I'm writing to express my dismay that Orange County is considering putting the transfer site on land designated to be a soccer park, in the rural buffer, and close to several schools.

The county's several-year search has been frustrating for all involved; the Highway 54 site is also flawed.But the Paydarfar site clearly violates several of the original criteria that the county set forth. And the site wasn't even introduced until the virtual last minute, late this past summer, an implicit admission by the county that its search process has been a failure.

One of the options the commissioners are considering is to temporarily use Durham's transfer station.Let's do that, and send the search process for a permanent Orange County transfer station back to the drawing board. Ironically, we now know that this can be done quickly, since the county unwittingly has shown us that a site previously never on anyone's radar screen could quickly be brought to final consideration within just a few short weeks.

Mark Hulbert

Hillsborough