aspartz
05-24-2007, 12:43
I read the followwing open letter in the Duluth paper.
Fed up with Duluth and in a hurry to leave
Duluth sucks.
The City Council keeps making mistakes, from budgeting money to allowing contractors to build whatever they want. I say get rid of each and every council member as they come up for election.
Welfare recipients keep coming to Duluth in droves. It seems all a woman has to do is go to the government building with a kid and immediately she can receive welfare benefits. If a man does it, nine out of 10 times he’ll get denied. That’s Duluth for you.
With regard to jobs in Duluth, anyone who wants a decent wage has to leave and head south. I wonder why.
Well, Duluth can keep its welfare mommies, its City Council that never listens to residents, its tourists who flog up here and pretend to own the city and its part-time condo owners. Duluth will not be my home much longer. I finally made concrete plans to leave the city and pretty much not come back to live.
I wish Duluthians well, but they should realize: The city needs to fix its problems, including outrageous rents and property values and the need for a better central form of government. Until that happens, I won’t miss this town one bit.
I don't know how far south this gentleman wants to go, but Carlton and Pine Counties are full of the same welfare that he's complaining about.
Perhaps if enough of us went to St. Paul?
ARS
Fed up with Duluth and in a hurry to leave
Duluth sucks.
The City Council keeps making mistakes, from budgeting money to allowing contractors to build whatever they want. I say get rid of each and every council member as they come up for election.
Welfare recipients keep coming to Duluth in droves. It seems all a woman has to do is go to the government building with a kid and immediately she can receive welfare benefits. If a man does it, nine out of 10 times he’ll get denied. That’s Duluth for you.
With regard to jobs in Duluth, anyone who wants a decent wage has to leave and head south. I wonder why.
Well, Duluth can keep its welfare mommies, its City Council that never listens to residents, its tourists who flog up here and pretend to own the city and its part-time condo owners. Duluth will not be my home much longer. I finally made concrete plans to leave the city and pretty much not come back to live.
I wish Duluthians well, but they should realize: The city needs to fix its problems, including outrageous rents and property values and the need for a better central form of government. Until that happens, I won’t miss this town one bit.
I don't know how far south this gentleman wants to go, but Carlton and Pine Counties are full of the same welfare that he's complaining about.
Perhaps if enough of us went to St. Paul?
ARS