Thursday, October 30, 2008

The Problems facing Hickory, Catawba County, and the Unifour area -- We Want Your Input

In the blog posts "Nuisance Law is a Nuisance" and "Newsletter about the City Council meeting of October 7, 2008," there are many interesting comments in the comment section of those posts that seem to come from people in the know. It really got me to thinking of how we could use that knowledge to our city's advantage.

I want to talk about the problems people see with our city. I don't care whether you are a present city employee, a past city employee, or a citizen. I would like input from local businessmen, government officials, and regular citizens about the issues they are facing on the local level. Let's get it all out in the open.

I am begging you to participate in this forum. I really think that getting all of this stuff out in the open will 1) Be therapeutic, 2)Let everyone know where everyone is coming from, 3)Give us all a better understanding of how this city operates both publicly and privately, and 4) Help us think of real solutions to addressing the needs of this great city -- that can be addressed in the post below.

If there is any information that you feel might compromise your anonymity, there are ways that these issues can be addressed without doing so. You can e-mail me and we can figure out together a way to address the issue without someone figuring out where it came from.

I am going to archive "Problems and Solutions" at the right under the Blog Archives on this page. I truly believe that doing this will help our city mature, grow, and prosper; fulfilling the potential that we all know that we are capable of.

Thank You,
Let's Get Started