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Comment Roundup: "Clarksville DOES NOT Need a Funeral Home"

The top comments from a post about a proposed funeral home in Clarksville.

 

The debate over a funeral home proposed for a 3-acre parcel on Route 108 in Clarksville has reignited after a Board of Appeals hearing on Tuesday night.

On a poll about whether the proposed funeral home, which would by owned by Jay Donaldson (who owns two funeral homes in Prince George's County) should be approved, Patch commenters weighed in with more than 50 comments about the funeral home.

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"Clarksville DOES NOT need a funeral home and Donaldson and his cadre know it." - Eve Johnston

"Only residents (Clarksville/Highland) within 5 mile radius from the location should be able to vote." - Soon

"The current traffic at the intersection of Route 32 and Route 108 is already terrible. If Donaldson funeral home is allowed to be built there, the waiting time will be dramatically increased." - Ying Yang

"The soil of the neighborhood homes using well water will be contaminated by the waste of the funeral home." - M Lin

"In my opinion, this entire opposition has been nothing more than a witch hunt. This business owner has met or exceeded every county and community requirement and made major adjustments to meet the concerns of the nearby residents. Anyone who has been to the multiple hearing can tell you what a filibustering circus they have become with no logical reasoning." - scott brannan

"Parents testified there will be more danger to their children driving daily to school. Parents testified that children on school busses will travel past this death house twice a day. The closeness to death is depressing." - Alan

"Dr. Kevorkian died last year so I don't think he's moving into your neighborhood. It is called a funeral home, NOT a 'death house.'" - Lori Sackmann Osterman

"If Donaldson wants to build another funeral home so badly. Then he should build it in his back yard!" - Linda Harper

"Hey, maybe if the funeral home doesn't go there we can add another bank. Or another substandard restaurant. Or another dry cleaner. But those don't scare us because we don't have to face our or anyone's mortality. Well, with the exception of the substandard restaurants." - Scott M

"No, 108/32/River Hill is our HOME, not a place for your funeral home. We strongly oppose to this idea. We have absolutely NO choice but fight this to the END." - Hang An

"When local community opposition is this overwhelming, rather than trying to plow ahead, please take the time to truly consider the objections." - Brian

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