Comments on: Way back when II http://www.northcoastnews.com/2009/09/24/way-back-when-ii/ Serving all the communities of the North Beach since 1987 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:20:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Flying Over The Radar? http://www.northcoastnews.com/2009/09/24/way-back-when-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-1717 Flying Over The Radar? Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.northcoastnews.com/?p=4615#comment-1717 Bob Newhart folks! Am I the only one old enough to remember him? I suppose part of it is that my ex-brother-in-law looks just like him. DON'T gET ME WRONG. I love you Shilo. It's nice to have you as the anchor to our hotelling community. But whatever happened to that "big name draw" of this place that only seems to live in memory? It's all economics right? A depressed industrial base removes $$ from people's pockets and everyone in the community suffers right down to the local bell hop. People move away. Those remaining become "protectionist." It becomes more fun to watch tv and complain about local government decisions instead of working on the hard stuff. Community building. Thank heavens the majority elects visionary government who bit the bullet and dare to remake this community with infrastructure improvements like roads, traffic patterns, water systems, etc. I'm probably labeling myself with my comments but I'm only going to complain about the people who complain. Now editor I can't make your meetings to give feedback on the paper, but without ditching the hard issues, it should be recognized the relative power of your business for positive change. Getting people riled is probably a good start. Look into the power of GOOD NEWS as exemplified by a young boy in China who gets 5000 hits a day to his website. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/17/content_11898658.htm Bob Newhart folks! Am I the only one old enough to remember him? I suppose part of it is that my ex-brother-in-law looks just like him. DON’T gET ME WRONG. I love you Shilo. It’s nice to have you as the anchor to our hotelling community. But whatever happened to that “big name draw” of this place that only seems to live in memory? It’s all economics right? A depressed industrial base removes $$ from people’s pockets and everyone in the community suffers right down to the local bell hop. People move away. Those remaining become “protectionist.” It becomes more fun to watch tv and complain about local government decisions instead of working on the hard stuff. Community building. Thank heavens the majority elects visionary government who bit the bullet and dare to remake this community with infrastructure improvements like roads, traffic patterns, water systems, etc. I’m probably labeling myself with my comments but I’m only going to complain about the people who complain. Now editor I can’t make your meetings to give feedback on the paper, but without ditching the hard issues, it should be recognized the relative power of your business for positive change. Getting people riled is probably a good start. Look into the power of GOOD NEWS as exemplified by a young boy in China who gets 5000 hits a day to his website.

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