Hello Beech Grove!

I hope you all had a Happy 4th! I sat atop the hospital parking lot along with family and friends to watch with delight another great display of fireworks! Thank you so much to everyone involved for such a great show. Afterward though I had to sit in traffic for an hour to get home!!! Oh well, it is the one time each year that there is a traffic jam within the city limit! Also, a huge thank you to the BGPD & FD for protecting us. I love this town.... I cannot wait for the fall festival now!

I have had several comments about getting this blog "going". I am appealing to everyone for their help! I need input from you! This is your city too, ugly warts and all. We need to band together and make it better. I am not exactly sure what all I can say each time. I am not into all the political hoopla, but if there is something that needs to be said, by all means, say it! As I have said previously, as long as it does not become a place for vulgarities and the like, we can discuss whatever anyone wants.

I will say this -

I hope that since this is a more like able forum than others, the three who are running for the office of Mayor will take a chance and publish their thoughts about our city as "Citizens", not as "Mayoral Candidates". We need to hear from you. We need to know that you are in this with the rest of us. Even though you are running for an office, you are still citizens just we are! I would hope that you all welcome a forum that you can speak on without the fear of ridicule, as I can assure I will never let that happen on my watch!

Another subject I would like to address is the rentalproperties and the trashed yards issue we have going on. This is a tragedy that needs to be corrected. I would love to somehow get this taken care of. Any ideas on how to form a committee to oversee this? I saw a post on the other blog that really had merit in my opinion. They said to form a "Rental Association" and have a set fee that would go toward upkeep on unkempt yards etc. I know that the city has worked hard to maintain the streets etc, and in my opinion of done a pretty good job. It needs to go a step farther though. I don't have a problem on my street, however there are a few houses around the corner that are not taken care of or mowed regularly. Not only is this an eyesore, it promotes rats and mice and who knows what else! Yuk!!!!!

Just a thought.....Let me know what you think.

Have a great week!

Groovy Grover