After fighting with the City behind closed doors for over five years
I decided that it wasn’t the City that needed to change…IT WAS ME
So this time I have decided to make War on them in a public forum so all of Middletown will be able to see and hear their response.
It’s time for us to stand up before City Council and tell them what we really think.
Join me Tuesday night…fill the seats at City Hall and LET CHANGE BEGIN WITH US

Hahahaha my obsession.  Lets compare that to yours and the leaders of Middletown who can't even sit down look at the camera and say we have some serious issues to solve.  I am not obsessed with Middletowns problems, what I am obsessed with is that something be done about them.  Something more than "Middletown has a bright Future'.  Gee Spider I spent the day picking up 10 bags of leaves, twigs and gabage, can I get on the list to Forbes now.  My God you people can't see the forest for the trees.

You say I am obsessed yet the Journal does repeated articles on the same issue "Pride In Action" over and over and over again and yet you think that is wonderful.  Just because some of us don't share the "Middletown has a Bright Future" because we do a cleanup that we should be doing anyways, without all of the hoopla.  I'll tell you what the Next time I cleanup around here I'll hire the High School band, which I enjoy listening to in the afternoon and evenings during their practices, to play the Middie School Song while I do it and call the Journal out for a Photo Op.

pacman--I am not missing any of this.

Forbes article just caused this group to begin the spruce up effort. Doesn't even mention the problems that have become your obsession. We will be a cleaner city and will have hopefully formed new constructive friendships that lead to eventual political action groups. Melding different political ideologies while working side by side improving the appearance of the community could be a giant step forward. It is worth the effort.

Sitting here pounding on a keyboard doesn't seem to be accomplishing much. You have 755 posts here and have accomplished just what?

Are you in contact with your ward Councilperson about your concerns? The at-large Councilmembers? Have you editorialized in the MJ? Are you a regular speaker at Council meetings?

Spider you seem to miss the whole point and are happy to let this group contact Forbes next year and present their list and have nothing accomplished other than picking up some garbage, which is fine.  But at the end of the day we will Still be Number 10 on the dying City list.

MadisonMom & Spider
I don’t have a problem with the concept of “Pride In Action”. Middletown could use a good SCRUB DOWN. I do have a problem that it is the same people on every committee and that Ann & Sam are the only ones to get the glory.
I also have a real problem and many questions about the current “Building Code Enforcement” situation. Did they send out letters to business owners or just home owners? Why hasn’t the City been enforcing these laws over the years? Why did the City let Middletown get into such a run-down condition? Where has all this PRIDE been hiding? Why does the law only apply to the citizens and not the City? Many citizens have complained for years about these same problems and all were ignored.
Well…I’m tired of being ignored by the City. I have warned them for over 5 years that “I don’t play well with others”. Tuesday night the City Council will learn just what that statement really means.

MadisonMom & Spider
I don’t have a problem with the concept of “Pride In Action”. Middletown could use a good SCRUB DOWN. I do have a real problem and many questions about the current “Building Code Enforcement” situation. Did they send out letters to business owners or just home owners? Why hasn’t the City been enforcing these laws over the years? Why did the City let Middletown get into such a run-down condition? Where has all this PRIDE been hiding? Why does the law only apply to the citizens and not the City? Many citizens have complained for years about these same problems and all were ignored.
Well…I’m tired of being ignored by the City. I have warned the City for over 5 years that “I don’t play well with others”. Tuesday night the City Council will learn just what that statement really means.