More Evil from the Local Government

From The Seybold Chronicles:

"City administration is trying to decide what to do with the downtown building immediately east of the one that was demolished last year.

Currently, 119 E. Third St. has an exterior wall with bricks and siding missing on the shared wall it had with the building that was torn down, 101 E. Third St.

“Probably, at the end of the day, all parties have some sort of liability there,” Mayor Wayne Seybold said of the damage to the building’s side.

In August, 101 E. Third St. was demolished after years of legal dispute over the condemned building. Demolition was funded up into $240,000 from the Marion Redevelopment Commission’s tax increment financing bonds."

I stood against tearing this building down. 240 grand and they did not solve anything. This short sighted spending government needs replaced. But so long as they stroke IWU, they got the votes to keep on oppressing the poor.

As I watch the city governors work their ill-advised plans on this city, I see so clearly the manifestation of "Babylon the Great". Which is: "The place where men gathered to make a name for themselves". If our leaders were working to make this place a better place for all citizens and not striving to impress them-self and improve their own position, we would see much different results.