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Making things work is different from complaining that they don't work. Griping is different from fixing things. The first thing Brady must do is find leaders who know how to fix things and make them work.

There are many strong competent leaders in Brady. Some are retired and reluctant to spend their time with public affairs. Others are just busy tending to their own business and trying to make a living in Brady. Either way, these people who have a proven record of success are going to have to take a more active role or move somewhere else because the City of Brady is on the brink of failure. The Texas landscape is littered with hundreds of dying small towns. Brady is not immune to that fate.

The City cannot just continue to borrow and spend on frivolous projects while ignoring, postponing and evading vital ones.

The City must recognize the resource limits in Brady and set priorities that are within the limits of those resources. Working within the limits of reality is what successful leaders do. It is no secret what vital public services are: water, electricity, sanitation, roads and security. When those basic vital public services are available and affordable, individuals and businesses can make a prosperous city. Without them, it is impossible.

The City Council seems to take basic services for granted as if they are part of the natural environment like air and sunshine. They aren't. Most council meetings ignore the basics and dwell on the frivolous. (See Priorities and Distractions) Eliminating the distractions and concentrating on the vital is first priority.

Brady has not been able to build and maintain an efficient, effective Water System or Sewer Treatment facility. They have ignored these vital basic services for decades. That single City Council failure is enough to kill the City of Brady if it isn't rectified quickly.

 

Created: 06 October 2012