No formal opposition to the incorporation of Midland has surfaced, but supporters of incorporation are taking no chances. The letter is signed by Joyce Beatty, John Crump, Dan Short, Allen Burnette, Carl Hill, Jerry Tucker, John Chaney, Dub Page and Bunk Whitley. This is the single most important vote Midland residents have ever faced, because it gives them for the first time control over their destiny.
Midland straddles two major highways, both of which are fast becoming major thoroughfares.
Growth is fast enveloping the community. Local residents must make decisions shaping this growth, not county commissioners and county planners in Concord. We feel strongly that this new town must quickly get some semblance of zoning in place and then begin work on a master plan that keeps the town from becoming a cookie-cutter copy of every other suburb of Charlotte. This is good. But that local voice must be enlightened.