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[taxthedeer]

Appearently a Gentlemen's Strip Club is attempting to locate at U.S. 421 south of I-94 just down the road from Coolspring Elementary school. The Michigan City Area Schools have adoped a resolution to the La Porte County Zoning Board of Appeals to stop it from going in.

[Ang]

Bing! That's the sound of a nail being hit on the head, Bellah

Businesses don't want to come here not because of what we do have already, but because when people DO want to come, the town folks are against it. I am thinking about the last 5 years or so and many opportunities come to mind that were shot down. Those opportunities went somewhere else and are successful and great for the economy in the communities where they ended up.

This is one of the things that frustrates me about Michigan City. People cry about the town yet are reluctant to let anyone in. Ya never know, the guy who owns a great big factory who is looking for a place to move it to might enjoy going to Gentleman's clubs and decide to come to City because they have one.

[mc46360]

Bing! That's the sound of a nail being hit on the head, Bellah

Businesses don't want to come here not because of what we do have already, but because when people DO want to come, the town folks are against it. I am thinking about the last 5 years or so and many opportunities come to mind that were shot down. Those opportunities went somewhere else and are successful and great for the economy in the communities where they ended up.

This is one of the things that frustrates me about Michigan City. People cry about the town yet are reluctant to let anyone in. Ya never know, the guy who owns a great big factory who is looking for a place to move it to might enjoy going to Gentleman's clubs and decide to come to City because they have one.

Exactly!!! couldn't have said it better myself, just another example of the Citizens Against Virtually Everything. Everybody gets so worked up over everything around this area, look at all the dumb excuses people were making up not to have the new truck stop, geesh people, relax!!!!

[Southsider2k12]

Exactly!!! couldn't have said it better myself, just another example of the Citizens Against Virtually Everything. Everybody gets so worked up over everything around this area, look at all the dumb excuses people were making up not to have the new truck stop, geesh people, relax!!!!

It has nothing to do with being against "everything". It has everything with trying to get some standards in this town. You want to know why strip clubs and garbage dumps want to move here? Because too many people think we deserve them. Do you think Chesterton or Valpo would have welcomed Phoenix with open arms? If we really want to emulate these towns and move forward, we can't sell ourselves out for substandard reasons.

The problem is the powers that be are failing us right now. With the employer situation in Illinois right now, we should be on the phone BEGGING companies to come to Michigan City. With the tax advantages and labor cost differences, it should be a slam dunk. We should be hitting employers the same way we hit tourists. There are plenty of ads to vacation here, but I have never seen one to move here and bring your business here.

It is because of the failing in economic development, that establishments like this one get taken seriously.

[MCRogers1974]

It has nothing to do with being against "everything". It has everything with trying to get some standards in this town. You want to know why strip clubs and garbage dumps want to move here? Because too many people think we deserve them. Do you think Chesterton or Valpo would have welcomed Phoenix with open arms? If we really want to emulate these towns and move forward, we can't sell ourselves out for substandard reasons.

The problem is the powers that be are failing us right now. With the employer situation in Illinois right now, we should be on the phone BEGGING companies to come to Michigan City. With the tax advantages and labor cost differences, it should be a slam dunk. We should be hitting employers the same way we hit tourists. There are plenty of ads to vacation here, but I have never seen one to move here and bring your business here.

It is because of the failing in economic development, that establishments like this one get taken seriously.

Obtaining good local jobs will cure many of the evils MC faces. And I mean high skilled jobs, not these low tech third world jobs which were around here in the middle of the last century. The unskilled labor force cannot compete with places like China, Viet Nam, etc.