First, I am 97.5% in favor of all your actions as Mayor of Forest. If I could have, I would have voted for you in all past elections and if I could, I would vote for you in future elections. In other words, you’ve got my support but I am still not completely satisfied with what’s happening to MY hometown.
Thank you for your insight into my previous post, but your reply was not completely helpful in solving the problems I wrote about. (that is…. 1-clean restaurants serving good food in Forest and 2-legally serving alcohol beverages in Forest restaurants) Also, you are somewhat disingenuous when you try to imply in your post that the restaurants in Forest have clean facilities or that you, single-handedly, could not legally bring-about changes in the laws to allow alcohol served in restaurants, if you wanted to do that. In full truth, Forest restaurants cannot serve alcohol beverages because Forest politicians (including you) are not in favor of it and you hide behind “the present law”. The law can and would be changed if you, the Mayor, wanted it changed to bring Forest into the 21st Century, with most all the other forward-thinking, aggressively-growing cities of the world. I am not implying that you could or would do this without the voters voting for it. I have observed and long admired your leadership and many accomplishments as Mayor of Forest and I can say without fear of being contradicted, that there would be alcohol beverages sold in Forest restaurants if you favored it. You are not now ‘for’ that, yet, and until you get behind the proposal (I am aware you may never favor it—but that’s your right) the proposal will never get the voters to vote for it.
As for Forest restaurants having clean facilities: I haven’t been in the Rib Cage in Morton so I cannot grade the Rib Cage on sanitation and cleanliness, but if anyone thinks Penn’s in Forest or the Back Forty in Lake is clean and sanitized, they really need to get their eyes and sense of smell checked at the doctor’s office. Yes, it is the politicians (mainly the Mayor) of Forest’s fault for you to allow this to happen; because I know you, the Mayor, don’t put-up with anything you think is wrong (that is probably the one thing I have admired most about you).
I will add: I ate at Penn’s in Forest less than two weeks ago and found the catfish dinner to be about as good, or better, as anyplace I’ve eaten catfish, but it was hard to disregard the lack of sanitation and cleanliness in the facility.
As for why I blame you for there not being a clean, sanitized, restaurant in Forest, I offer as proof that I am right by stating as fact that there IS NO Cracker Barrel Restaurant at the intersection of I-20 and Hwy. 35. If you ever decide you want a Cracker Barrel at I-20 and #35 and if you decide you are going to get it—I’ll be enjoying Chicken’ and Dumplins’ at the Forest Cracker Barrel in just a short few years. I have watched what you have done and I believe in and appreciate you.
It would help you if you had a good Forest Downtown Development Association. (note I did say ‘good’) Why don’t you have a good Forest Downtown Development Association to help your already good City of Forest Mayor’s Office?
In case anyone is wondering why I am complaining so much: Forest is My Hometown and I take offense when it is ‘proven’ to be in the “The 10 Dumbest Cities in Mississippi”. Don’t take my word for it—google on the Internet “The 10 Dumbest Cities in Mississippi” and read about it. Forest needs to be OFF this list.
Nancy, I want someone to Make Forest Great Again, and I am not just ‘blowing smoke’ when I believe that someone is you.
P.S., while you’re at it, please Make (my and your) Homewood Great Again, also!
John B. Windham
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