At the P&Z meeting tonight, site plan and construction plats were approved for Murphy Marketplace (northeast corner of FM 544 & Murphy Road) and the Murphy 7-11 (southwest corner of Betsy Lane and North Murphy Road).
There should be an announcement soon about which stores have signed up for Murphy Marketplace. It's said to be an upscale retail development, with several restaurant pads.
What stores and restaurants would you like to see in Murphy Marketplace?
Monday, February 26, 2007
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Internet Predator Sting, Four Months Later
This past Tuesday, Dateline NBC aired the second of two "To Catch a Predator" stories filmed in Murphy.
When the sting was in progress in November, 2006, it set off an intense debate in the community. Among the issues brought out in the town hall meeting: Citizens said they didn't feel safe because the Internet predators were being lured to their town. Some said the Murphy Police Department shouldn't work with Perverted Justice. On the flip side, many citizens fully supported the operation, with several residents offering their houses for the next sting. They said it was important for the police to do everything they could to take the Internet predators off the screen, so to speak.
In November, Murphy was a town divided.
What about now, four months later? Now that more details of the operation have been released (Murphy Monitor, 11/23/06), have those against the sting changed their opinion? Have those who supported the operation changed their mind, or do they still back the blue?
Please post your thoughts.
When the sting was in progress in November, 2006, it set off an intense debate in the community. Among the issues brought out in the town hall meeting: Citizens said they didn't feel safe because the Internet predators were being lured to their town. Some said the Murphy Police Department shouldn't work with Perverted Justice. On the flip side, many citizens fully supported the operation, with several residents offering their houses for the next sting. They said it was important for the police to do everything they could to take the Internet predators off the screen, so to speak.
In November, Murphy was a town divided.
What about now, four months later? Now that more details of the operation have been released (Murphy Monitor, 11/23/06), have those against the sting changed their opinion? Have those who supported the operation changed their mind, or do they still back the blue?
Please post your thoughts.
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