Time to go?

Perhaps FmrMide81, but then again, we would then be left with only the Journal for our news on city affairs and we all know what kind of newspaper the Journal has become. It is a one sided, non-objective reporting mouthpiece for the city and publishes only the positive issues as it is told to do. Objective journalism would also have them reporting the negative issues as well. They do not do objective journalism. Hell, most of the time, they don't even proofread their articles.

Where would we get the unprinted information that is contained in these forum pages? Much of what is posted here doesn't make it to the Journal for obvious reasons. The failures reported here, based on facts presented, never make it to the Journal pages. Those who still care about this city, want to know what is really going on here, not what is delivered in the pages of the local newspaper. If we relied on the Journal, we would only get half the story, the city half, as opposed to the full story.

This site offers the "other side of things" and it is available to those who wish to read all aspects from city activity, not the rose-colored Journal version.

No, this long time Middletown citizen wants to know the entire picture, not just the one painted by the Adkins mouthpiece. IMO, this site still has value and that value should not be dissolved because the participation is down due to the apathy of the people living here. It should be available to anyone who wishes to know the negatives to counteract the surface fluff propaganda the city likes to shovel.

If we eliminate this site, we will remove the watchdog portion of this city. That gives Adkins and his supporters the win and eliminates any policing of his administration. He would love that. Adkins and his people are ruining this city and he should not be allowed to win here by shutting this down. Just look at what this town has become. A drug haven. A bombed out downtown/former 2nd Ward area look. Poor streets. Rampant crime. A low income HUD mecca. Lower class citizen attraction. No decent paying jobs. Decent people moving out. No entertainment venues. Poor schools. Much negativity, little to be positive about. Shouldn't we have some citizen oversight, especially with the way things are in this city? People can still read the posts. It is not necessary they participate to benefit from it's content. JMO

Was going to back off posting here but sometimes.......

Now wait just a minute House Guy. Did you or did you not move to another place in Kentucky a while ago? If the folks on here want to slam Analytical for his posts while living in another location, shouldn't the same hold true for you as well? As middiemom has posted, you have no skin in this game either, just as she has mentioned concerning Analytical.

If by "old curmudgeons" of this community, you mean those who care about their city while having an entirely different viewpoint than the Adkins believing, downtown supporting, we are "moving in the right direction" folks, then you are correct. Need to remember, while you are labeling us as "old curmudgeons", your time is coming to belong to the "old" category as well. Everyone takes their turn and no one is spared growing old, both in age and in their ways. You too, will have developed opinions about how it should be based on your experiences of what has and what will work. Newer ideas are not necessarily the answer all the time. You will see the light as you grow older. I have been here since 1948 with a few years in the military away from town. I have not "sold off any investment" in this city and have not decided to move away as many respected families have done as things have deteriorated in the city over the past three decades. I have chosen to stay despite the extremely poor school system, the wasted money spent on new schools, and the nonsense that has transpired the past three decades as to city operation. I have watched a city ruined before my eyes and I'm incensed about it. Damage has been done now and it angers me to know the city can't be brought back to respectability. The newer folks, described above, don't know any better and accept the newer ideas as workable. I don't. Nothing has been eye opening enough to judge in favor of labeling the city a success. The current theme has been worked on for decades and has made turtle paced progress at best. The downtown is proof. Millions spent. Few results given the millions spent. The slogan "bright past" is very much true and has been documented. The other part of the slogan, "brighter future" has yet to be seen and, IMO, may never be seen in it's current form of development. JMO

You are correct about one thing in your post. The town needs an enema. It needs to be purged of the current city theme and leaders so that we can get on with changing the priorities and developmental direction to better accomodate the blue collar demographics of the city.

This site still could serve a purpose, the problem would be, getting people to buy into caring about what goes on when we are not looking. 

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