Fun-Entrepreneur-804 t1_jamkwd2 wrote on March 2, 2023 at 2:44 PM

Reply to comment by PredictablyRetarded in Another garage? More parking on Park Central? If you’ve got downtown parking thoughts, Springfield wants to hear them by [deleted]

I agree with you bro but what are you gonna do about it? Springfield has been a meth capital for 20 years now. Big businesses don’t wanna move here the market isn’t there. The best market is fast food places that come and go. why do you think we have 3 new car washes on kearney? it’s obviously a front. Point is the homeless and drug problem is so deeply rooted in the culture here it’s easier said than done to fix it

ar9750 t1_jan3o3a wrote on March 2, 2023 at 4:49 PM

> Springfield has been a meth capital for 20 years now

For those that don't know, making meth from cold medicine was basically invented here.

PredictablyRetarded t1_jamu35y wrote on March 2, 2023 at 3:47 PM

I don’t disagree with you.

The problem isn’t that there are no solutions. The problem is that the city has to put its money where it’s mouth is.

How many millions are we as tax payers paying for the the baseball field? You want to know the real reason why? It’s because the Hammon’s estate is insolvent…

New garage? How much tax payer money is that going to cost?

Want my solution?

If I had any actual say so in local government affairs, I’d play dirty with the big cities that bussed their homeless down here. It’s a FACT that that’s happened. I would find the last permanent residency for those that are picked up, and if you’re an out of tow we, back to your last point of residence you go. Bus ride and good bye.

I would immediately double the police force, instead of building a garage or paying millions for a baseball field, I would build an intensive work camp/rehab center.

I would immediately make ANY drug based felony punishable by having to do a stint at the work camp, where you’re also going to be forced to clean yourself up.

You have to stop playing nice with this mess. I recognize that this is going to be unpopular for some people, but for God sakes, our entire city is RIDDLED with crime and drugs.

It’s sad that so many people are like “awwww feel sorry for them”… I do! But THEY made the choice to be on drugs, THEY made the choice to choose crime. Nobody forced it on them.

To force every day normal people to have to deal with this doesn’t get any sympathy, but the people on drugs that are committing felonies do?

What the eff has happened to this country? For real though?

Get tough on it City of Springfield! We are TIRED of living like this.

This city cannot and will not advance until it gets extremely serious about this problem. It’s threatening the city’s future. Our leaders are inept at dealing with it decisively.