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Strobel: Dodge a ‘city in transition’ - Dodge City, KS - Dodge City Daily Globe
Did anyone else find the Fate/State of the City address a bit maddening?
Quote:
Despite the issues that currently plague Dodge City, including gang problems and drug use, city officials chose to focus on the positives of the area during Tuesday's State of the City address.
Strobel also cited the continually growing "Why Not Dodge?" sales tax fund. Over the past several years, local spending has risen by leaps and bounds. In 2007, the city reported roughly $8 million in revenues.
"In years when many communities were hurting in the economy, Dodge was showing increased spending," Strobel said. "If Dodge is such a bad place to live, how are sales tax receipts going up? Because a lot of hard-working people work very hard to make that happen."
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OK, so lets not focus on the fact our city has filled up with illegals making our crime rate high and focus on the fact the city is making a lot of money off of it. I understand that the city seems to only care about the business community, which for the time being are making money off of our misery, but whats going to happen down the road?
I see that commercial by a local furniture store talking about how their main business is now the "Hispanic Community." Hey thats all great for you, but what about quality of life for the rest of us? And whats to happen when down the road Juan opens his own furniture store and puts you out of business?
Since it seems all some care about is the bottom line, how about we put a price on quality of life and compare it to your income. I'm sure you'll find your bottom line isn't so grand.