The only hope this area has is to minimize the density of the bureaucracy that throttles our development here. Now, before anyone gets their I don’t want a foundry springing up in my back yard hackles up, I am talking about making government helpful, supportive and nurturing in a development of healthy and local oriented way. In my experiences with the county bureaucrats I have come away with a very jaded, and cynical attitude towards their lack of understanding of their very jobs. No where in any private business can an employee act like they could care less if you do business or not. The civil servants that occupy this county’s offices are a lackluster bunch of undermotivated, and useless people who are suckling off the teat of government as long as they can before their jobs are farmed out to some offshore corporation. (Now that is cynical!)

The facts are that any people who work for the government, especially the local government, should be very aware of the fact that how they do their job influences the attitudes of developers and busnesses whop may want to spend some money here. These publically paid employees should be bending over backwards to HELP citizens who are trying to build, develop, or change this local landscape as any change is better than none; Powerlines not withstanding.

The fact is our area needs enthusiasm first and more than anything else. People here need to feel proud and confident of our future. When penny anny bureaucrats hold the keys to your future, nothing good can happen.
Michael, you are right to doubt the towns. Only you are doubting their distrust for things all messed up like the county government we have here. Fix the big problems and the little ones will take care of themselves.