It’s the default position of a declining class of entitled men in places like Whitewater that public money should be used to fund their pet business projects despite ample evidence that economic and social conditions have grown worse over time. Their control and manipulation of ‘community development’ hasn’t developed individual or household incomes. See A Candid Admission from the Whitewater CDA, Reported Family Poverty in Whitewater Increased Over the Last Decade, and Private Businesses Craving Public Money.
Via The Middle Lane is a Dirt Road to Decay, Pt. 2 @ FREE WHITEWATER.