Welcome to the first and much needed issue of Rutland Reality. The downturn of the Rutland region in the past 25 years is an issue worth looking into before we embark on radical new changes in the Rutland region. The first statement that needs to made is that Rutland City is a planned community. If that sounds good to you, then you are someone that needs to be controlled and Rutland City should work very well for you, as your life in Rutland City is determined by horns sounding at specific times and endless checkpoints to make sure you are on the RIGHT path and following the American Way as Rutland City defines it.
Rutland City as a planned community is a ghetto. It was planned for the convenience of the Rutland region elite to guarantee a cheap labor force and to create a community that was easily diminished by tobacco, alcohol, drugs, ignorance, junk food and racial and social division. If you live outside Rutland City, than this decline should be very visible to you and the reasons why should be clear as well. A ghetto community with 50% poverty does nothing for itself and provides nothing for the outlying communities but drag down quality of life and therefore drags down property values.
It is inconceivable that no one saw sure signs of community decay 25 years ago and the fact that absolutely nothing is being done, it has gotten exponentially worse. Getting back to facts… 50% poverty, years of drugs and crime, many years of uncontested Republican party rule and years of nepotism and corruption. When the corrupt govern, bringing crime at a white collar level undisturbed, real violent criminals call that “easy pickens.” A city in such disarray is a prime location for the unchecked criminal activity, almost a partner to it.
Once again, facts are harder to find in Rutland City, but fiction runs rampant as the powers that govern Rutland City and the Rutland Herald have conspired to bring all propaganda and lies to the good people of the Rutland region. This is based on the 25 years success of a political stronghold controlling the gradual failure of the community and the weakness of any opposition out of fear for self and livelihood. The fear and frustration must end and that comes with a publication dedicated to sorting fact from fiction in the Rutland region.