Posted on 03/22/2008 11:35:06 AM PDT by lowbridge
http://granitegrok.com/blog/2008/03/what_happens_in_a_town_when_the_privilge.html
An Update: Community center fund defeated
Yes. Matter of fact some of my inlaws and neighbors here in Vermont raised money for a community center, and helped with the rebuilding and repairs and with bringing it up to the fire code. But they didn’t expect the taxpayers to fund it. It’s a volunteer operation.
Hey, lady, if you want to meet your neighbors, go the the local market and chat with them, or talk to them when you meet them walking around the village. If you want to meet them more thoroughly, ask them over for dinner. Have a few picnics or barbecues.
Introduce your dog to their dogs.
Good grief.
You probably have my cousin that moved from Newberryport 2 yrs
ago to deal with.
As big a lefty as you`d find,love her but thinks the world revolves
around the swimmer.
I lived in a small town in North Georgia that was exactly what it was..small main street, small grocery (called Little Giant), no streetlights outside of town, but it was homey, comfortable and everyone was friendly..I was able to sit on the back patio of my house and literally, not figuratively, put my hand in front of my face on a moonless night and not see it..I could tell where the horizon was by the stars you could see..newcomers came along, decided it should really boom, they got elected to office, opened up the “development” books, and everything they moved there FOR was gone in a matter of 5 years..then THEY get transfers out of town leaving a mess to the rest of us..perhaps you’ve heard of the town..it’s called Alpharetta, Georgia..
This same thing has happened on my town several times over the years. They just keep trying again and again till people are worn down.
I genuinely believe the only solution is to identify the activists and burn them out encourage them to find a place more to their liking as soon as it starts.
I live in NH and got into an argument with some Libs from Moultonborough when I was in FLA. Most of the proles in that area live on $10 bucks an hour. These people are going from meal to meal and these Massholes what to impose on them, get real!
Add St.Augustine, Florida, to the casualty list.
Seems like most of her wants would/could be satisfied through a church in the area. But then she would probably be expected to tithe or whatnot, even perhaps clean up her moral act. No, churches are too inconvenient: let the amenities and activities be run by the nonjudgmental government.
Some “small hamlets” would see a mysterious uptick in arson cases if a bunch of liberal Mass-holes moved in and attempted to get taxes raised.
If the area is a rural as it sounds, it probably has a community center under a different name. It’s probably called a grange.
Watch out for these new comers, they want to change your whole way of life. You’re lucky that they don’t already infect your state gov’t because they are bound and determined to make over your state in the image of the place that they left. They have no appreciation of the rural life style and they don’t understand that rural people live in the country because they have little interest in night life and designer shopping.
We have similar issues here in our Philadelphia suburb. We're in a very historic and traditionally conservative area, but people moving in are more typically liberals with little sense of history. They keep pushing for increased school spending for the latest, greatest, and most imposing buildings, programs, staffing, etc. I haven't seen it pay off in terms of better learning, and I doubt that I will. Taxes sure are heading up, though. Many of these folks don't plan to stay long term. They look upon this as a cheaper way to raise their kids than to send them to private school. They come to a good school district, implement a bunch of new programs, raise taxes, and then move somewhere cheaper in retirement. They don't care that they are driving long-term residents out of the community with their never-ending tax increases.
If they succeed and impose any tax, the state will see an exodus like the one in Massachusetts because if people want to be overtaxed, they might as well live in a place that knows how to do it right and has been doing it for thirty years. Property values will decline because people won't be able to sell homes to transplants because there will be no incentive to move here, I mean, besides the wonderful permafrost. Then they'll be taking in less money via the outrageous property tax, which will have to increase to meet the demand of public money that won't decline with the values.
A little editing or the Cliff Notes might be helpful here.
Conciseness and clarity are good things.
People came to Florida from the north east, in droves, to settle in “paradise”. After a short time, “paradise” wasn't sophisticated enough.
They took over all the local governments and proudly proclaimed, “this is how we did it back home”. They taxed and developed until “paradise” looked a hell of a lot like what they ran away from.
Now, they're leaving Florida in droves looking for their new “paradise”. Where do they go? How about the Carolinas? Land is inexpensive. The towns are so quaint and they have four seasons. You can guess what happens, next.
And there you have it, “halfbacks”. They didn't move all the way back, just half back.
So the elite wants to make laws that benefit the elite and hurt the ordinary person.
No surprise there.
Perish the thought (though I have seen Charlotte turn into a town known more for Nascar) to NYCLite Ugh, I live in SC (Columbia- Ditto more yanks here-and not yanks that actually like the culture of the south) and it is becoming hell when they’re around!
I don’t care about black or white we all need to stick together to stand against NE Liberal culture-BTW I know that there are some of you just as disgusted with NE liberalism and liberalism in general as I am, so I am NOT picking on the NORTH, just stating facts: DO NOT RUIN CAROLINA!
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Now you know how we Arizonians feel about KALI-Freak-A-Fornians and Liberal Yankees from New YAWHAERK.
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