Things are looking very bad for the city of Auburn. I've been talking to recent graduates of college and high school in our city, and all or most of them have said the same thing concerning their hometown.
There are no jobs here, no way to further yourself. The jobs that are here, they don't pay anything. So they are leaving Auburn for other states or cities with more to offer. Crime is the only thing going up, with more drug dealers coming in.
Within the next year, Auburn will lose about 100 people or more, and when that happens, more taxes are levied against those that are left. With the economy the way that it is, everything has gone up in price, not only gas, but food and other things that are needed to survive.
The children don't have any place to go - no recreation centers, no summer jobs - so they start selling drugs, committing robberies and whatever other mischief they can get into, having children at early ages.
No one fights for these things to change and therefore Auburn is no more than a ghost town. There are more police than there are people! If a new recruit comes in, if he's not a team player, he doesn't fit the police profile.
So what do we do about our city? People I talk to say the best thing to do is leave. It doesn't pay to try to get into city hall or politics.
This city is run by those who refuse to bring about growth, or they don't know how to bring growth about. They think the city is fine the way it is.
Cherry Love-Duncan
Auburn
Within the next year, Auburn will lose about 100 people or more, and when that happens, more taxes are levied against those that are left. With the economy the way that it is, everything has gone up in price, not only gas, but food and other things that are needed to survive.
The children don't have any place to go - no recreation centers, no summer jobs - so they start selling drugs, committing robberies and whatever other mischief they can get into, having children at early ages.
No one fights for these things to change and therefore Auburn is no more than a ghost town. There are more police than there are people! If a new recruit comes in, if he's not a team player, he doesn't fit the police profile.
So what do we do about our city? People I talk to say the best thing to do is leave. It doesn't pay to try to get into city hall or politics.
This city is run by those who refuse to bring about growth, or they don't know how to bring growth about. They think the city is fine the way it is.
Cherry Love-Duncan
Auburn
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brew1234 wrote on Jul 15, 2008 1:21 AM:
movedsouth wrote on Jul 14, 2008 6:57 PM:
james_13021 wrote on Jul 14, 2008 5:51 PM:
The children get in trouble around here more so when I was child because dear old parents and grandparents so effectionately decided to pass laws against things that were commonplace to do. The older generations had their "cake" and now braking the backs of their children and grandchildren with law after law and program after program to support their lifestyles, yet the older generation likes to whine and cry why the youth don't have jobs and seem to be always in trouble...alot of the older generation ( but not all) are all about themselves, and wouldn't dream of giving up anything or giving something real/tangible if takes away from the cushy retirement!
The youth do work hard, just that the older generation is too quick to judge and too hard on the youth when they do fail. Well, ain't being young and learning (and alot of failing) go hand in hand...we learn from our mistakes. "
gh0st wrote on Jul 14, 2008 1:13 PM:
Bad parents Bad community. It wont change. That is what happens when half the town is section 8 single moms and renters. "
forrest wrote on Jul 13, 2008 9:18 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Jul 13, 2008 7:40 PM:
brew1234 wrote on Jul 13, 2008 5:41 PM:
rd wrote on Jul 13, 2008 2:02 PM:
cheeko wrote on Jul 13, 2008 12:29 PM:
Jim wrote on Jul 13, 2008 11:07 AM:
Climb on board all you pessimists, you're about to be taken for a very positive ride. And Cherry...you might want to get out a little more and really open your eyes this time. "
forrest wrote on Jul 13, 2008 8:44 AM:
brew1234 wrote on Jul 13, 2008 12:42 AM:
anonymous wrote on Jul 13, 2008 12:36 AM: