To all those who say we need the jobs...check out the quote from Firestone execs in Wilson saying that they have 63 job openings that they can't fill because there aren't enough applicants able to pass a drug test. Same thing happened when Sam's club opened in Rocky Mount. It's not the lack of opportunity...it's the lack of a qualified and motivated work force that keeps unemployment rates high.

If Edgecomb county has the highest unemployment in the state, why isn't Sanderson Farms locating on the Tar river? Why upset 100,000 citizens in surrounding counties with their "illegal employment facility", when they can build it east of Rocky Mount on the Tar river? Why is it critical they they locate on the Wilson County border? Is because out water supply is adequate for their pollution run-off's? Go east and let those who need the jobs enjoy their own water supply when Sanderson Farms start overflowing every month because the fine will be cheaper than processing the waste.

There are so many negative issues related to Sanderson Farms’ proposed location that any half-brain imbicile would have to be blind to be in favor of it. For those good citizens of Nash County that favor this proposal, ignorance is bliss. For those that stand to profit, shame on you for hiding behind the false banner of providing needed jobs for the “less fortunate” unemployed in Nash County.

It goes without saying; unemployed Nash County citizens need jobs. Do not be so gullible to think that these 1,100 jobs that Sanderson Farms will be providing will go to those in our area. Do some research. These jobs require continuous repetitive work and have one of the highest turnover and injury rates in the nation. Based on past statistics, most of these jobs will be filled with non-local workers. Also, based on past statistics, areas where poultry plant locate, the general economy and standard of living in those areas go down. Sanderson Farms is not the answer to unemployment in Nash County. Our citizens deserve better. Let’s not allow industries into our area that possibly will deter higher paying jobs, with better working conditions, and jobs that will be desirable and filled by local workers.

"Maybe they can build an electronics factory there. So everyone will have nice clean pie jobs." superman

Or maybe they could build some type of industry that would not threaten the drinking water supply of over 100,000 people.

Just a thought.

It is sad that Robbie Davis thinks the voiced concerns of his constituents are nothing but a sideshow. The concerns from the opposition have been presented to the Nash County Commissioners in an intelligent, informed, and respectful manner. Referring to these concerns as a sideshow is just another example of Mr. Davis’s cavalier attitude toward anyone who opposes his views. He needs to open his eyes and not be so ready to base his judgment on biased information feed to him by Sanderson Farms and others who stand to profit if Sanderson Farms locates in Nash County.

Maybe they can build an electronics factory there. So everyone will have nice clean pie jobs. Any job is better than no job. I guess that old saying is wrong, "beggers cant be chosy". Just sit back and continue to draw unemployment and live off the taxpayers.

WE DON'T WANT NO STINKIN' JOBS!

Here is what you will get for your chicken plant: Loads of stinky mess getting sprayed on fields everyehere. Just like they do it here. Trucks hauling in and out stinking crates of chickens stuffed into them with feathers flying off onto the sides of roads and yards everywhere along the routes. NO one from your area getting hired to do any work because the company will have ads in every South American paper there is offering work for those willing to make the trip to America. Social Services spending all of their money helping the low-wage employees at the plant survive. Emergency services constantly on route to one wreck or another, domestic disputes, drug deals gone bad, and a lot worse. Do yourselves a favor. Run the company off and don't worry about losing any jobs, they won't provide any for locals. We have 3 poultry plants here and they have ruined our little town. No one from around here has a job at any of em. All from down south.

Build it. Monitor it. Make sure the company knows it being watch for use of illegals. If a company knows the citizens will be watching it closely, they will do a better job of staying within the laws of our state.

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