Letter: No pride and respect for property

From: James Pawelk
New Germany
Who of you people would want to establish residency in a dump town?
Drive around New Germany and you will see lawns eight inches high, weeds and thistles, and junk on premises.
Driving down main street towards what used to be Jaeger’s Store, you will find weeds and thistles holding up the store, and other weeds and thistles holding up the vehicles that have not moved for over a year. But don’t forget to look in the back yard.
Drive other streets and you will see door frames, car doors, boards and poles holding up the shed – if you can see past the trash in front.
I feel sorry for the residents in Black Forest development. They keep their property in maintained order. But to get up every morning to look out the window at high weeds and grass, or real estate signs that are surrounded with thistles and weeks – that one hardly can read the signs.
At the same time, there are streets posted with load limit signs, usually marked with a red or orange flag, but what do you see, a flag looking like a baby’s dirty diaper waving in the breeze.
There are some who spend time and elbow grease to clean up their place, or even a dollar or ten for some flowers.
Perhaps they have a little pride and respect for their property.
And now Mr. and Mrs. America, we pass by where the flag on the city flag pole has not seen a light shining on it at night, whereas it should be lit up at night.
That is your and my flag, it is our country’s flag, and should be flown with respect. It should be flown with respect for the men and woman who died for our country, so that we might live.
Evidently the city council cares less about the town, and more so with respect for our flag or our country.