A Better Middletown

Mr. Presta I have the answer to your problem. In fact my answer solves several problems at the same time.
All we need to do is put bars on the windows of the Manchester Inn and we will have new digs for the prisoners. After all it is right next door to City Hall. The prisoners would only need to walk across the parking lot to appear in court. And Ms Judy with a smile on her face can look out her office window and say “this is a good thing for our City.”

I tried to post the following in the new "A Better Middletown" category, but I did not "have permission" to do so :

I’ll be the first to post in this new MiddletownUSA category by opining that the most important issue we must solve to lead to “A Better Middletown” is that of crime in our city.

I had occasion to spend the best part of last Friday as an observer in the Middletown Municipal Court room. I was appalled and alarmed to see the amazing number of repeat offenders and their apparent disregard for the law. Especially dismaying was the large number of female offenders.

In my opinion, we can bring all of the arts, fine dining, and community colleges to town and do all the clearing of blight, and property code enforcement that even the most ardent supporters of these activities can imagine in their wildest dreams, and Middletown’s future will not become one bit brighter unless we take prompt and meaningful actions to address the substantial crime problems in our city.

Since we have over a million dollars in our General Fund which is now available to be “reallocated”, I believe that our city and its citizenry will be better served if it is immediately reallocated towards fighting this problem.