This City needs to Spend Less

The Mayor can make his arguments that Marion spends less per capita then other cities. This does not negate the fact that Taxes have increased and are more increasing under his leadership.

My Taxes have increased about 20% in the last five years. Taxes for what? It is for the spending of the City and to support the IWU Vatican.

I look at the work going on, rock piles denote future fountains at five points and Matter Park. New Street Dept. trucks, Trash Trucks and other specialty trucks to look in the sewers, and evidential clean them, underscore the problem. This city has a wanting spirit. It wants to keep up with the Wesleyan College that has everything new, and high tuition to match. (They can justify it because they have a similar tuition to Taylor)

The leaders of Marion, want people to come to Marion. I would say to anyone looking to relocate here; "Find a better direction for your life".

Jobs are the problem. We need jobs. The new equipment is just a burden on the same old tax payer that has been getting the shaft for the last five years in this city. We need more people working. More want to work. There are few jobs for them.

We don't need fountains, we need jobs for Marion people, not jobs for outside contractors. Jobs, for the citizen.

IWU has consistently used outside contractors, even for its small jobs. I have seen only one local contractor park on the campus in the last five years. I don't know if there have been others, since I get sick every time I look at the great Wesleyan Mordor which grows as cancer on the south side. I do avoid it when ever possible. We need jobs in Marion. Not replacement of local businesses. Jobs.

On the bypass, we see new food places. The yuppie generation cheers it as progress. I would rather see the home town shops going in there. Few of them were able to afford the land on the by pass. Most of them are leaving, quiting, broke.

I have during all of Seybold's leadership of this city, been crying warnings about the things that are now happening. The Wall Street crash, the warning to put investments into gold have long been information I have shared with whom ever would listen. Few listened.

This city is agenda driven so let citizen be damned. I contacted a school official lately and his response was to use my protest to school policy, as a way to discredit me with my family. He may be the most unprofessional leader the Schools have ever had. The worst of the worst.

In Marion, the 45 and under leadership who head up, almost everything in this city, has made this city undesirable to live in. With each replacement of older workers, this city's quality of living goes down.

This city spends because it is convinced it is right to do so. That is the mark of the younger generation. It is immaturity. It has the "might" as elected and appointed leadership, so they think they have the "right" to please their whims.

I for one, wish we had a city and county council that would say, "no".
If we did, they would no doubt hear their cronies complain, but they would hear a cheer rising from the oppressed tax payer, who begrudgingly supports IWU, and this government's expansion and spendthrift ways, with their property taxes. IWU does not pay property tax. Neither do those who are buying homes in the new Wesleyan village.

When a religious institution takes from the poor to enrich their control and wealth they become the oppressor. You local yokels can con Marion Citizens all you want. It does not make it right. Just because Wayne says people are envious of Marion, does not make it true. Since this government will not respond to reason it is time for change. Since there are poor going without basic needs, and rich getting richer, let God arise and bring this oppressive thing down.