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City should pay heed to survey responses
Staff reports
The Paris News
Published April 23, 2006
The recently completed city survey into what those who live, work and shop in Paris like — and don’t like — about their city drew a lot of interest.
In fact, the survey drew far more interest than was shown the last time the city tried something like that.
About 2,700 questionnaires were returned. That’s about a tenth of the population of Paris, and three to four times the response from the last survey.
While it clearly wasn’t a scientific survey, it at least qualifies as a sampling of how Parisians feel about their city.
City Manager Tony Williams encouraged everyone to take time to fill out the questionnaires and return them, pledging to give the citizens’ input weight as he approaches the summer budget process.
Even though only 1 in 10 who had the opportunity to do so filled out the questionnaire, the respondents were unequivocal in what they didn’t like — clutter on the streets, dilapidated structures, poor streets, abandoned and unkempt lots, and the lack of enforcement of an array of ordinances now on the books.
Residents have said loud and clear — they will smile upon efforts to tear down dilapidated houses, remove the clutter throughout the city, spend more money on street improvement and curb-and-gutter, and continue the effort to get the city’s police and fire departments back to full strength.
Those in charge would do well to listen.
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