A wise person wrote this today. It is very true, corruption from the top needs to be dealt with in a swift manner. Without any further adieu:

I really think it’s sad that most people in City Hall or Chamber of Commerce, or whoever you may be or where ever you may be from, don’t even live in our wonderful little town. I have a real problem with you being able to walk away if you so choose and never look back.

So many people in our quaint little town are so upset and disappointed with what is going on… We are hearing that their is going to be no Outhouse 500 – which people from all over the world attend, there is going to be no Car Show in 2010 – that was a great thing for Coopersville also. Our merchants are going out of business, our sidewalks cannot be repaired when they have 6″ or more of a drop in them to where some of our old and young alike can trip and fall. It’s more important to put in a new Boulivard you have no interest of maintaining, or a pocket park that won’t get taken care of. What about all the bushes behind our merchants that were ripped out so you didn’t have to pay to maintain them? What about the underground sprinkling that hasn’t seen daylight in so many years back there? Your cutting our city workers down a day?

I understand cut backs, but what about you? You keep making more money, getting in your cars and going home every night to what? Lowell? Comstock Park? East Grand Rapids? You don’t care about Coopersville any more than a paycheck.

How much money did you raise for this years Parade?? NO ONE but you will ever know, how’s your Christmas going to be this year? Pretty good I bet.
How can you sit on your high pedestal and lie to your residents, employees, whomever may be involved and turn and walk away? Your disease is turning contagious.

There are so many kind, caring, compassionate people of this town as you have seen just by the parade, but you don’t know who we really are. There are those that will shell out every little bit of money needed to keep our city events running, there are those that will give the shirt off their back to help their neighbor, there are those who will walk down our streets and pick up every bit of trash flying around to keep out town clean and attractive, their are the hard working farmers trying to stay afloat, there are the little guys who do what they can for anyone who needs it.

There is a phrase that says “actions speak louder than words” – yours are speaking LOUD with a big bang. You words are nothing more than lies. You walk past the average little person without even a glance. Why not just take Coopersville off the map. The way you are going we will soon be a “ghost town” anyway. No need to fight for this town, obviously as your on your way home at night it doesn’t concern you.

I think more people should speak their minds, and not just behind their cup of coffee at the local coffee shop that soon will no longer be. Maybe you should take a part in what Coopersville has to offer, maybe you should help find a way to keep our events going without such a struggle for everyone.
It’s sad what is happening here in our wonderful little town, and so many don’t even have a clue. Have a heart, make a new start, cutbacks are everywhere, maybe you should take one and keep things rolling for us. The residents who care about this town. The one’s who walk down the street for a 5 minute walk and come back 2 hours later because any and everyone had stop to talk to them. The one’s who have lived here their whole life in pride. The one’s who have moved here because the people are so wonderful, because they wanted to be a part of something really great.

We the people are speaking our mind on this “help yourself, share community info and ENJOY!”

We just want to continue to grow, be a great place, have people from all over the world want to come here and be a part of us, if only for a day a year….