I think I might have figured out why Main Street seems destined to fail. The recent River Front Times issue that highlights the fact that there are changes in the Los Posadas celebration is just one of the symptoms. We are not going to have Paul Mydler and V’Anne playing the part of Joseph and the Inn Keeper. To top it off we aren’t going to have Venetia playing the part of Mary. The gal pal is upset Christmas traditions is hiring actors to play the parts. Well having her play the part of the blessed mother is truly acting. These individuals as well as Gene Wood and Archie Scott could have said no comment when the reporter called. After all there isn’t a law that says you have to talk to reporters. Instead, with all the Christmas spirit they could muster they talked and desecrated a sacred event because of their petty and immature belief that they are entitled to something.
You all remember the Mydler’s. They are the couple that lives on Boone’s Lick Road, which was recently reconstructed using tax dollars generated in the City, County and State. The cars they drive all have Illinois license plates. You see using our tax dollars are okay, but when it comes to paying our taxes it isn’t. Mydlers and Mayor York joined together to fight against the Convention Center tax as well that they were required to pay on their bed and breakfast businesses. I guess paying taxes is for the little people and that playing a part in the parade should be reserved for these pillars in the community.
Woods isn’t a resident, lives in West County, yet he understands Main Street. His comment the “Mall paradigm just doesn’t work here” is genius. How do we go from, who rides the donkey, down the street, to Mall paradigm? The ringleader of the preservation of everything, Archie Scott, has taken this street and strangled it. He wants preservation but doesn’t want any business that can truly turn a buck. Scott talks about the roots of Main Street, yet the roots of Main Street don’t have shops that sell crafts, quilts and nick-knacks. Main Street of yesteryear was vibrant and full of life. I work on Main Street, saw pictures of Main Street, read history of Main Street. Mr. Scott this is not Main Street. Main Street in the past had businesses that catered to the local needs because that is what Main Street was all about. What you have done is created a bastard child that nobody understands or wants. Please don’t get me wrong the buildings are beautifully reproduced or reconstructed but the ambiance is missing.
As long as you have this type of people shooting at anything and everything, Main Street is destined to fail. To think that they would place themselves above the best interest of the City of St. Charles and let this story hit the streets. What do these people all have in common other than Main Street? They all support Mayor York. You see this is the type of negative press that the Mayor and her spin-doctors thrive on. They don’t care who gets hit in the cross fire as long as they can practice the politics of personal destruction. So why is Main Street destined to fail? It is really simple, you have people involved that don’t understand what it takes to be positive.
