It’s dam near unanimous

Letter to the Editor

To the Editor,

     Recently the Jones County Preservation (Historical) Society took a survey of 483 Jones County citizens. The survey asked citizens to decide if destroying the Mon Maq Dam without water park-type activities, just to let fish move up and dam the river, was worth doing. Ninety-seven percent of Jones County citizens were opposed. The margin of error on the polling was just 3.3 percent.

     Essentially, the Conservation Board, over the last 10 years, was sold a bill of goods by the DNR, the previous conservation leader, and the current leader. For 10 years the clandestine meetings barely advertised and stacked with persons who would benefit from such craziness have encouraged the conservation board members to proceed. It’s not the board members’ fault; they were led by two conservation leaders who were both very good salesmen.

     However, it will be the conservation board members’ faults if they continue to promote the idea after 97 percent of Jones County citizens say NO! Leave the dam alone.

     What good is free funding paid by other groups for a project nobody wants? Deadlines or not. Mr. Board member, vote NO to continue the project at your next meeting. It’s what the people who you represent would prefer. Your obligation is to them and not the conservation leader of the DNR. There certainly does not seem to be a consensus at this point for destroying the dam.

With regard,

Stephen J. Intlekofer

Monticello, Iowa

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