those marching against the mosque plan was prominent, local resident and real estate developer, sally wahl>> my fourth great grandmother was first woman buried in a marked grave in rutheford county. and i think that has quite a bit to do with how you feel about what happens here in the community. >> reporter: also marching, sally's husband, howard wahl, a local power broker. >> i always thought other people marched. i didn't have to march. but who am i not to march? i want to show my interest in my community and my country. >> reporter: here is this enormous building which is going to be occupied by people who are of the same religion that the people are we're fighting in afghanistan, who we have been fighting in iraq. >> why are they building a mosque 350,000 square feet. that is a lot of square footage. and it's going to be a very expensive thing. now, are 200 families, or 200 muslims, however many they are, how are they going to pay for it? i know when we expanded our church, we're still paying for it. >> reporter: other residents opposed to the mosque plan included ronald todd. for 93