Re: I'm shocked quite frankly...... Archived Message
Posted by opinionated on February 10, 2011, 12:59 pm, in reply to "Re: I'm shocked quite frankly......"
WUS, the easy answer to your question is that two former mayors allowed it to happen. Through the lack of guts to enforce codes, they allowed slum lords to take a good strong hold. All of those old store fronts in downtown GC, vacant or not, should have been made to keep up with codes. This mayor is taking that approach and it's working. I hope it's not too late. If you notice E'ville doesn't have a housing project. Collinsville doesn't have three or four charity shops or mission stores. Our city has become the Venice of the 1980's. We need to start thinking more highly of ourselves than others do. We've accepted the banner that E'ville has hung around our necks. When we allow ourselves to become known as the low income capital of the metro area we deserve what we get. Our city entrance signs don't need to read, "Give us your poor, your tired, your afraid of work". There's still too many of us here who love this town.
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