[Winona Online Democracy]
I do have solutions to the problems mentioned, otherwise I would not
have objected in the first place. However, since you are more
interested in applying language that intentionally confuses
disagreement with anger I am not going to waste my time rebuking your
straw man arguments or conversing with one uninterested in a different
opinion.
The point about graduate retention was intended to highlight something
disturbing about Winona's demography rather than to employ every
graduate. I suggest you inspect many demographic statistics for Winona
and observe the burgeoning hole in Winona's population before you
dismiss my comments as motivated by anger.
Further, the Winona unemployment rate was 3.6% or 25% better than the
current federal rate.
One final question for C.E., why when I was in high school and college
did an overwhelming portion of the people that I knew have leaving
Winona as a top priority? Not heeding the concerns of the next
generation is also the same kind of short sighted thinking that
strangles Winona. It is the exact reason why Winona is thought of as a
"small town" when it is anything but, rather than a "small city."
P.S. The name has two ns not one.
On Apr 21, 2006, at 13:20, c.e.w. wrote:
[Winona Online Democracy]
Mr. Dittman,
I am not going to get into a rant with you, obviously you are very
angry with the city government. I stand by my statement and believe
the city has came a long way in the past 10 years and I am proud of
Winona.
Regarding the traffic problem, I agree with you. Do you have a
solution to the problem?
Regarding jobs for degree holders? Unemployment is at
4.8%(theoretically zero) this is a town of 27000 people, and two
colleges that produce degree holders about every four or five
months..it is inherent that there will be a lack of "degree holder
jobs", so degree holders cant all work in Winona, some may have to
commute, some may have to leave, there is a certain degree of
financial sacrifice you have to make to live in a smaller town.
Regarding the riverfront and marina ? it is exactly that type of
thinking that stagnated Winona during the 70's and 80's...I implore
you to take a day drive up river and see what I am talking about. To
imply that one good wedding would impact the local economy the same is
preposterous. And again, I stand behind my belief that we should be
putting a future development plan together regarding riverfront
development.
Regards,
C.E. Woodford
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David Dittmann
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