The City of Newark, Ohio, my city, is trying to ban certain businesses in their downtown area.
They are:
PAWN SHOPS
TATTOO SHOPS
AUTOMOBILE MAJOR REPAIRS
TRUCK AND HEAVY VEHICLE SERVICES
They are also trying to attract business to the same area.
Just think about some of the more popular shows on TV. There are at least two popular shows featuring Pawn Shops, the one in Last Vegas probably being the most popular. I watch it all the time. There are at least two shows on Tattoo Parlors, as I always called them.
Many shows about automotive repair shops. One on radio has been on for years, and there is a whole channel devoted to automotive, and many of them are about repair.
The truck and heavy vehicle service I don't understand. Why would anyone want to repair their 18 wheeler in a downtown area? Why not just pass legislation and not allow them on downtown streets, as if they would want to be, and that would take care of that.
Nothing mentioned about brothels and opium dens. How about Doctors offices and all the traffic they would generate, that would be disgusting, and all the children would throw away those sucker wrappers when they leave. Dentists, maybe some spitting on the street when they leave the office and walk a few, well maybe four or five blocks to their car. "Oh, heck, where did I park that car, I couldn't find a parking spot."
Retailing generates a lot of traffic, both vehicular and walking, then crowded streets, that means more police and fire protection, so let's eliminate retailing in the downtown area. Oh, they don't have to, there is none, I wonder why that is?
If you are contemplating moving a business to Newark, Ohio, please contact the Mayors Office, and then attend a City Council Meeting and ask them if your business is "acceptable" to them, or WHOEVER it is that has an idea of how the downtown should look.
My hunch comes from an old Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra movie, "Obrien, to Ryan to Goldberg," the old triple play threat. I know who Goldberg is, Newark City Council, I wonder who Obrien and Ryan are.
