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Dayton sure beats Colorado Springs….
Whenever somebody starts complaining about Dayton perhaps you should suggest that they might be happier in Colorado Springs.
According to an article today in the Denver Post:
“More than a third of the streetlights in Colorado Springs will go dark Monday. The police helicopters are for sale on the Internet. The city is dumping firefighting jobs, a vice team, burglary investigators, beat cops — dozens of police and fire positions will go unfilled.
The parks department removed trash cans last week, replacing them with signs urging users to pack out their own litter.
Neighbors are encouraged to bring their own lawn mowers to local green spaces, because parks workers will mow them only once every two weeks. If that.
Water cutbacks mean most parks will be dead, brown turf by July; the flower and fertilizer budget is zero.
City recreation centers, indoor and outdoor pools, and a handful of museums will close for good March 31 unless they find private funding to stay open. Buses no longer run on evenings and weekends. The city won’t pay for any street paving, relying instead on a regional authority that can meet only about 10 percent of the need.
“I guess we’re going to find out what the tolerance level is for people,” said businessman Chuck Fowler, who is helping lead a private task force brainstorming for city budget fixes. “It’s a new day.”
Some residents are less sanguine, arguing that cuts to bus services, drug enforcement and treatment and job development are attacks on basic needs for the working class. “How are people supposed to live? We’re not a ‘Mayberry R.F.D.’ anymore,” said Addy Hansen, a criminal justice student who has spoken out about safety cuts. “We’re the second-largest city, and growing, in Colorado. We’re in trouble. We’re in big trouble.”
So the next time you feel like complaining about your community remember, it could always be much worse, you could be living in Colorado Springs. To read the entire article click HERE:
Now go read a good book. Enjoy! Life is good…
Vick Mickunas
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By irishguy
February 1, 2010 3:48 PM | Link to this
Dayton isn’t all that, but I’d sure pick it over Detroit.
By Mark from St Paul
February 1, 2010 12:34 PM | Link to this
For the life of me I can’t figure out what there is about Colorado Springs that would make anyone think of Yellow Springs other than the word “springs.” But if there’s one thing that really grates my cheese, it’s people who tell other people to “move if you don’t like it.” Seems like these same people should (if they were consistent) be telling the entire Teabagger Nation to ship out…and where better than a city crippled by tax cuts and situated next door to American’s most politicized military academy?
By Scott
February 1, 2010 7:37 AM | Link to this
Hey Jackson: why don;t you take Detroit and leave. Some of us are sick of people like you and you negativity. Have fun in Detroit
By Anon
January 31, 2010 11:43 PM | Link to this
Jackson, you’re welcome to move anytime the mood suits you. It’s still a free country here, at least until Mr. Obama gets done with it.
By Jackson
January 31, 2010 7:51 PM | Link to this
I will take Colorado Springs, Detroit or any where over Dayton.
By Insider
January 31, 2010 3:55 PM | Link to this
Dayton is doing some good work. The Salvation Army campus is coming along nicely and will provide a valuable asset to the city. Mrs. Crock was very generous. I don’t live in Dayton but I saw a progress report on Ch.23 and was impressed.
By Thing
January 31, 2010 3:04 PM | Link to this
Except for the population it kinda sounds like Yellow Springs.