{"id":546,"date":"2011-05-22T22:20:57","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T05:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=546"},"modified":"2011-05-22T22:20:57","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T05:20:57","slug":"stapleton-census-by-2014-turtle-signs-to-outnumber-caucasian-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=546","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton Census: By 2014, Turtle Signs to Outnumber Caucasian Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/a>\nRecent census projections show that Stapleton Caucasian children could soon be a minority.\u00a0 The study projects that by 2014, the annoying turtle signs reminding you that there are children in Stapleton, and you should slow down, will be the majority.\u00a0 Forrest City is unsure how this will affect the community.\u00a0 \u201cWe don\u2019t really know how this will affect our ability to sell the area to prospective home buyers,\u201d says Forrest City statistics expert Ron Stone.\u00a0 \u201cWe know that Caucasian children have been good for business, but it could end up being that slow turtle signs are just as good.\u00a0 It is just too early to tell.\u201d\nResidents are already seeing the increase.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s not like I\u2019m anti-turtle sign,\u201d says Northsider Sarah Dahlhauser.\u00a0 \u201cI just kind of want things back to where they used to be.\u00a0 Without so many turtle signs.\u201d\u00a0 SUN and the MCA are walking a fine line as unrest with residents grows.\u00a0 \u201cWe are being very cautious as to how we approach this sensitive issue,\u201d says SUN president Eric Lighthall.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s not like we are going to put a limit on how many turtle signs can be on a block, or that only so many will be let into the community.\u00a0 That\u2019s just not the case.\u201d\u00a0 Residents are already working hard petitioning to do just that.\u00a0 \u201cWe know SUN is volunteers, and we appreciate that,\u201d says Dahlhauser.\u00a0 \u201cBut we need action.\u00a0 I don\u2019t like the idea that when my child goes out to play in the street, there are usually two or three of these turtles out there with them.\u201d\u00a0 Motorists are also having problems.\u00a0 \u201cI feel the turtles are distracting me from looking for actual kids,\u201d says Travis Montgomery.\u00a0 \u201cSomething needs to be done.\u201d\u00a0 Love them or hate them, the turtles are here to stay.\u00a0 But just how many will this community put up with?]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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