The Kennebunk Citizens for Responsible Growth are mad as hell.

The KCRGs, no doubt a spirited group of local citizens, appear bent on preserving the pristine wilderness character of West Kennebunk. Or something like that.

By gory, you go for it.

Nothing like a fired-up bunch of do-good folks looking to keep them nasty dee-velopers outta town. Dammit.

Even if that dee-veloper wants to put in a (gulp!) campground.

Uh huh. No way, Jose.

Yessuh. Go on now. You git.

Take yer damn campground, and, and, you build it somewheres else.

Like up at Moosehead Lake, Greenville-way, where campgrounds belong.

Except, well, uh, campgrounds ain't wanted up there either (Plum Creek anyone?). At least by some noisy folks who are likely from away. Like maybe from southern Maine. Maybe even West Kennebunk.

That's right.

Could it be that they are one in the same?

Not likely, but you get the idea.

NIMBYs are NIMBYs. And they're all around us.

And what they're about--they would never, ever admit this, of course--is anti-development.

Yes, kindly, that would be not-exactly-pro-development.

Doesn't seem to matter where it is. Or what.

Jeez, when a campground causes a NIMBY flare-up you know it's gotten bad.

A campground!

Spaces for 110 RVs. RVs that will likely shelter a sweet retired couple or two, a bunch of families, nice folks if you will.

Throw in a few campground amenities for the aformentioned nice travelin' folk. And 45-odd acres of woods as a nature preserve.

Oh, and a handful of affordable houses on the site.

I tells ya, that's enough to get my hiking boot laces in a knot, it is.

The nerve.

Why those West Kennebunk NIMBY types ought to march right to the town fathers and demand that the town O-fficially seize the developers private property and prevent forever such desecration in the form of an abominable campground.

In fact, maybe private property down that way should be banned altogether. Yeah, that'll show them developer-types.

Uh, except, well, uh, wait a minute.

The KCRGs are private property owners, too!

Uh, oh... (look of surprise here)

Yep. It's going to be fun watching this latest bout with NIMBYism play out.

Meantime, I'm going to ready my camping gear. And look into renting an RV. Something that I can park for a nice long weekend at a comfy campground sometime in the near future.

A nice, wooded, peaceful campground. Maybe like one in West Kennebunk...