Salem Economic Development

What is it that we need to do as citizens to not see our town suffer the fate of so many small towns when more of the industry that actually pays living wages leaves town? Furthermore, are we going to have a county administration that will actually work for economic development and the betterment of all the citizens of the county.

Does the new Mayor of Salem have a plan for this as well? I think we should at least give him a chance to see if he can actually bring new businesses to the city rather than letting things deteriorate like the last few administrations have done.

Does Mayor Dave have any idea of how to attract new businesses other than low wage dollar stores and Wal Marts to Salem. Especially when half the Washington County workforce has to leave the county and spend 20....30......50 bucks to fill up their tank to travel to Scottsburg, Seymour, Columbus, Bedford or the Louisville Metro area to find a decent job. Are these people clueless? Old and out of touch and incompetent?

Seems that the past several administrations including county council, county commissioners, and the city government have no clue on attracting well paying industry and businesses. In fact, it seems that they would rather sit on their hands and let someone else do the job they refuse to do. Maybe there are too many things that need to be covered up like corruption in the county government, corruption in politics, and law enforcement corruption and judicial malfeasance