An earlier post:   http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1231&KW=&PID=5849#5849 - http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1231&KW=&PID=5849#5849

Now Midtown Cabinet is conveniently moving in.

As usual, blame everyone new and not connected with the puppetmasters.

It is the long-term local meddlers/controllers that have put us in the mess that we find ourselves.

THEY line the campaign funding of Councilmembers and have the direct line to their ears and decision-making.

THEY urged for Husemann, Gilleland, Robinette, PAC, and elimination of citizen comments.

THEY fill every board and meaningful(?) committee in the community(those that acquire and control funding).

THEY now have pretty much everything that they want except a positive public perception and dis-association with bad and financially wasteful public decisions.

 

Council has the last word and holds the majority of the blame when they approve these wasteful projects that benefit the chosen few.

 

Easy to get rid of the new faces, scapegoating others who will gladly disappear from the area(with a very sweet financial buy-out).

All we really need is strong local guidance through Council to steer Admin in the proper direction.

The tail has been wagging the dog around here for far too long.

We start by voting in new faces in every election, and voting NO on every financial spending program until the system is weak enough that they have to move towards the public intent.

Starve the Beast.

Is this a good thing?

Let's hope so--only time will tell.

Hopefully CONSOC will shed some light on the history of our Section 8 program.

From when the increase began to the specific names involved.

Watch for some type of termination agreement with a pay-out and a non-disclosure clause.

 

Ms. G terminated? Sure, just like Olson was going to be let go, when he had a new job offer from Lakota, and was talked into staying by city council he thought was going to axe him.

 

Dowtown revitalization? Really, a UDF and moving the rust belt eye sores going to make it happen. This city is toast, a lingering cancer just awaiting to crumble, and the beast will always feast. 

 

Can't see forest for the trees right? Basic ordinance on street funds still a non topic of discussion. Property values and impossibility of selling a home unless throwing in a Porsche to go with it. Renaissance area stagnant, no growth, no action. Vote for the section 8 administrator who had the highest bid, now ready to sack. Schools are bad because the parents don't care---not because of apathy and ineffective teaching. Streets patched by sealant, and we are to be impressed. Musical shuffling of downtown and an added art center to provide for the migration of the Hyde Park crowd.

 

A bright future? The Green Mile has begun.

 

     

no oxymoron at all.

Get a grip--quit whining and being so bitter.

Hasn't helped or changed anything.

 

Rants on PAC, because business should have gotten the funds? Who, why, and what would it have done? Biggest supporter for AJ Smith, yoy, all that fresh blood, and he's done nothing at your own admission. As for 'C", the section 8 administrator, big deal/ They either performed or didn't. Language in contract. If they performed, they will be in discussons of breach of contract, if they failed, city will tell them. There won't be any bonus or settlement to walk. 

 

Walk in the shoes of reality, not fiction. City hall will be fine in Middletown, its the citizens who are taking the fall, losing enormous equity, and a tarnished reputation which is beyond repair.

 

As someone posts often, ' insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different outcome.' Welcome to Middletown.

 

Change didn't happen for Obama, just a slogan, and change sure as h*** will never come to Middletown, with the execption each year, it gets worse.      

of course there is a lot of truth in acclaro's message, though it is the same song that he has been singing 4ever.

 

I worked on the school levy renewal campaign after leading the "starve the beast" message.

I still believe that I did the right thing, and otherwise have been steadfast in my funding position.

No regrets.

 

so acclaro--I will meet you at the PAc, and will even drink a glass of whine with you as we view the high-end work and get a tattoo.

 

Most here aren't known beyond the screen name.

PLEASE go down to apply for city boards committees of your choice(or do it online).

This Council will probably give us a much better shake.

And we will begin to right this f'n mess asap.