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The "your mayor" is totally out of touch with residents and businesses in town. He doesn't work in town, he doesn't shop in town and he has all but banned residents and business owners from City Council meetings.

I know several of the business owners in town and their business is off 50% to 75% from a year ago with no hope of it returning because of the limited road access. Other businesses (Paul's Place, Grandmother's House, the Pharmacy, etc.) have closed already. Others are up for sale...a tough job in this economy and reduced hiway traffic.

OPB needs to tell us "the rest of the story" about the couplet by interviewing business owners and residents. It's not 100's of signatures on a petition to remove the concrete barriers in town....it's 1,000's. Obviously, "your mayor" isn't getting around town much these days. Oh, yeah, I forgot....it's really hard to get around Philomath anymore.

posted 5 years ago
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