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 At 29, Derek Zentko wasn't expecting his life to be forever changed by cancer. "I was diagnosed (with brain and lung cancer) on May 24," Zentko recently told The Brazil Times. "The doctors are hopeful." A Northview High...
The Clay Community School Board will conduct a regular session school board meeting Thursday, at 7:30 p.m., in the media center at North Clay Middle School. The following is a list of items included on the agenda: Comments...
A new Clay County 4-H Queen will be crowned Saturday, July 11, at the annual Clay County 4-H Fair Pageant. The event will take place at 7 p.m., at the Clay County 4-H Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall. Last year, Shelby Sands was...
For close to 20 years, when administrators with the Clay Community School Corporation have gone to the table to negotiate contracts with the Clay County Classroom Teachers' Association, Russ True has been at a lot of those...
The faculty and staff at Staunton Elementary work hard to make a difference with each student. "Everyone is looking out for all students," Principal Sheryl Jordan said. "We want the best for them." Staunton has 84.2 percent...
Approximately 90 children made flags and posters honoring America for the Fourth of July. Under the direction of camp coordinator Pam Fischer, the children made flags and posters to celebrate the holiday. Children range in...
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cheating, drugs, alcohol, crime, and divorce becoming a very big problem. we need to get it together and yes littering is getting bad. we need to keep our streets clean.
You all had a forward thinking mayor and ran him out of town. No more status quo you say, than you need a new mayor!
Answer for Brazil Mayor is improving overall infrastructure. First, water system (water towers, pipelines, etc). Secondly, pipe water down to I70 corridor (and get us a Cracker Barrel!). Third, clean up trashy lots (start with the one next to Wal Mart with all the rusty cars/trucks). Fourth, get grants or stimulus money and finish the US40 project. Most important thing we as citizens can do is elect forward thinking people. Status quo is not acceptable anymore! and it takes courage to make much needed changes.
Just some ideas,
First: Repair the Critical Infrastructure. Each day that the problem is ignored or put off for another day it's just going to get worse.
Second: Add new infrastructure to support bringing new business.
Third (or should this really go first): Get people in leadership positions that have a plan for Brazil's growth and development. I like "Small Town Brazil" but if we don't attract new business' that will bring large amounts of money and new jobs into the community this town can't prosper.
Having talked to many business owners in the community about some of the lost opportunities because we lacked the infrastructure and/or refusal of some of the county leadership to accept growth/change that the new business' would bring makes you wonder where their priorities really are.
I love Brazil and hope that we can develop this town and county to it's fullest potential.
I don't know where to start. Clay County is so far in the sewer I don't know if it can ever be cleaned up.
too much welfare, no industry
We need someone in our community to step up to the plate and unionize all the farmers that are within our reach and beyond to grow new crops to be used in industry.Bio-fuel plants,and also food for human consumption.If the farmers grow it.The industry will come.There is land that is able to be used for many plants in the area.I think we could have them but the people who could bring them in already have money and like the "small town drag".
The topic asks for the top problem, well in my opinion, the top problem is that we have so many problems. In no particular order...
The proliferation of drugs.
The miserable state of our infrastucture (water, sewer, roads and sidewalks).
The general lack of personal and parental responsibilty in the community.
The general negative attitude (or the lack of pride)we have about our community (and yes, I guess I just contributed to that one).
Inconsistant (or selective) enforcements of ordinances.
And finally, too little industry, which means not enough quality jobs, which leads to too little tax money available to help solve some of these problems...so that may qualify as the "Top Problem".
You couldn't pay me to live in the city.
The problem is- this town lacks pride. Think the Ladies of Vision even gave up the idea of the flower pots because the merchants didn't want to fool with watering them. When you drive through downtown we have nothing. The biggest part of the buildings look terrible and wouldn't be appealing to me if I was passing through maybe looking for a town to move to.
Addiction and boredom=brazil
Clay County needs to break its downward spiral that began when the mines that supported much of its tax base closed. I agree with Cubbiefan that we need a long term plan. This situation did not arise overnight and it isn't going away overnight.
Poor infrastructure makes it unattractive to investors [both businesses and potential homeowners]and low education level prevents the tax revenue needed to improve infrastructure. Until every student is pushed to their potential and not allowed to get by with bare minimum and accelerated opportunities are limited as far as course work for those who need a higher academic ceiling, graduates will not be prepared for employment that will bring in investors and prevent secondary problems like drugs and crime.
I so agree with cubbiefan and millertime
It is terrible City needs to pull together
They have clean up days (maybe 1 day) What we need is a month at a time As far as city goes I could scream at all that gravel
I think Clay County lacks a long term plan. We need an appealing presence in our downtown district to attract more residents and other businesses. We need to focus on raising money to replace water lines, sections of sidewalk and to properly fix our roads. Putting gravel in a pothole will never solve or even temporarily fix this. We need to adopt ordinances that will keep animals and citizens safe at all times. We need to enforce ordinances for people to properly maintain their yards and to restrict the number of cars parked along the city blocks that are not in use. There are so many small things that could make Brazil the city we can all be proud of. We just need to do more than to just "post" things and actually do things.
trash-on the streets, sidewalks, parks, everywhere. I even witnessed a woman on National Avenue in the car in front of me in broad daylight throw out her fast food wrappers on the road! Don't litter people! It's not polite!
drugs