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So since I'm at work all week (when things break they all seam to break at once) which is real bad timing as I have a number of things I have put off that are now due April 1st. So I'll just post some new photos and maybe you will be happy.
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First of all, the below image will be on the cover of the new Yellow Book, Madison Edition. You know, that book that you instantly toss out? Got the word Friday that I made the cut.
What you don't see in the photo is the squad car just on the other side of the arch. He refused to move so this was the only shot I could get. I was standing in the street dodging cars.
Then I had some orders from more Door County shots so I was combining all my Door folders into one big one and found an image that was hiding.
And a few others. I have so many shots that are un noticed it's silly. I think I'm the Steven King of Photography.
This is from the Peninsula State Park Golf Course.
Something not so sale worthy but a pretty picture is looking east over Green Bay towards Marinette where there seems to be a big fire.
A shot near Cave Point on a foggy day.
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As for the campaign. I submitted a Letter to the Editor, my last chance but I guess it did not make teh cut. I was a little . . . . ticked off when I saw it was not in the newspaper. I have been running a positive campaign, not that I lacked ammunition but because I'm not that kind of guy. But I felt I needed to, one time, get a little teeth.
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“If you built it, they will come” works in the movies but not necessarily in a small city. According to the US Census Bureau, comparing Columbus to surrounding towns, we are in the bottom 20% for population growth. So while we gain business we are not gaining residents. It’s like our government believes if you build a McDonalds in the country, houses will spring up around it. That’s not how it works. I say add residents and the businesses will come to us. Residents bring businesses, businesses do not necessarily bring residents and we need residents to increase our tax base.
I believe the biggest difference between me and my opponent is that he wants to run Columbus as a business, to make money to pay for things. I believe we should run Columbus as a city that cares first for its quality of life. Businesses have employees. Cities have residents.
Columbus should put more effort into increasing the number of residents that live in this historic community. They not only pay taxes but also spend money in the businesses that are here which creates a loop. More residents bring more business naturally.
How do we do this? By selling ourselves to the outside world. By not being shy about boasting what we have and who we are.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not anti-business at all as business generates tax income. But if there is one problem with Columbus it’s that in the last six years we are terribly lagging behind almost all other towns in the area in residential growth. Other towns are grabbing tax paying families.
It was said “we cannot afford anything other than what we have right now”. Well, perhaps what we have been doing is not working.
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That is the most politically aggressive I want to get (unless I lose and then finally the gloves can come off). I tell ya though (smiling). If elected, that first city Council meeting is going to be fun and no, I'm not going to wear a white wig.
GRINDER
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