Comments on: Petruccelli talks to residents about statewide economic problems http://www.winthroptranscript.com/2009/04/30/petruccelli-talks-to-residents-about-statewide-economic-problems/ Established in 1882 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Russ Hovermale http://www.winthroptranscript.com/2009/04/30/petruccelli-talks-to-residents-about-statewide-economic-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-384 Russ Hovermale Wed, 06 May 2009 13:57:28 +0000 http://www.winthroptranscript.com/?p=293#comment-384 I have to be honest, as a Winthrop born citizen from NYC, visiting my mom for a month, it's quickly obvious to an outsider where Winthrop has it's faults. Winthrop overbuilt, overestimated, and overwrought just as every other small town in the flush years. Instead of shining brightly, we got stuck with too many bulbs and not enough electricity... It's evident not in just big things, like the shocking and thoroughly complete erosion of the town center (I managed a store at Michaels many years ago), but also in little things- like the dropped ceiling and indirect lighting, complete with brass finishing in the Town Hall bathrooms that could rival any NYC nightclub! Bringing restrooms up to code never looked so good! What Winthrop needs right now is calm sensibility and accountability, not blame. Everyone must pull in the same direction. With much of the housing in town underwater, selling is simply not an option to a hardworking couple right now, there are plenty of people married to Winthrop for awhile, a love or hate duration. Citizens will always have differing perspectives, but we should all agree that putting youth and the elderly ahead of any other priority is absolutely imperative. Without a hopeful trellis of resources; youth cannot grow into responsible Winthrop citizens that grow roots, without hope the elderly have no reason to live out the golden years in dignity. All of us were young and all of us shall grow old- this is age old truth of many sunrises, it is our responsibility as a community to guarantee all the benefits that we've had all along under so many sunsets and to improve it for our generations to come. They'll foot the bill for those bathrooms anyways. I have to be honest, as a Winthrop born citizen from NYC, visiting my mom for a month, it’s quickly obvious to an outsider where Winthrop has it’s faults. Winthrop overbuilt, overestimated, and overwrought just as every other small town in the flush years. Instead of shining brightly, we got stuck with too many bulbs and not enough electricity…

It’s evident not in just big things, like the shocking and thoroughly complete erosion of the town center (I managed a store at Michaels many years ago), but also in little things- like the dropped ceiling and indirect lighting, complete with brass finishing in the Town Hall bathrooms that could rival any NYC nightclub! Bringing restrooms up to code never looked so good!

What Winthrop needs right now is calm sensibility and accountability, not blame. Everyone must pull in the same direction. With much of the housing in town underwater, selling is simply not an option to a hardworking couple right now, there are plenty of people married to Winthrop for awhile, a love or hate duration.

Citizens will always have differing perspectives, but we should all agree that putting youth and the elderly ahead of any other priority is absolutely imperative. Without a hopeful trellis of resources; youth cannot grow into responsible Winthrop citizens that grow roots, without hope the elderly have no reason to live out the golden years in dignity.

All of us were young and all of us shall grow old- this is age old truth of many sunrises, it is our responsibility as a community to guarantee all the benefits that we’ve had all along under so many sunsets and to improve it for our generations to come.

They’ll foot the bill for those bathrooms anyways.

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