What’s the plan?
The flow of drear news continues without ebb. Mohawk Industries, another company (like Invista) heavily dependent on housing, is laying off 73 workers.
A Web viewer in a comment to Jimmy LaRoue’s story on the move Friday asks a poignant question: “Has the city got a plan together for the rest of small businesses that will go under once people can not go out to eat etc.“
Notice how ferry captains did not sail by Thursday as a US Airways jetliner slipped deeper into New York’s frigid Hudson River? City officials watching passively as the local economy slides is an equivalent sans the implications for life and death.
Firm, decisive action, not panic, is needed here on the part of our city leaders. Has the city a plan?
Providing one would allay some fears initially and perhaps later produce what is most needed, results. Failing to provide one represents a failure to lead.
Posted by R. Lee Wolverton at 01:26 PM. Filed under:
(1) Comments • Permalink
Reader Reactions
Posted by ( Chris Graham ) on January 16, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Lee is right. The city seems to have no plan. We’re drifting down the Hudson here. I am glad to be a part of RC2020, an effort to develop and propose a plan for our city to follow for our future, but I have to wonder if we can have any real hope of our city leaders to listen to us.
Report Inappropriate Comment