I believe if we asked a dozen folks “How do you define progress?,” we would get at least 12 very different responses.
As a resident of Lewes (just over two years now) I have witnessed an expansive development movement with little or no apparent rhyme or reason, other than the generation of revenue for the so-called pious entrepreneurs looking to pocket the last buck possible and then the City of Lewes looking for the additional revenue.
As a former funeral director, actually current funeral director in another state, I have come to realize that when a person departs their earthly journey, few take their accumulated wealth with them; as generally a limousine follows the hearse - not a Brink’s truck!
My friends, profit at the expense of protection is an evil that one day may well be the variable that determines one’s residence in eternity!
Where will you reside?
Philip G. Haddad Jr.
Lewes
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