How do we Build Tomorrow -

Plotting a new course:

How do we win- as A City- how do we connect the dots of district lines-

{ yes--- its by and through "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT'" and Making use to build - a different model of education facilities, for the challenged Youth, as well as the over 40 population which has been devastated by unemployment and other matters.. ]

I've before advocated a staffing team for Council Member - it is not only a necessity but a critical component, to assist council members in their ability to work with city divisions - "project- research- coordination and departmental support processes" . The council needs to become not just a protagonist organization. but a collaborative support mechanism bi-laterally with other districts- to build a cohesive unit of city.

We went through a system of mayoral leadership before our current mayor was elected to office - where whole segments of the city were flat out and brazenly ignored, neglected and written off. We stat idle and allowed such poor mayoral leadership in the mayoral office during the previous mayors term, to strip, rip and neglectfully allow business in far too many districts to just be devastated. Our city must move from the bias mentality of the old ways of thinking about people, skin color and ethnicity, and see to critique based on performance not ethnicity. there is so much consending commentary directed at some city positions and its far too much based on the old "Jim Crow" mentality that griped our region for far too long, which was to immediately try and discredit people or color and claim them incompetent, We need to grow past that embedded mentality of community of city defeating ignornace. and Respect position and People- without readily claiming them non competent based on race and ethnicity.. and acknowledge what is real and what is fact, that people are people and color does not regulate competency. "that is purely ignorance of an era gone past, that we need to leave in the past". Our Growth, is to be built upon and Beyond anything remotely to do with skin or ethnicity, if truth focused on the performance of the previous Mayor - it would denote the downward spiral he sent this city as a whole, with only focus on the parts he frequented as to familiarity. and it was an injustice to our city as a whole. The results are highly visible. We have areas that simply are flat out devastated, we have commercial zones that were catapult into dire erosion, we have street maintenance that went neglected and no support for community development which left community after community to simply deterioate, and people neglect to realize this is a result of top level leadership which was the stature of the Mayoral spectrum. Our city suffers still from the resulting impacts of such poor performance and neglectful actions. It will take us years to mend the mess that was created by and throught selective neglect. This is not just related to ethnic areas but areas based more on the poor of our city and the working poor, both black and white. May we never again sit idle and think we are helpless to allow such a madness to devastate such a magnificent city. He set us years behind where we could be. We have a half hearted gaming district, sitting next to a ghost town of downtown commercialism. What a travesty !!! We have a riverfront, that got no more than tokenism development where all the focus went strictly to building gaming building, but not the attributes that make the area robust.
Policies were put in place that allowed the gaming to invoke 'no competetion" implication within their inflfuence spectrum, which cost us as a city and our citizens a great cultural depletion of a blend and mixture of robust growth.

Unfortunately we had passivity in the council that did not research and oppose the actions of the previous mayor, as he constructively devastated this city's districts; in favor of moving things to one or two regional areas. We allowed the city boundaries to expand, when we were unable to support and maintain the existing district city sectors.

What resulted is a city, that suffered deprivation natured shock waves. What are some of the vivid signs. (1) a loss of civic pride, (2) a diminished motivation modeling to show and support sectors and in some cases entire district regions. We regressed to the modeling of a time before, instead of building for a unification of city and a modeling of cityscape that has equilibrium in regard for city sectors.

Streets deteriorated, business faltered, and it was escalated by the unreasonable choices to allow Mega Wal Marts to devastate local business by boxing in the city, not just with Wal Marts, but we allowed Mega Wal Marts. As a result the city suffers, communities have lost the small business that support countless programs and generated volumes of tax revenue which once made us a vibrant city. Instead, the summation of result is we have in some sectors, nothing more than sprawling and crawling ghetto natured environments.
How does this impact. - It impacts because "hope is diminished", the image of hope", the image and reality of prospering business, was demolished. Invariably- this has given our young people a hopeless sense of future- We failed tremendously to respect what is Economic Development, and we gave that role over to the Casino's and Wal Marts.. as we diminished it, because the power of Casino Cash and their executive influence, made roads to insure that economic development was a neglected department of the city function.
Until we gain the grit to take back our city, and regard what is the benefit of Economic Development, our city and its citizens suffer a tremendous dis-service.

Our council districts, each should have a pro-active economic development program- Our city, has functioned without a leader in the capacity as Economic Development Director.. which is not only an unreasonable but unconscientiously reality default.

Poor Performance of SBA- and Economic Development:

We sat idle, and neglected to fight for, the mandate to make use of the money the President nearly a year ago, slated for SBA to provide to business, and we allowed banks to hi-jack the process with unreal expectation of credit scores, in a climate when credit damage is a common reality impacting all but the wealthy. Yet we let banks hi jack this funding, and hoard it and only provide it to the well to do, when it was designed to assist and support the needs of the struggling business. SBA sit idle and did not mandate nor did it even pursue the role to be the dispenser of funds, nor did it seek city support to develop an apparatus where they could provide these funds to the business public.
Economic Development was missing in Action, which could have pushed for congressional or other support to gain control over those funds, and make them available.
All the while we watch as banks hold our nations progress hostage.

We see nationwide that the banks are the culprits with the expectations of high and escalating interest rates, when the economy is devastate, yet, nothing was done locally nor nationally, to force and mandate that the interest rates be dropped and froze the meet with a high unemployment rate and a diminished income generating base- and as a result we have foreclosure which impact and devastate the business community, all for the sake or our leaders playing patsy to banking. We remain unaware while we sit idle and listen to banks making multiple billions of profit per quarter, while the American people suffer, hardships, losses and constructive robbery at the hands of banking policies. While bankers and others of sorts in the money game program, pay themselves bonuses upon bonuses as American people continue to loose their principle investments.


Poor State Level Leadership - We need to learn how to be distinct in grasp for means and extend our reach for ways to grown

Medical care madness

Sadly, we have Politicians, especially such as Sen. ---- who is so unconcerned about the welfare of the people, that he follows the script of big hospital medical money which pushes propaganda and infuriate and delude the people. all the while children die for lack of options in medical services, senior and the working poor, go untreated. because he supports the madness of the medical business to extract high profits at the expense of the populations health. He is unaware that insurance companies have guideline, but he thinks the government programs should not. Yes, everything has guidelines. but one fact is certain.. We need programs that do not deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions. Now think what you will about what you will. But you may need to think carefully about the many loved ones of many people who have passed on from the denials by insurance companies, or the families that have been ripped and left with massive bills because of insurance denials in the private sectors. Yes, you could be next... so before you follow the mob script led by big business dollars, you may need to grasp a concept that exposes reality, as to what may be when it personally confronts you.

I lost a sister behind insurance companies dropping coverage, while she was hospitalized,
I had another relative, who had insurance after his retirement, and due to prostate cancer, it did not pay what it needed to pay, and then when he died the hospital put their goons to take his property., claiming his insurance was not covering the over charged cost they imposed .

While these politicians are spreading all this negativity that is not beneficial to the public, do you see any of them developing a intra state program to create an organization that can restructure the crazy mortgage interest, do we see any of them, making effort to create a program that targets and converts every variable mortgage? Do we see them trying to develop a state back plan that can convert the mortgage plans to a fixed 4-5% interest rate, and allow this nation to heal. No... they can't even think that far, for being mob rousers, behind their bought mentality to pander to big business. all the while looking for campaign contributions. instead of doing the job of serving the people and the community of cities and states.

How do we elevate tech-pertiese proficiency.

Where is the program, to develop minimized tuition to Trade Tech, for each of these schools that have "hard to place children' or from the sectors where schools are located in poor communities. It simply does not matter to them. We have closed Building that once use to be schools, they can easily be converted to "certificate program institution" that gives citizens a leg up where they can again feel they have means to present their value as a person and individual. We can improve in advancing the stature of our people and their educational needs to be competitive, they can be utilized to offer re-training to our population of over 40 people who need career path re-structure to re-enter the job market. putting people back together, as progressive individuals, in ways they can again contribute to our growth and progress.

But these politicians have absolutely no foresight in how to uplift people, but they are skilled in created controversial drama making madness trying to keep name recognition alive. for the sake of their self concerned political careers.

We need nation building mindset in our political sphere, and we need city building mindset in our political arena. but that is the core factors to a failing nations, is the lack of such regards.







It all revolves back to us becoming an Economical Development hub, with an understanding of the importance of
Economical Development.


I've posed the question: Why are we not seeing "SISTER CITY" commercial networks, not just as a city, but council districts can equally so build interwoven Sister City networks within their District - to make us the hub model of a new understanding of the benefits of Sister Cities program. The funds that are allocated for this is astounding, but overtly ignored and not addressed.
Programs are many and plentiful:
There is not only and economic infusion potential, but a cultural explosion which brings us to be truly expansive in multi cultural growth.

EB-5

A Beneficial Program - 945 EB-5 immigrants invested more than $400 million in U.S. ventures.

Sister City:

Sister Cities International is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and fostering sister cities, especially between cities in the United States and cities in other countries.

How to connect as a Sister City

'A Chance to Believe"

Each day brings

A Chance to Believe


first and foremost, to believe in The Grace of God, and the Goodness of Gods Gift, that we awaken with the breath of life, giving up opportunity to achieve many things, and the will and hope to glorify God in the things we choose and the things we do.

What dream may unfold within you, and what of dreams my you inspire in others. How many ways can you find to contribute into the world of life.

We have the opportunity too seek out information, in this day and age, we shall if we will, seek out to have understanding, and be led less by the influence of corporate natured manipulations, we have the opportunity to stand up to the conduct of the worlds corporations, which seek every means to use our resources, to encroach upon us, and wreak havoc's in our lives.
We have the chance to become a society, that let not the wild ways of greed, dominate our lives, by the actions of the corporate world. which seeks profit at any cost, both human life and human spirit.
We may learn better to see much, we may know better how to do much, if we find our pathway beyond apathy; and reach beyond greed, to learn what is fairness.

We may need to review much, not only in the ways our business work, but to insure that ethic's are returned to the classrooms, which teach the leaders of industry. We may start in the home, so the Sons and Daughters of American, do not enter corporations and create policies that turn and even assault their own parents, with the actions of greed, and gluttony.

If people stop and ask the questions that matter. -

How can a bank or investment firm, set aside more money to pay and compense themselves, than they set and claim as earning to pay the people who's invested money. Instead Bankers and Investment brokers play games with the ignorance of the people, while they rip off retirement funds, and anything elese they see options to rob. And American people sit back, assuming themselves helpless, so they swallow it, and make excuses, to condone it. Who suffer's .... is, Their childern, Yes, yours and everyone else, except the greed masters, - While your child has to watch as your money is being gobbled up by the crooks of financial industry. And your child is afraid to even dream of college, when they see the hardships, you as their parent continues to go through. Because there is nothing left to save for college.
and we as people sit unaware, ignorant and silent, and making excuses to condone executives devise malice to rob the people of this nations. and claim it to be the policy of business.

It's time in this life, the American Investor becomes smart, and wise and mostly it first must become AWARE.

When the brokerage pay themselves kings ransoms to manage your money, and turn and give you pennies, and many times claim a loss, but they never suffer any cuts, but you earn nothing, and in some cases loose even your principle amount, while they still pay themselves millions upon millions.

What will it take for the general investing public to become aware.? what will it take before salary caps are placed on investment executives, fixed income models, instead of , the wild game, of spin the wheel and pay themselves, at the expense of the investors of this nations.

Health care, people are on a wild mission of ignorance, rather than to seek out the principle of understanding.
Private Insurance has every kind of rule and guideline, but people assume the government is not suppose to have any guideline and rules, in the options they present. But people swallow the guidelines and rules of insurances companies, and find themselves denied coverage, limited in what coverage offers, and they pay Top Dollar for it, and then never say a word. The Government plans offers people an OPTION, which gives them far less rejections than the private industry, and afford no denials based on existing conditions, and offers people the chance to support taking the monopoly away from Big Insurance, and people are so easily led and misled by the greed masters who pay to keep them mis-informed. All the while, private insurance continues day by day, denying people care, and coverage, and any other items it can deny, all for the sake to save a penny, and pay the executives millions upon millions. While expecting the health care workers to do it for nickels and dimes.
America needs to learn to stop the "executive worship", and they may be able to see clearly, that it is never the executives that makes the business work, it is the people who do the actual job. This means there should be a "Cap placed on the compensations given to executives", and better benefits afforded unto the workers.

We may need to become a society that is less about Idolatry, and more about the practicality of respect of persons, as individuals, who simply have different roles within the work that makes systems operate.


Some how, America seems to have just given itself away, and the quality of business has faltered, the quality of product and service has declined, and the only thing that continues to rise is the compensations given to the executives, who turn business into a public insult, unto the people who patronize and utilize the service.

Banking will continue to collapse, because they have become a criminal enterprise, stripping and ripping the public, and Americans are so in Awe of institutions, we have become indentured servants to these nature of operations. Unaware they use our money to make havoc in our lives, with fee's that are pointless and excessive. But we are so awe struck, we have become passive pawns, who have lost the ability to have a voice.

What results, everything has fallen in this country, We now have to rely of foreign good will, simply to make it, because our corporations have become enterprises that have little to no regard for the people who engage to patronize them. Executive pay, is excessive, while they operate on foreign money and tax money, and what they can rip and rob from the public. Then they turn and deny lending to the same public who's money they utilize.

They have simply become wicked and wiser in their wickedness and we have become lulled into a complacent mindset, while our pockets are picked clean. and still we sit silent. unaware, and uninformed, while afraid to even have a voice.

What do we witness.. Yes, we don't only wittiness, we support the decline of a nation, all for the sake of a few greed masters, dictating until we are intimidated into compliance, to pay without benefit of getting the service we think we pay for, and then fee's turn us into indentured servants, who can't support and maintain a family. for supporting corporate greed.

Yet, we have become so unaware, we pay without thought, and find our lives declining, the harder we work, and all we see is one after the next, of criminal executives, living lavish, and every 5 years, we see them finally get busted, By then they've taken the public for such a horror ride, and they claim innocent, all the while the wealth of a nation has declined, to the point, in less than 30- years, we are now dependent on China, a communist nations, to prop up, our Democratic nations, and we remain unaware.


We as a public should ahve the option to "invest directly into any company in this nation, not to a brokerage firm, but direct to the company we choose to support. Brokerage firms should only be an option for companies to gain funding,
When people become aware, we may realize this, and take back our country from corporate greed policies, its business and the labor which belongs to the people of this nation, from the control and demise driven policy of executive greed masters.

President Obama has been working very hard to build this nation for the people, and people fight him more about his color, than about the principle which can restore the nations back to being about the people. Racism has been the demise of this nations, the ignorance of it, has been the continual back breaking process far too long, and such ignorance infect so many people, until we have become like a nation more vile than when it was in the height of slavery. all behind the insane ignorance of racist minds and bigoted mentalities. People are so vile in their ignorance, they fail to even ackowlege, that the country was left broke and on the brink of collapse,k and we wittnessed the greatest robbery of a nation in the histopry of the world, during the last 8 yrs of administration.

We went from 60 billion to 600 billion of debt- owed to China
We say Monthly Trade Deficits, on 20 Billion, and nothing was even considered to take back and stop selling American Companies to China....
The Result, We have unemployed American's using everything now made in China and our biggest businjess is dollar store selling Chinese Goods, to Wal Mart selling Chinese Goods.
and
still we have not awakend to reality
that we must build back American, from the small business upwards, and everyone yes, everyone gets equality of opportunity in the upward economic model.
We can't allow ever again, the racism built on economic divide principle, to continue to diminish us as a nation and as a people. Are we wise enough to realize that ?? Are we weise enough to let go of the ignorace of racist mentalities - Will we ever learn, that unless all of us rise, we all shall fall.
Now where is there room for bigotry? except in the minds of a fool.


We saw the debt clock broken, Oct 7, 2008 - Yes, President George Bush was in office at the time it BROKE !!
setting up up for this...

( FOR THOSE WITH FAILING MEMORIES.)
and we resulted to have banking collapse, and corporations closed and the meltd down of the whole financial system, and people want to deny it as reality.






And without bail out, of ourselves, from our own tax debt, we would be no more than a remake of Argentina. But the racist mentalities blind people from facts, We wage crazy wars, while a nations is bankrupted no less than 4 times over the past 8 yrs. but the ignorance of many won't even acknowledge that truth. The only thing that kept the delusion of wealth alive, was raising the debt load a nations can carry, and the Past Administration did that, up to 4 times.

within less than a years, President Obama has helped restore diginity in the eyes of the world, about this nation, he has helped restore some confidence in our currency, and vowed never to allow the thieves to insult this nations again with their greed policies. But the ignorance of racism won't let people face that truth.
He has brought back diplomacy, and tossed out the dictate and manipulate policy of the past 8 years, and those things are what helps bring world peace. But none for racism, can see, that is itself worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize. Nations that did not talk before, now are willing to talk, Nations we did not listen to before, now feel they have voice, and we are slowly regaining world respect from the nations of the world.

As to our corporations and how we can best make them strong. ....

They should have a system where the public can invest directly with the company. Imagine the Millions and Billions, that would flow into companies, and not into the hands of investment brokers and their over paid teams. Investment firls have us deluded to think they are the only mechanism. But truth is, each company can set up their own program to manage direct investments into their business. and they would not them be subject to a ticker tape claiming they are out of business. We have been blind, to not see, ticker tapes have closed down many comapnies, all behind, people short selling and every other kind of stock manipulations, and healthy companies have been forced to close or sell themselves. Not because they were not good, only because the greed masters, could profit from their demise. Closing one, helps make a monolopy for another.
And we have become blind, and the result is jobs are lost, and families devastated and made homeless, and people remain still UNAWARE.

We made the choice to belive television commercials, telling us that only big corporating is the answer, and we simply killed the samll business owners, who made this country work. We killed the money that small business put back into our communities, and we watched as community after community fall, and still, unaware and can only think big corporations will save us, when they don't contribute back as small business does to your community.

We lost the ability to balance small business and big business in our community, and
what resulted is a decline in the American Spirit..

The Result, we shrink continually, ad many are left jobless and homeless, and still we are unaware.
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'A Chance to Believe"

if only we think... and learn again to believe in ourselves, and stop following the dictations of corporations, and take back our lives.. but, maybe we've become to weak to do so.

'A Chance to Believe"