tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post1048947442423947296..comments2023-08-20T07:06:14.115-04:00Comments on Thurber's Thoughts: 'Not business friendly' - post #5Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-89385806344275729132007-12-05T21:14:00.000-05:002007-12-05T21:14:00.000-05:00actually, roo, YOU make perfect sense...it's the e...actually, roo, YOU make perfect sense...it's the elected officials who don't!Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-1128179816787928202007-12-05T19:47:00.000-05:002007-12-05T19:47:00.000-05:00Maggie - Once again it appears as though City Coun...Maggie - Once again it appears as though City Council and our Administration are trying to intimidate the same people that they need. It's totally counterproductive.<BR/><BR/>The economic picture for Toledo is currently drawn with charcoal - subject to meet its demise with a whoosh of wind. I have had to start believing that our local government is incapable of understanding that in order to attract and retain businesses that a city needs to work <B>with</B> them not against them. It's a lesson that is definitely lost on our fair city.<BR/><BR/>And, for more insanity, we now have meter readers acting as neighborhoods inspectors. All because council passed an ordinance that will require approximately 80 more inspectors when the budget can't support the 8 that they have. So now the meter readers are going to be charged with reporting nuisance properties. If I were a meter reader I'd have to beg off that responsibility. I'm not getting cussed at, shot at, dogs sic'd on me, or things thrown at me because someone has a car parked in their backyard or they haven't mowed in a month. These folks are there to read a meter, record the numbers and move on. NOT take inventory.<BR/><BR/>Right now I'm so irritated I can't think straight, so all this probably has come out like gobbledy gook. Bear with me. I'll make sense someday.Roohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569815196644365844noreply@blogger.com