What is wrong with this place?

[sportsdad]

We all live in this city by choice, nobody makes us live here. I chose to raise my children here in part because of the diversity that this city offers. I love this city, the friends I’ve made living here, the parks, and the architecture of the older homes. Our down town and lake front are on the move. My kids are having a great year in school. High school and middle school, they’re dealing with the changes in the system positively and enjoying their classes, music, and sports programs. This city is moving forward, and it will get there faster with a unified effort from all of its residents. The way I see it is that we are all what makes Waukegan good and we are what will make Waukegan great. Do we have issues that need to be addressed? Hell yes we do and getting pro-active and involved is the way to address them. The middle school sports program has the ability to do a lot of good in early interdiction and will go a long way to help overcome some of our problems. It began as a partnership between the school and the WPD to get kids interested in positive after school activities and provide an opportunity for the kids to meet with the officer’s in better environment then they too commonly meet for the first time on the streets. Although we didn’t see many officers involved during the first year I’m hopeful that they will come out and meet with the kids a little more this year.