Originally Posted by
Caz5
It's interesting that Szymanski and Jaworski are permitted to have fundraisers, but McCusker isn't. When my aunt heard Szymanski's name, she asked "Isn't he Micky's boy?" When she heard Jaworski's name, she wanted to know if he was "Ron's boy?" In other words, you have to be somebody's "boy" to be considered eligible to run for an office in Lackawanna?
What are the "hot buttons" (issues) in Lackawanna these days?
(1) When people enter Lackawanna via Route 5, what do they see all along South Park? Empty businesses. Boarded up, abandoned, condemned, graffiti'd buildings and vacant lots full of weeds.
(2) When people drive through "Main Street", what do they see? FOR RENT and FOR SALE signs where businesses used to be, a pawn shop, a liquor store and bars.
(3) When people walk to the post office or bank from OLV or from Baker Victory Services, what do they see? Dirty sidewalks, people standing outside of bars smoking and spitting, scary homeless-looking people talking to themselves.
(4) When people drive into the city from South Buffalo, have you noticed all the hundreds of trees lined along the route ready to be planted and the clearly marked bike lanes painted on their streets? Once you cross the South Buffalo/Lackawanna border...you KNOW IT!
(5) Why are people allowed to simply walk away from buildings that they can't rent or sell and move across town to a "better location" and take up residence there while the neighborhood they abandoned have to watch the building crumble and decay and bring down THEIR property values? Where is the accountability? What are the consequences?
(6) Why are the City Council passing regulations and ordinances and then BACKING THEM UP to send out a clear message to criminals, drug dealers, absentee landlords...YOU ARE NOT WELCOMED IN OUR CITY?
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