I have had a small auto shop at my home for several years, but wanted to make it better by building a shop on my property close to the Keystone Hill Road. I have been in the auto repair business since 1953 and owned a business for 18 years in California. I am a certified mechanic, auto machinist and welder, and can repair farm machinery.

I wanted to hire a person to train in the business after I am gone due to my age. This I thought would help pay my taxes on the 86 acres that my father bought around 1916.

The county has given me much paperwork and expense, so I won’t be able to continue with this project. I am going to be forced to sell most of the property due to the county’s greed. I spent four years in the South Pacific during World War II and was hoping to make things better here, but the county only thinks of themselves. Too bad.

Ernest H. Youderian

Coupeville