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By: JOHN FEDELE
We will be electing a new batch of city commissioners. I say NEW because I would hope the citizens of Salina will finally clean house of those who have, with good intentions, slowly created a TOWN that's losing its identity.
Beautifying the TOWN via using graffiti and destroying the beauty of historical buildings is hard to understand. While they are focused on beautifying the downtown, they ignore the plight slowly happening to the historic neighborhoods. Unkept dwellings, overgrown yards, and abandoned dwellings give the impression TOWN is decaying....but downtown is beautiful.
Then there's the age-old problem of streets needing to be restriped and repaved, not to mention the sad state of the parking lots owned by businesses in strip malls, and small shopping centers. I know, it's not a city problem. The parking lots belong to the owners of the strip malls and small shopping centers. I've been told the city can't do anything about it. There has to be a way. Maybe the TOWN can come up with some policy or ordinance that requires those owners maintain their parking lots.
Let's not vote for local government like we do for National government. We don't co our diligence in national elections, but we should do better locally. It's your TOWN.
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