The town has severe issues. It has a ton of potential imo but it’s being squandered. Unfortunately a large portion of the voting populations is focused on returning to “the good old days” of SR without acknowledging the fact that times have changed, demographics have changed and you can’t recreate the past. People vote against their own interests and keep electing the same do-nothings in hopes that the town will become the second coming of Mayberry. Meanwhile the infrastructure is failing, the schools are a mess, and the downtown is an embarrassment. I admire your motivation to do something about it though and I hope you have more success than others have.