| Detector, what I have stated was not a personal slam against you. I’m sorry if you feel that way. Maybe I was carried away, but what I was trying to say Dodge could have been a Great attraction at one time. To make a town grow and prosper you must have people willing to take the time and invest their own money into a business, make it grow. When you destroy half of you old downtown where history was made, you do not have much left.
Yes we do have a lot of history in this area, but who has the money to develop and take a chance that it will succeed. I can recall when a person tried to have a trail ride up the river and sit around the campfire and tell stories, but it did not go. That person was trying to improve our town and area. I have to give him credit for trying. Others have tried. It’s a rough old world when you are using your own money.
I’m sorry for Dodge City, but when your major player’s are packing plants, let’s face it, clean industries are not willing to locate. When St Mary’s closed we lost a place for people to advance. Now when our kids go away to school, they can see that Dodge does not have the future to come back to.  |