In response to the last letter to the editor let me be clear why I, a member of the Redevelopment Commission, did not attend the recent parade. A parade was held in 2007 organized by Susan Luebbert and others. Susan took it upon herself after promoting the event as a community gathering to populate a negative petition against one of the sponsors of the event and major stakeholder in our town Allison Transmission. She also took the opportunity to bad mouth the Commission's efforts to the Mayor and circulate a petition against the Redevelopment Commission to those that attended. Susan has every right to conduct petitions and talk to the Mayor about her negative opinion regarding the Commission anytime she wants. However, I will not waste my time at an anti Redevelopment Commission rally labeled as a parade. Had Susan acted differently in 2007 rather than exposing her true intentions I would have definitely attended this years parade. I will be blunt in stating that so long as Susan is putting these events together I have no interest in attending. When the community wants to come together for an event where we set aside our differences regarding Redevelopment and ALL people, including those that support the Commission's efforts count me in. Thank you. Steve Bishop Speedway Redevelopment Commission