Twenty-two years ago I applied for a building permit in this town. The procedure is easy to understand and conceptually you don’t start activity until approved and the permit is paid.

The major building in downtown has not followed procedures and it looks like we will have another legal issue yet to be resolved. I suggest that the town turn in its charter to be a town back to the county government. The only item we would need is a road district to take care of what the people need most in this town.

To date, the town has done a poor job of doing a minimal amount of street repair while many other superfluous projects seem to take higher priority (Crystal Lagoon, Observatory). Look around at the number of business establishments that have not been able to survive in this town and yet we approve more empty buildings,