quote:Originally posted by free wheeler:quote:Reply
Bobby Irons is doing a great job..
What a JOKE!
quote:Originally posted by free wheeler:quote:Reply
Bobby Irons is doing a great job..
quote:Originally posted by trouble63:
[quote]Posted 08 July 2008 10:02 AM Hide Post
I am not familar enough with either candidate to feel like I can make an informed choice so here is a chance to win a vote.
1. Tell me what are your candidate's long term plan for the city? Do they feel we can recruit more industry? Do they want Florence to become a retirement center? I just want to clarify this "retirement center" issue. I do not think that anyone in our area wants to become a retirement center. The idea behind attracting retirees to our area is a very good one. Retirees who are looking for a place to retire normally have a pretty good little bankroll somewhere. They normally bring that bankroll to town with them and generally deposit/invest it into our local banking institutions. They usually buy a home in the area and quite often rather than move a house full of furniture they buy at least a room or two of new furniture from our local furniture stores. They use our local medical resources, they shop in our local stores, eat out in our local restaurants, play golf at our local golf courses, join our local country clubs and quite often they bring families to our area from multiple states that also spend money in our area. Now I don't know about you but the idea of bringing retirees into our area who are completely self sufficient sounds pretty good to me. We don't have to worry about them taking a job from our locals nor do they increase our unemployment rate. They don't apply for food stamps or welfare or any other government assistance. Please, don't let the fact that our area appeals to retirees be a negative. Bring em on! Thank them for spending the money they earned elsewhere right here in our little town!
quote:Originally posted by trouble63:
Didn't take it that way at all. I just wanted to make sure you understood that though we are making our area attractive to retirees, that doesn't mean we want to ONLY be a retirement community. Many have made it appear that way and it certainly is not the goal here. Most of the retirees I've worked with are not on a limited income. They have CD's, retirement benefits, investment accounts and many other resourses besides there social security check. Many of them have an RV that cost more than my home. They are not a liability, they are most definitely an asset. We do need to continue recruiting industry to keep jobs in the area. But each of these things are a piece of the puzzle. We need more than industry to keep this town afloat and to keep it a great place to live.