TalbottMoon has been sending out his campaign material for a position on MiddletownCity Council. In that literature he makes a couple of comments that I think aresignificant and give us great insight as to where we are as a city. He states, “Hisgreat grandparents started a life here and today he continues their legacy withhis wife Saralyn…..Middletown matters to me. It has mattered to my family forfour generations…..Tal takes personally his commitment to live and work with integrity.He is invested in the success of our city, both personally and professionally…..Iwant to continue my family legacy of investing here as a leader that helpscreate a stronger future for the city I call home.”

These are strong positive statements.  His great grandparents and grandparents were investedin the city when there were very strong leaders in the city who knew what theywere doing.  They were strong businesspeople who understood business and wanted to protect their interests. They knewhow to grow a city, they were real leaders, and the banks (2) had all Armcoleaders on their Board of Directors.  TheWHOLE city grew and prospered.  When thatgeneration  passed on we had a newgeneration to take the helm. They were not of the same caliber as earlierleaders. They did not have the business acumen and did not and do not know howto grow a city.

So here we are.  Now we have people at the helm who are smallthinkers. They only want a small city. They only want a small number of people intheir clique to prosper. They don’t think in terms of the best for all taxpayingcitizens. They have wasted millions of dollars on stupid schemes and cityproperty deals that they should be ashamed to be a part of. They make all kindsof excuses for their failures and blame everyone and everything else for their failures. Much of this exists because of anapathetic citizenry whodo not require the best of our city council and cityleaders.

Well here it is election time again. It’s too badand sad that we can’t remove all of council and sadder still that they won’tresign en masse.   They are people who haveonly been  interested in THEIR petprojects and  power and control of citymoney. They have had the power for several years now and have shown they don’tknow how to use it for the good of all. They have had control of the money fora number of years and have wasted and abused millions of dollars with verylittle to show for it. We have two council seats open and some new people arerunning for those positions. Will they show integrity and not be just “yes” people? Will they do any better than those whoare on council now? These new candidates are all claiming integrity. Will they liveit? Will they do what’s right and  make a“commitment to live and work with integrity” for the betterment of all ofMiddletown?  We shall soon see. It istime for great change.

We have one incumbent, Anita Scott Jones. She hasbeen a part of the problem just like the other council members. Please do notput her back on council.

The Moon family does indeed have a great legacy herein Middletown. I hope it will continue. I will place my vote and prayers forTal Moon and I hope you will also.

Thank you.

Paul Nagy

It is true that weall want better streets in our city…however…don’t forget that EPA will beriding into town in 2016 to address the problems concerning our aging combinedsewer system. Where will City Hall get the millions of dollars to solve theseproblems and the street repairs.
Acclaro hit the nail on the head because we can’t borrow the money needed tobail our way out of this future mess.

    “Jones said, “If Middletown people weren’ttalking down about the city, no one else would.”

She said everyone has tostart talking positively about Middletown.”

Really? Well let me refresh everyone’s memory.