Loveland needs to lighten up

Dear Loveland Magazine,

I used to live in Loveland, and then I moved away. Why?

Loveland Ohio, a town best known for its name. That about says it. Just about the only cool things in town are Grailville, because there are a few acres that don't have houses built on them, and the buZZThru coffee shop.

The town of Loveland needs to lighten up. Sorry to be a downer, but I had just been reading about this garbage with the shooting range and the basketball hoops , and it just disgusts me.

Lovelands' overgrown police budget still makes me sick just to think of it, but i won't go into detail with that. The fact is, the main action of the Loveland local government is to try their best to make everyone shake with fear - to get the citizens to be more afraid of anything that they can be made afraid of. Every act of the Loveland government seems to just constrict against anyone doing anything the least bit interesting. Everything has to have endless permits and censorship. It reflects a closed-minded attitude.

How hard would it be to spend a little more time and money getting art, maybe some live music, anything for the people, and not against them. It is ridiculous.

I understand that this comment will probably not be allowed into the website, as it may be perceived as threatening to the local powers that be, but hey- I tried. If this comment makes it in full up on the site, I will be hereby amazed at a leap of open-mindedness capable of accepting dissent.

I still love you Loveland. I have no good reason why, but I do. I just wish - it sure would be nice if the city would, just a teeny bit... evolve.

Ben Boyarko,

Comments

[Pat McCarty]

Ben,

I hate to tell you this, but you've just described nearly every organization that exists. Every town, village, city, business, church, and coffee shop has their agenda, their politics, and their shortcomings. Loveland the city isn't going to make you happy. Neither, I suspect, will any town. Your happiness is a choice that you make, regardless of your circumstances. I hope you find your utopia!

Pat