New Wkgn MainStreet Director

[Danno]

The sooner we get back to our industrial roots, the sooner we will see positive change on the east side of our community. Our downtown is a no go. Take a good look at the layout. If there was any possibility for sustainable business, it would be full by now. We couldn't get anything going during boom times, what makes any of you think another new Mainstreet Director will possess a magic wand? Waukegan's demographics are not favorable for the kind of business that you people envision. Wake up and smell the coffee( or the smelling salts.) The majority of Waukegan residents are exposed to the constant booming rap, or mexican music, loud cars, and the perpetual litter that dirties up our fragile neighborhoods, and until we can restore respect, and law and order to our community, we are going to continue spinning our wheels( and wasting precious tax dollars.) Come on folks, let's roll up our sleeves and demand results from our city council. Maybe if we demanded that the city release all crime statistics to the local newspaper, we could possibly generate a well of community support for stepped up law enforcement efforts. If not, I will give Ms. Ricker about a year of longevity. If I it turns out I am wrong, I will apologize. I don't plan on losing any sleep over my prognostication.

How do you expect to promote law and order when we live in a society that perpetuates, and is permeated with, disrespect for law and order in so many ways? (I expect no answer) Yes, the structure of our society has created exactly what we have now and until you address those issues at the root level any so called solutions will be temporary and futile. Most of human society has been doing the same things over and over for centuries with no different results or appreciable change or progress. It's been said that a sign of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results each time. It's time to stop the insanity and try something else. And for those who are more simple minded... when someone is currently a monetary based capitalist and suggests "something else" that something else is not automatically socialism or communism. There are much better options.