Last week I attended two informal meetings of citizens and two Chamber of Commerce moderated meetings on the 2050 Plan and a meeting on the Highway 278 Community Improvement District. I came away with an appreciation of just how similar is the end result most of us want for Newton County and yet how distant are the means that we would employ to accomplish that end. After listening to the presentation by the consultants who prepared the 2050 Baseline Ordinance and the reaction by the several hundred citizens who attended these meetings, my take away was that most citizens of Newton County want