Well, you see there are people out there. Do a census of the people out
there; the people on the CCCA and find out where they are really from.
Some of them have been out there forever, but some of them came
yesterday or the day before. And even with the old timers, the
Stanfords, they're from all over, not just from there. They're from here
as well.
One of the Stanfords is a Judge here in Chapel Hill. Before that she was
a member of the lower house of the General
Assembly. She is probably one of the people who voted to create OWASA.
Her son, Don Stanford, has run for State Senate twice, he's a Chapel
Hill political figure, although he has connections with his family in
Cane Creek.
Ed Johnson, who has been the leader of the CCCA—I like that, their
"Authority" and our "Authority"—I'm sure that was deliberate—the college
professor at the University. He grew up in Chapel Hill, his parents were
both (pause)—very rare, his mother and father were professors—they have
created this illusion that a bunch of old farmers—they are—they are
farmers there, but they're more than just farmers. And my impression is
that a good number of them, not just Ed Johnson, works in Chapel Hill.
And he WILL drink our water in the day-time—maybe not at night (laughs).
I remember the first time I saw the slide show and heard them talk, they
reminded me of a section of Richard Hofstader's Age of Reform, pages 28
to 56—early on in the book where he talks about the myth of the farm in
American History. They have created this notion that they are wonderful
family farmers out there—they are! But they're more than that and,
believe me, one of the objections they have is that they would like to
sell their land so it could be valuable land on the lake—and they aren't going to be able to do that because OWASA wants
to protect the quality of the water so it's purchasing land so you won't
be able to see the lake from. . . .