Dear City of Chico,
Many things can define the American dream. Some of the
opportunities that this country affords an individual are the right to a free
education, the ability to go to college, buying a home and to open your own
business. Recently actions taking by the City of Chico and its police chief
have made me question if I still live in the “land of the free and the home of
the brave”. A proposal this week was presented to a subcommittee of the Chico
City Council that greatly restricts a business owner be it a bar, restaurant or
liquor store to operate let alone survive. Some of the proposed restrictions
include prohibiting “happy hours”, banning alcohol advertisements from public
view, no sales of alcohol in bottles or cans and no sales of booze and beer
after 11pm. I know you are all reading this and saying to yourself; “All these
years he’s been telling us he grows rice but after reading this, he has to be
growing that hippie lettuce and sampling it himself.” No folks this still drug
free future congressman cannot make this stuff up. Why is it that the people
that we vote into power continue to fail us? Preventing businesses the
opportunity to succeed is not the way towards economical growth for Chico. As
you continue to blame drinking and the numerous establishments that serve
alcohol the city continues to fall deeper into despair. The sidewalks are
littered with homeless people that harass the patrons of downtown, people
continue to be stabbed on a nightly basis and it is not safe to walk anywhere
alone for fear of being mugged. The crime rate continues to increase in this
town and I know it’s not from some drunk kid stumbling home after a Buck Night
with a burrito in his hand and a hope that the girl he spent all that money on
actually gave him her real phone number but yet the police and the city council
keep piling the blame on alcohol. I have some ideas that will promote an actual
solution to the so-called “problem” that drinking as become:
1st. Address the actual
problem that this city has….illegal drugs. Drunks don’t attack people and stab them, people hopped up
on meth and other of Oroville’s finest elixirs do.
2nd. Leave established businesses
alone and give new ones the opportunity to thrive. Let the public decide if they can
make it or fail.
3rd. Buck Nights and
other drink specials that can be found in any city don’t kill people irresponsible
people kill themselves. Take responsibility for yourself, it is something you
should have been taught at an early age.
4th. Business leaders of
this town need to take a stand against elected officials. This town gets its
character from the people who call it home.
As someone who was one of the lucky ones who attended
college here and had the opportunity to stay and call Chico home it is sad to
see what makes this town special being taking away from us. I’m asking locals,
students and alumni to show your support and show the city council, the police
chief and President Zingg who runs this town….We the people. Go Wildcats!
PS. Happy Friday peeps and sorry for coming up short on hump
day. Enjoy your weekend and don’t do anything I wouldn’t do and remember….Stop
making stupid people famous.
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