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Originally Posted by Detector  No I didn't take it as a personal slam at all and we do agree on everything except for putting a reef on Dodge City's tourism grave. I believe the Why Not Dodge project is just that, putting money into our post-packinghouse future. I feel the reasons the packinghouses have such a strong grip on dodge is because we have failed to properly explore/exploit our own natural resources. That being our history.
A single trail ride, cowboy ranch or Boot Hill replica isn't going to work. Especially at this point in time. We need a serious commitment by all those concerned. The county, the city and the people. Especially the people.
We're standing around in a rotting city and all we can do is complain about the stink.
Dodge City is a western Icon and we need to protect it's status as an icon. |
I'll have to disagree here. Clearly we have way too many tourists. Even without effort on our part to provide a pleasant experience when they are here, they continue to come here and throw their filthy money around our community. They clutter up our stores, resturants and hotels. They buy stuff from our retailers. Why don't they just leave and let our town die quietly?
The money they bring into our community from all over the world just serves to make some silly local people believe the myths that our economy could improve and that encouraging tourism might make Dodge City a better place to live.
Tourism supporters just don't get it, do they? We would much rather be poor and miserable with no decent jobs and little chance for economic development. We like to see our city core crumbling into ruin. Getting rid of anything which attracts outsiders and their money to our city is the only thing that makes sense. Then, when the packing houses close up, we'll finally have what we want - a really great ghost town.
Fie on tourists and their money!!
Pistol Pete