Solutions

Someone said, Focus on the problem and see nothing change, or focus on the solution and make change happen. Do you want to be a problem-maker or a problem-solver? I'm sure most people want to think they are looking for solutions to problems. But, most aren't. They are merely spotlighting problems. Like my blog yesterday. I didn't offer a solution - though, if you read between the lines, you might say I did. The town shouldn't sell permits to fast-food franchises in low-income, high-crime neighborhoods. Okay, so, yeah, that's a suggestion.

The real issue is: What can replace these restaurants, and how can it be done, and who will want to set up shop in neighborhoods that gather lots of crime? I want to know if this town has a plan for its future, or is it just putting band-aids on the little problems. Yes, hooray for FBI and the sweep of gangs yesterday. But I'm not shaking hands with the government yet. Who regulates the sales of guns and bullets? Why not put a $10,000 tax on bullets - or whatever it costs a city and family to pay for clean-up and burial of a murder victim.

If the town isn't taking back control, the people should.