Clark County Citizen-Community Review Page 4

Springfield Ohio Clark County Citizen-Community Review Page 4

Idea: Give the next generation of saplings a break. Springfield's Trees

(Even God commanded a Sabbath, a rest from the profiteering from a land).

Cease the stringent economic and social control and watch our own offspring grow and show us all an interesting something or other. Save Springfield by our creative handiwork....no legal bars allowed (they've taken more than their rightful share already).

Imagine for instance, the doctor's office that went out of business and lay vacant for years at the end of your block. When all of a sudden you get a call from a neighbor-friend with the usual questions, "What are you doing?"

You reply, "Nothing, what about you?"

And blah blah blah with a whole bunch of words saying a little of nothing.

Oh but wait!

Something new has happened!

That Doctor's office now has a unique kid or group of young adults in it that are selling ice cream without the poisons, or non-gmo home-grown greens, or glow in-the-dark frosty drinks, or featuring a new invention....NOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT!

Do you wanna go see what is going on down there?

Sure you do, your other friend too!

Now the money is moving and the people are out and LO~! People from all over Dayton and those "c" towns are coming to Springfield.

Imagine a city with not only a taxi, but a reason for one.

Imagine a city that becomes the model city and shows what a collaborative community effort can achieve.

Have some faith in those kids, release the tethers and restraints for a minute. If the kid is found to be doing something egregious, then he or she loses.

But if the kid should excel, then after the first year grace period of rent-free or reduced rent, the kid is now free to continue at the regular rental rates.

C'mon Springfield Polity, let's instill some sense of self-worth and self-esteem in your kids.

All we need to do to turn this slump around is for the leadership to go on vacation for a year j/k';-.

Now what of this Population Decline.?

When people leave, so does the money. When the money leaves, so does the amenities.

Little-by-little the society begins to erode until it becomes another Castor Louisiana (don't bother looking it up).

And what of this Pay-rate Decline.?

Why is it declining so much more rapidly than the population?

The decline of pay data is actually easily traceable, but I will not digress as the topic alone will put me on another tangent in a never-ending page.

Not to change the subject but...

Although I find the population here to be highly rated, not so with the weather.

If you wanted to go solar....you need 4 times the panels that would be required in a place like Florida, Arizona, and other sunnier locations.

I lived in another State prior to Ohio, the Codes Enforcement Department seemed less strict there. Whereas the Codes Enforcement Department in German Township could just as easily be painted wearing a cowboy hat perched atop a horse with his sidearm drawn

Ah just as well....there's not enough sun in Ohio for a cheap solar plant, anyway. One wind generator isn't going to cut it here either. There's some decent wind right now but all-in-all I firmly believe that to finance a one-generation self-powered homestead will consume one entire lifetime.

Ohio = more panels, more space, more wire, more charge controllers, more maintenance (and who knew it was going to snow on my panels....and then just sit there?).

Springfield's Snow

I almost overlooked something; Springfield has GREAT soil if you want to grow your own food!

I would like to see my immediate community here in the German Township of Springfield Ohio come together to create a common collective of the properties for the benefit of the immediate community.

For instance, I have an acre without fences.

All of my neighbors also have about an acre without fences.

That means we all have unused, potentially profitable, yet untapped resource.

(we'll call them back yards).

The backyards in this neighborhood all connect together without fences.

But what if we put up one of those quickie fences to include a portion of each of our yards?

We sign a contract with each other that if anyone wants to drop out of the neighborhood garden program, that person need only alter the fence off their piece of the community spread.

There is no work required from any of the neighbors (we have to accept the fact that there are the elderly and sick, and that they should not be penalized by withholding wholesome and plentiful fresh food from their non-participation.

It's enough that their property is also included in the seasonal plot for all of us to enjoy)

To clarify, the simple seasonal wire fence would not be erected to keep people out, but to keep the critters away from the naturally grown food!

I believe the neighbors would MAKE time to be in that common garden!

Some would come out because it's a piece of their property in that fenced-in area, and some may want to do something different with their plot.

Others would come out for some fresh air.

And still others would come out because they never knew their immediate neighbor and want to learn more of that other person (so as to put to rest any erroneous per-assumptions).

Some would come out because they are bored and want to walk through the garden for a pepper or stalk of asparagus, some because he or she simply loves gardening.

The neighbors would all reap the benefit of garden-fresh food at almost zero-cost....

a fence, a seed, a hoe ";-)

FIRE!

I believe Springfield has a decent Fire Department.

One time (true story) a plastic plant was found to be on fire on my upstairs-neighbor's porch.

Although the fire was already extinguished by yours-truly, the Springfield Fire Department arrived in record-time and took extra measure to ensure that the Eric and Theresa Crow rental hadn't any remaining embers.

The Springfield Fire Department created a very clear, concise report of the incident. They even estimated a loss statement.

They even offer free copies of the incident if requested. These guys are A+ in my opinion.

Springfield could use a better website in which to honor the Firemen.

At the time of this writing, there is a website that Springfield has, it's called https://www.springfieldohio.gov.

update Feb 6, 2018: The website is looking better, however is it not possible to give the working class police and firemen real faces? They deserve at least that much honor. I'm not one to knock another man's work but that web page needs to be revamped. Presently they have a dismal website with what could easily pass as China's Red Army in the place labeled POLICE.

The people in the photo are wearing uniforms with a headpiece I've never noticed here. The eyes are all covered with sunglasses. Sunglasses indicate something to hide, a non-human(e) wall of resistance. But there they all are, somewhat unidentifiable. Surely we could paint a less morbid picture of our police force here. Underneath the picture of the regime-wandered warriors is another picture labeled FIRE RESCUE. At this point it becomes apparent to me that these are some canned pictures since words cover the features of the few faces in these photos. The working class robbed of identity again, just a bunch of frowning faces with glasses on. Surely we can do better than this.

Update July 19, 2020: FINALLY! Our Police and Fire Rescue workers are honored by given real faces. This is honoring our public workers. (I'm sure the police and fire rescue workers have real honor now that their faces are unobstructed with honor of being more than a number or a canned photo).

I will say this though, the police dispatch appears to be much less consumed. What I mean is, when I call them I'm not rushed off of the phone like some other cities I've resided in. The reason I must call them every so often is to verify the serial numbers on some of the more questionable purchases I made with the community.

There is not a public website where the community is free to browse the items stolen and verify a purchase before its made. Would you believe not one stolen laptop, netbook, or desktop pc has ever made its way past me? In other cities, such as the one I resided in Florida, it is not uncommon to have at least ONE item come up as stolen.

Hence my opinion of the good community of Clark County Ohio.

But all-in-all, I've been listening to the Police Scanner for months and wow, they sure do have a job out there. I think the Springfield Police are very professional when listening to how they handle matters that arise in our society.

When I hear all the police calls on the scanner, I can't help but to mention that we citizens should be a little-less petty. It wouldn't hurt to forebear calling the police for the most outrageous of reasons (such as calling the police on your very neighbors for a loud music call...surely an ounce of patience will aid you in enduring such a momentary phase of the neighbor. These types of calls usually waste the officer's time to find no loud music when he or she arrives, or increases ill-will between yourself and your neighbor; the neighbor that might just retaliate by taking up chemistry and experimenting on you in the next phase). Even if there were loud music at the time of the call, would it have killed you to be patient (because what you're doing by calling the police is bothering me...don't make me hit those three buttons on you!)

One of the most eventful evenings that showed the Springfield Police's true color was during a time of a mini-revolt due to a black person being killed by the police in another area of the country. The police handled all the evening's dilemmas in a calm, cool, professional manner even though at times you could tell by the inflection of their voices that they were in some duress.

But as for economic worries, here is the original docment which left me wondering.

It is dated 2016. See https://www.npr.org/2016/09/19/493920060/springfield-ohio-a-shrinking-city-faces-a-tough-economic-future

What could be stopping Springfield Ohio from discovering something, or inventing something, or producing something that cannot be found anywhere else?

If it is some other capitalist entity that has created rules that hold you down, then you have a choice to make. Follow this; see https://usdebtclock.org/ , or take another direction and follow the narrow road.

No taxi, huh?

Potential need, potential market, potential income....all I need is a license.....a leased car, insurance ......hmmmm......

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