this is awsome thank you so much for writing the article ... i would love to see more acitvities mentioned like this .. i would also like to see more about fishing activities ( family acitivities) mentioned concerning the river and public access to our two rivers here in town ....

bill i spent years attempting to be a part of midtwon neighborhood assoc.and found myself and my then friend now wife on the odd side of the founding members for years, as we wanted to support development and business friendly events etc. as we believe healthy business equals a healthy city ($) ,, we tired and left i took my passion to Midtown business assoc. and then an entertaining mayoral run.. I now am engaged in getting residents involved ( btw, the 17 were all residents excluding paragary how dare you discount them or their opinions / motivations for being there) as usual you are deciding what you feel is right or wrong. let the residents speak if 2,000 locals show up to the bloc for an event or hell just go out to the clubs then they must like it....and further more if more suburbanites from other cities and counties bring their money to our city then good for us maybe it will keep a pool open or two .... and dale my friend, business has always been open to the neighbors ...There has been some bad behavior on the part of a few neighbors concerning the business owners rights and abilities to earn a living . & personally i feel the business owners both in the entertainment and development fields have been more than compliant/ tolerant throughout the years.. Time to support midtown and its growing into the entertainment destination it deserves....lets make things happen,, not stop them..

i watch council last night ( i am on injured reserve thus no life) and was appalled at how easily they were gonna raise our rates.. they are an entrerprise fund,, fee for service,, very little of their money is associated with the general fund and what is are the services they are cutting.. I dont know enough about their financial structure to truly understand their financial plight but i do know that my business is affected by the economy yet i dont get to raise my rates to compensate..I am offended they arent doing more with less as we all have to do .... ( id like to throw smud in that list as well) RT gets a pass as their money is mostly derived from sales tax dollars which are obviously down .. my fiscal conservatism is glaring this week

thank you so much for getting out to the people of midtown and gathering their input ... way to go ..please do more of this ,,,this is great stuff.. I hope you collect the input and store it somewhere as a collection we can use and give to city and staff as well as business owners & groups so we can meet the needs of the residents and participants... thnx S "we live here too"

didnt attack anyone ( not even close ) iam all volunteer ( how dare anyone imply ontherwise ) and have been forever!! and once again this is about equality of opinions.. out