The Call to Stand Up
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We are well into the election campaign swing. Don’t forget, early voting is until the 4th of April and the main election is on the 9th. Let your voice be heard as you cast your vote for Mayor and Alderman for Ward 1 through 4. Now that we have the pleasantries aside, did you catch any of the debates for Mayor? So many ideas and thoughts and promises were made and given, but so little time to digest them and get their true meaning, don’t you think? It’s funny that we hear about new ideas and solutions and jabbing back at forth, but these should have been brought up, albeit implemented some time ago.
Going back to a further piece about the economy and small business for a moment, you can never beat that dead horse with a stick. Regardless of the elections and the outcome, small business here in Spring Hill is still suffering. All the while we see this and hear about learning from other municipalities,, it is reported that Franklin is one of the top 50 locations to start a small business. However, no one, THE TRUTH means NO ONE, made mention of that at the last debate. One could assume that perhaps we can learn something from our neighbor. We aren’t talking about Virginia or Colorado suburbs, but our own next-door neighbor. What is the change for the future that we all hear about really mean? Does it mean that during an election time we will only hear about it and come mid-April have nothing become of it?
It was said during the debate from one of the candidates that the time is now for our government to listen to the citizens. Perhaps that was the best idea to come out of the debate. Bickering only looks childish and actions speak louder than words. As the TRUTH listened to that call, a brand new understanding of community came to mind. As conservative ideology calls for smaller government, while protecting the electorate, it is up to US, the community, to do our part to ensure for better quality of life. Where does that begin? What can we REALLY do? The answers are quite simple when you look back at this whole election. That same candidate also said that if you don’t act and participate, then you couldn’t have reason to gripe. Very well said, so here is where the TRUTH ups the ante.
If government is going to right the course and if campaign promises are to become reality, then it is up to government to listen. In our community there is EXPERIENCE and KNOWLEDGE that far surpasses the ideas and aptitude of those in government. Take a chance and listen to them. Take a chance and dialogue with them. Where is it written that the best ideas come from those who make campaign contributions? Where is it stated that the Chamber and EDC and the BOMA, for that matter, are the end all and be all to provide recourses and services needed to jump start our own city’s economy and protect our small businesses. Simple fact is that whatever the ideas that have been brought up collectively by those entities have either been implemented too late, not discussed, not paid any mind to, and for lack of a better word, failed our community. So, you say that it is right to stand up and speak out with solutions? The more people, groups, etc., that form an opinion and action to save our businesses should not be met anymore with opposition from the big players. Where you have failed us, others have tried unsuccessfully to right the course because of pettiness and jealousy and lack of ability to ask others for help. We stand united to protect our city and it is time that you lend us your ear. Where some may look, talk, and act differently from the established, if you don’t take the time to listen, you may miss out on a big idea. If you don’t take the time to understand and spread the word from your larger base, we ALL suffer.
In the next week or so, you will see more pieces about HERE HERE HERE. Consider it a proactive initiative towards funneling local dollars into our small businesses. Whether it succeeds or not, it is an action, a small step toward bringing about some bit of needed resources and customers to our local businesses. If you can say that the way to dig out of the financial hole is to spend locally, then let’s do something positive in order to make that happen. We cannot wait for the government to study, talk, debate, and maybe implement something, we, as citizens, can do whatever it takes to make that a reality. Call it a start towards a solution, but at the end of the day it is action. Let’s be about building our community one step at a time from the grassroots and take ownership and pride of where we live. Let’s begin to build that future of quality of life for our children, our city, and ourselves. THAT’S THE DOUBLE TRUTH RUTH!
