airline 1S a good job. Every 6 months the FAA reQui~e~ t~=t r demonstrate for 4 hours my proflclency and kno~ledge. How many of the boys at Roseville vould stlll be vorking if they had to do the same? Yes. 1 fell lnto th1S good deal because of the mil1taty. When the hel1copter crew pried me out of my crumpled plane after I couldn't ball out and rode it in, 1 thoug"t, "boy. what a great way to get a fat airline job! Maybe if 1 llve and they clean off the blood. sew me up, and lhe bones heal, 1111 get hired." I'm sure the chunks of my roommates and buddrs that I helped ident1fy and bury would llke the ~ame job. UP YOURS, ROSEVILLE, There 18 (at the time of th1S wrltlng) a hole wlth cement blocks -2-