It's getting harder and harder to find positive things to say about Sheffield. And I live here.
I was born and raised in Alabama. Sheffield has been my home for almost 20 years. Until the past 3 or 4 years I absolutely loved where my wife and I had chosen to live. Our children graduated from Sheffield High School. But lately it's gotten to where I'm embarrassed to let people know where I live. I usually say that I live in The Shoals. I'm not actually lying...but I'm not happy. I want to be proud of MY HOME.
Things have gotten to where I question whether or not the mayor and city council actually care about Sheffield. Mind you; this feeling has been growing for several years before the current bunch took over, but ithe feeling SEEMS to have accelerated in recent years.
Do the mayor and city council care that they were willing partners in the biggest swindle in Sheffield's history? Do they feel remotely responsible for the non-existent Inspiration Landing?
Do the mayor and city council care that we have the absolute worst streets in North Alabama? Some of the potholes are deep enough to include the actual dirt road bed as their bottom. Why was the repaving project postponed?
Do the mayor and city council care that there is total and absolute failure of any sort of municipal code enforcement taking place? Is the Code Enforcement officer AFRAID to do his job, or has he been told NOT to?
Do the mayor and city council care that their police department can't hire or retain good officers? Are they content with the current crime rate, which currently rivals much larger municipalities? My apologies to the very few officers that I know personally and would go through a door with any time. God bless you.
I openly challenge the mayor and city council to address any/all of these questions in this blog. I know Shoalanda will gladly publish your responses.
