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Op-ed: Find tenants for broken down properties or invest first and hope to get tenants?

Op-ed by Peter Children of Mason City –

Would you invest here?
Would you invest here?
Well it seems the North Side Alliance has selected Russ Hardy as its current goat; they blamed him for everything but the Second World War.

These people are all carrying white canes; not one mention of the all night pharmacies that populate that area….all of a sudden they became invisible. Would Mr. Latham invest in commercial store fronts alongside Hardy? I doubt it. Who reading these words would invest hard earned money in that real-estate. Is this a “find the tenant then invest further into restoration; or invest first in hopes of attracting a tenant?” Is this Russian roulette?

You will never find serious money go into that blighted area until you close all the pharmacies. And Hardy doesn’t have his own drug taskforce.

If Mr. Latham wants to invest in that war torn strip of D real-estate I am certain Mr. Hardy would sell him any or all of it. I say this to Mr. Latham; where is this North End Partnership? I have had three phone calls this morning from people who live in that area telling me that there is no Alliance; that there is only two people, him and Rhonda True; that the only person mentioned in the Globe article beside that pair was Val Suby who lives 34 blocks south of the promised land… and works for the Globe-Gazette. Are you with me here? Joe Paulson is a partner with Mr. Latham. If you’re going to get in this game you need to know who the players are.

Who really has the last say in this community? You think it’s Russ Hardy? It’s those 6 council persons who have the ultimate say… the very same ones who hid from the public during the last election. And they were once again given the reins of the city by those who are quick to criticize but do not vote. It is at that council table where all the blame lies, not part of it but all of it. Guys like Russ Hardy are not into enforcement; that is not their job. No one brought up drugs because they live there and are afraid of retaliation, it’s the same reason why people won’t sign their real names on this site – no backbone, no spine.

What is taking place here right now mirrors that which was said to me a few years back by a young girl who played sports at NIACC. She said the coach told the squad: “There are a lot of drugs here but we’re not supposed to talk about it.” Well now that was a dandy solution. That is what this council is telling you right now. ”We know there are drugs here but let’s not bring it up, lets blame someone else. Let’s blame Russ Hardy! And we’ll get Tim Latham to pound the drum. That wasn’t hard, was it?

I might be wrong but didn’t something similar to that happen to Jesus? Wasn’t there a crowd who placed the blame on Him? Look where that led.

Peter Children, Mason City

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