To my knowledge the Oak Harbor PUD was never legal. However, if I recall correctly at the time in 1988, the residents of Eden Isles and Oak Harbor were only concerned about obtaining another ingress and egress to their gated community with the interstate interchange and having "their" golf course redeveloped. A state inspector general's report stated the levees surrounding the Oak Harbor area are "not for a public purpose". Doesn't that mean "not legal"?

Those of us living on the other side of the "golf tracks" would like to see the residents of Eden Isles and Oak Harbor become environmentally involved in their community. Perhaps the residents can publicly disclose exactly what toxic chemicals are being used on the golf course and the health effects on the community. Maybe this disclosure will explain why the area is barren in appearance and why so many on the other side of the tracks are ill.

Furthermore, the toxic effluent discharge from the golf course area is pumped into our waterway of Schneider Canal. The nearby community obtains its drinking water from private water wells. If the discharge was being pumped into their waterways, where, in our opinion, the discharge belongs, perhaps the residents would have been more concerned on the use of pesticides and other chemicals by the golf course.

Pesticides are poisons!

Nancy Hirschfeld
Slidell