Posted by former Kittanning resident on February 26, 2002 at 18:32:31:
In Reply to: Armstrong County posted by jeanne on February 26, 2002 at 16:23:17:
I left Kittanning and Armstrong County back in 1995 at age 21 ONLY due to the lack of work. I hated to leave, and still get very homesick. I am able to come visit my family & friends about once a year, but if I had had a choice, I'd have stayed. You can take the girl out of the country but can't take the country out of the girl. I think your post goes along with the ones a little further down the board, where people have actually taken a step in the right direction by coming up with some ideas to help Kittanning from dying out completely. Now all you need are some innovative people willing to stand up for Kittanning and make it happen. Nothing is impossible. If you dream it, you can achieve it.
> Not much left of our dear old Armstrong. I listen to the commissioners and I get a big laugh......Most I ever here is
> "We're working on it" Sad to see downtown Kittanning almost gone....."They" said it would happen!
> Building a new big jail...But Jim said "No hiring" So sad that we need BIGGER jails instead of "Productive JOBS"
> I know lots of people out of work and do not want to leave Armstrong County "HOME". But sad to say, after all this time of "We're working on it" Lots of our Productive Workers are moving, leaving, sadly because Armstrong County is becoming the "Ghost".....We need our young people to stay. We need to build our area back to "Booming" again.
> Yes Jim you have a job, you have retirement.......So you really don't care about ARMSTRONG County..Maybe just wondering where your next FREE meal is coming from.......I am angry,yes......The power behind the "mouth" is just "HOT AIR". I believed in you, believed you when you were going to Fight for Armstrong County, and I should have known that the fight was only for a EAST JOB FOR JIM..
> I wish I were wrong.......As the U-haul come in ,and the "Good People" of Armstrong County find jobs in other states, etc..... Jim will still be here, drawing a paycheck from our hard earned taxes..............
> Tell me Armstrong County Citizens.....How do you all feel about jobs for our people!