Comments on: Rockford America’s third-most miserable city, according to ‘Forbes’ magazine http://rockrivertimes.com/2013/02/27/rockford-america%e2%80%99s-third-most-miserable-city-according-to-%e2%80%98forbes%e2%80%99-magazine-2/ The Rock River Times - THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1993 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:52:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Paul Gorski http://rockrivertimes.com/2013/02/27/rockford-america%e2%80%99s-third-most-miserable-city-according-to-%e2%80%98forbes%e2%80%99-magazine-2/comment-page-1/#comment-8686 Paul Gorski Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:19:01 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=43330#comment-8686 I like this community. I like the people. But I don't like the leadership. I leave the community everyday and everyday I come back. Sure there are some less-than-bright leaders, so the voters need to elect different leadership. Encourage people you respect to run for public office, not the same-old same-old. Stop electing people you went to high school with or that dated your younger sister. Elect talent. Then get involved yourself, as DWalker suggested. I like this community. I like the people. But I don’t like the leadership. I leave the community everyday and everyday I come back. Sure there are some less-than-bright leaders, so the voters need to elect different leadership. Encourage people you respect to run for public office, not the same-old same-old. Stop electing people you went to high school with or that dated your younger sister. Elect talent.

Then get involved yourself, as DWalker suggested.

]]> By: DWalker http://rockrivertimes.com/2013/02/27/rockford-america%e2%80%99s-third-most-miserable-city-according-to-%e2%80%98forbes%e2%80%99-magazine-2/comment-page-1/#comment-8685 DWalker Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:53:44 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=43330#comment-8685 Rockford is as miserable as we want to make it or let it be. There are a lot of things we could all do to be more involved in changing the culture of our community. The most lasting positive effect would start with our schools. Investing in our kids means investing in our future. How can we expect a change if we don't get up and initiate one? How can we expect them to do any better than we are doing? "Evil" triumphs when good men do nothing. I challenge people to get involved and start brainstorming for solutions. Take the wheel, these problems are platforms for solutions. Time to get together and get creative. Rockford is as miserable as we want to make it or let it be. There are a lot of things we could all do to be more involved in changing the culture of our community. The most lasting positive effect would start with our schools. Investing in our kids means investing in our future. How can we expect a change if we don’t get up and initiate one? How can we expect them to do any better than we are doing? “Evil” triumphs when good men do nothing. I challenge people to get involved and start brainstorming for solutions. Take the wheel, these problems are platforms for solutions. Time to get together and get creative.

]]> By: Dan http://rockrivertimes.com/2013/02/27/rockford-america%e2%80%99s-third-most-miserable-city-according-to-%e2%80%98forbes%e2%80%99-magazine-2/comment-page-1/#comment-8679 Dan Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:55:10 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=43330#comment-8679 It's the taxes, you people don't get it. No one productive or smart will just give their money away to a city that is broken. Redo the property tax code and this city will flourish but until then I'm, moving just tired of living in a city that is called a loser all the time. This city is a joke, there are no luxuries for such high taxes, until the blind people of this city stand up and say enough is enough, I'll keep getting worst. It’s the taxes, you people don’t get it. No one productive or smart will just give their money away to a city that is broken. Redo the property tax code and this city will flourish but until then I’m, moving just tired of living in a city that is called a loser all the time. This city is a joke, there are no luxuries for such high taxes, until the blind people of this city stand up and say enough is enough, I’ll keep getting worst.

]]> By: John http://rockrivertimes.com/2013/02/27/rockford-america%e2%80%99s-third-most-miserable-city-according-to-%e2%80%98forbes%e2%80%99-magazine-2/comment-page-1/#comment-8648 John Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:41:13 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=43330#comment-8648 This ranking certainly sums up how I feel about this city. Interestingly, Chicago was ranked right along with us. Perhaps this is a miserable state? This ranking certainly sums up how I feel about this city. Interestingly, Chicago was ranked right along with us. Perhaps this is a miserable state?

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