To supporters of Searsport LPG tank: Industrial catastrophe is
great risk  Posted Nov. 22, 2012, at 2:23 p.m.  OK, I’m “from
away.” I’m a native of New Hampshire, but attitudes over there
aren’t all that different. I’m not here on some extended
vacation in paradise. I’m here because it’s a nice place to
live, and I enjoy the decent people who are living here for the
same reason.  I happen to be on the side opposing a proposed $40
million liquid propane gas terminal and storage tank, but not
because I’d be offended to have to look at another tank in the
Mack Point Industrial Zone. It is zoned commercial, after all,
and I’m perfectly OK with Searsport’s long history as a
commercial port.  Industry has its place. I see no good reason
why folks who object to having a new structure sited in an
industrial development should want to deprive the local economy
of opportunities for jobs and tax revenues on purely aesthetic
grounds. To my mind, that’s going over the top.  I’m not even
opposed to the tank because it migh