Seeing all of those empty for rent stores on Meeker downtown is not something to laugh about and is greatly in need of corrections.
It’s a darn good thing I’m not a rich person – the first thing I would try is to put a bowling alley and an active pool hall in a couple of those empty shops, then perhaps a small bakery as well as a new-type public museum, and add some rentable rooms…
There are many things that would slowly improve conditions not fully comprehended by the businesses, when you cut back you lose and those who are lost need help not realized, if you read the recent Dec. 5 issue of the New York Times, perhaps it would dawn on businesses more if they had time to see that one loss is actually a dozen other losses…
The elderly Mongolian I knew in Japan in 1947 said greed could kill the West and he knew things few will ever know … I still hope someone will find the answer that is required for recovery…
Leon Thompson
Kent
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