NOTE: Our thanks to the person that posted this comment. We appreciate hearing multiple perspectives and encourage dialogue on difficult issues. We felt that portions of the comment that used people's names in a negative fashion were out of step with this website’s terms of use (see the link on the top right column) and so we edited those pieces out. Out of respect to the original writer, we put a // where we made edits. We tried to take out names and leave in the thrust of the comment. Because the author made the post anonymously, we could not reach her/him to discuss the edits. We encourage people to sign their posts. We aim for open and civil discussion and hope for continued interaction about people's visions for Loyalton in the future. ORIGINAL POST //Right now the only bullying going on in Loyalton is by outsiders who think they know what is best for Loyalton. //Those who do not live in Loyalton have no idea of what would serve the community well. There are many in Loyalton who are tired of this holier than thou approach taken by those who are funded by deep pockets outside of Loyalton and Sierra County. Who is paying for // [these] efforts? // Loyalton businesses are dying. We have people here who have no health insurance, who are under-insured and under employed because there is no economy here. Why? Because there are not enough people here to fund the economy. A speaker at the Chamber of Commerce last week said that the most important things to people moving into an area are health and education facilities both of which are endangered here in Loyalton. // If Loyalton doubled in size it would begin to resemble the place where most of the people who grew up here would recognize. // Then we might have a chance of saving a culture that may shortly disappear.
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NOTE: Our thanks to the person that posted this comment. We appreciate hearing multiple perspectives and encourage dialogue on difficult issues. We felt that portions of the comment that used people's names in a negative fashion were out of step with this website’s terms of use (see the link on the top right column) and so we edited those pieces out. Out of respect to the original writer, we put a // where we made edits. We tried to take out names and leave in the thrust of the comment. Because the author made the post anonymously, we could not reach her/him to discuss the edits. We encourage people to sign their posts. We aim for open and civil discussion and hope for continued interaction about people's visions for Loyalton in the future. ORIGINAL POST //Right now the only bullying going on in Loyalton is by outsiders who think they know what is best for Loyalton. //Those who do not live in Loyalton have no idea of what would serve the community well. There are many in Loyalton who are tired of this holier than thou approach taken by those who are funded by deep pockets outside of Loyalton and Sierra County. Who is paying for // [these] efforts? // Loyalton businesses are dying. We have people here who have no health insurance, who are under-insured and under employed because there is no economy here. Why? Because there are not enough people here to fund the economy. A speaker at the Chamber of Commerce last week said that the most important things to people moving into an area are health and education facilities both of which are endangered here in Loyalton. // If Loyalton doubled in size it would begin to resemble the place where most of the people who grew up here would recognize. // Then we might have a chance of saving a culture that may shortly disappear.