Civic Pride - One Block at at Time
This summer, the City of Zion has been working with the Citizens United Behind Zion (CUBZ) committee in setting up neighborhood clean up days. Picking a section of the city and gathering some volunteers, city staff, and elected officials like myself to spend a Saturday morning picking up the litter along the public streets and alleyways. This being the age of Social media, the event is promoted online, and pictures and videos are posted and shared to the public, often in real time. That is the world we live in now, and the other part of that world are the comments from the readers of those postings. I have read some comments about yesterday’s event and the previous one too, and there are some questions that deserve a more in-depth response than a simple reply on a comment thread. Rather than getting tangled in the verbal weeds, I’ll briefly paraphrase the key points. ‘Thank you! Great job!’ Which needs no response other than an appreciative thumbs up, however there are other