Opinion: Collierville should not spend tax dollars fighting Chick-fil-A
The proposed Collierville Chick-fil-A is at the center of contraversy in the suburb. (Courtesy E+H Architects P.C.)
Tim Netherton
Tim Netherton is a Collierville resident who has been involved in Leadership Collierville, The Collierville Education Foundation, the Collierville Citizens Police Academy and the Police Chiefs Citizen’s Advisory Board. He has been a Collierville resident for 12 years and a resident of Shelby County for more than 35 years.
“I do not feel my tax dollars should be spent on a legal fight that seems to be something that everyone has allowed to go too far. We have too many other needs in the town — things that my tax dollars in the General Fund should be going to.”
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