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Letter to the editor
Issue date: 10/15/08 Section: Opinion
Do not expect the city to jump to conclusions in providing more safety at crossings on Main Street. The students in the University have elected to attend our facility, many honor students and others seeking a good education. However, it is hard for many of you to obey the rules that protect your safety.
Whitewater is far from being a thriving city, and money comes hard to satisfy the whim of a few who gripe.
In 1974, due to a very stagnant many years, the leaders opted to stress "higher education" over business, which you can notice today.
Our leaders are at fault in their planning. Main Street runs through a narrow corridor and today's majority of housing lies on the "wrong" side of that street. They allowed our central city to be inundated with student housing, installed lights at several crossings that are largely ignored by many of your classmates, as the route is not "direct" enough.
I think you should "Stress Higher Education" to provide better crossings, by that I mean those who have rearranged the central city to house man of you today and have them increase your safety as you so wish to have done and not put the responsiblity on the elderly citizens of the City. You landlords are responsible for the problems they have created.
It has forced some residents to vacate their homes when uncontrolled "new residents" are boisterous, unruly, and at times destructive. Our enforcement personel are "helpless," and I am sure they would rather see those who complain depart from the city, and provide more housing units.
Part II
Do as you wish. I never attended the Normal School or College when I was eligible. I?obtained my local history since my retirement in 1982.
I do not wish to have my name signed if you choose to enter my letter in one of your next issues. I know that most of those I have given reference to, in a round-a-bout way, will know who wrote it.
I do not know how educated you are on the City of Whitewater, but I authored the book "Images of Whitewater in 2006, the 100th anniversary of "Early Annals of Whitewater of 1906."
I asked the City Council to do something special for 1907 to commemorate the City's greatest event, the "Homecoming of 1907," last year that the responded to immensely. I do not fell like a king, but I was chosen to be taht for the parade. I have done so much on local history I felt that the City should include the past with their revitalization effort.
Fred G. Kraege,
Whitewater resident
Whitewater is far from being a thriving city, and money comes hard to satisfy the whim of a few who gripe.
In 1974, due to a very stagnant many years, the leaders opted to stress "higher education" over business, which you can notice today.
Our leaders are at fault in their planning. Main Street runs through a narrow corridor and today's majority of housing lies on the "wrong" side of that street. They allowed our central city to be inundated with student housing, installed lights at several crossings that are largely ignored by many of your classmates, as the route is not "direct" enough.
I think you should "Stress Higher Education" to provide better crossings, by that I mean those who have rearranged the central city to house man of you today and have them increase your safety as you so wish to have done and not put the responsiblity on the elderly citizens of the City. You landlords are responsible for the problems they have created.
It has forced some residents to vacate their homes when uncontrolled "new residents" are boisterous, unruly, and at times destructive. Our enforcement personel are "helpless," and I am sure they would rather see those who complain depart from the city, and provide more housing units.
Part II
Do as you wish. I never attended the Normal School or College when I was eligible. I?obtained my local history since my retirement in 1982.
I do not wish to have my name signed if you choose to enter my letter in one of your next issues. I know that most of those I have given reference to, in a round-a-bout way, will know who wrote it.
I do not know how educated you are on the City of Whitewater, but I authored the book "Images of Whitewater in 2006, the 100th anniversary of "Early Annals of Whitewater of 1906."
I asked the City Council to do something special for 1907 to commemorate the City's greatest event, the "Homecoming of 1907," last year that the responded to immensely. I do not fell like a king, but I was chosen to be taht for the parade. I have done so much on local history I felt that the City should include the past with their revitalization effort.
Fred G. Kraege,
Whitewater resident
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