Whenever I hear a person talk about how bad government is, I can bet the next thing out of their mouths is politicians are taxing us to death. I can only wish to send them to Oconto, WI. A sleepy little town just north of our Green Bay.
Not to long ago several of the classmates of the Oconto highschool got together at a class reunion. All were successful in their respected fields. They were all concerned of the disappointing out come of the community they grew up in. They decided to volunteer their skills as well as their assets, to put to good use to organize, develope and plan advancements for the town that they all loved. After constructing the plans with funding offers, they presented it to the Mayor. They were turned down, with the reply, " We like our town just the way it is. We don't want to change a thing!" And guess what? They are reaching that goal, barely! If you set you goals low you may reach it. The problem is you don't invest in your future, you are not likely to receive a return!
I have seen the Republicans so afraid to invest in our futures, they stall progress in our Green Bay. Over the years we have watched a Green Bay's downtown move to Ashwaubenan. We watch the coal piles grow, not only in downtown but now at the mouth of our river as well. Soon any new construction downtown will will match with the old buildings with a dull black finish. Don't we want to invest to fix that problem? We don't want to invest in police dogs. I guess we want to give the drug dealers a chance! We want to force the city workers to take days off with no pay to compensate the $6 million Prange Way building debacale. Heaven forbid, we don't want to spend moneies to have attorneys over see million dollar deals!
Can we see a future of forsight or blight? Will our children see city they can be proud of or will they move away to a city that did invest in it's future? Will we be a pearl on the beautiful fox river, or will we continue to be the dusty black city on the dirty brown river that flows through it. Will we choose to invest in new schools and invest in our old schools so that more than 48% of our children go on to college. Can you imagine having more than 50% of our children able to compete in the global marketplace? Would it be to much of our politicians and it's citizens to step back and say, "We can make Green Bay's future better than today!" We have the quality, skilled and proud people to do the job. But do we have the will?
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Hi, I'm a parent, a christian,a husband, a soccer coach, a GBYC boating member and very active in local politics. I am supportive of all Democrats. I can't understand why anyone making less than $80K a year could vote Republican. I hold the choice of political party as an American priveledge bought for us by previous generations blood shed and sweat. Therefore I never hold a persons choice of faith, politics and thoughts against them. I do however get frustrated with inaction and lack of participation in the whole American process!
Member Since: 5/4/2008
