I have lived in Auburn for more than 30 years and worked here for 23 years. Back in the ’70s and ’80s it was a lovely, bright, thriving community. With lots of businesses on Main Street and elsewhere with friendly people working in them. We had a choice of more then one jewelry store and clothing store. We had JC Penney’s, Rottles, Kaspers; Weese’s Jewelry, a drug store, a dime store, restaurants, taverns, several car dealerships, just to name a few.

We had a community that took pride in where they lived. We had good roads and we weren’t charged an arm and a leg for our water and sewer. And we weren’t being gouged to death for TV cable by Comcast.

Downtown Auburn now is nothing that I’m proud of, and it’s just dying on the vine. We need to stop the mayor from squandering our hard-earned money on frivolous things and concentrate on what is really needed in Auburn, and live and run our town within its means. What is his main agenda, anyway?

I don’t think that Virginia Haugen is being negative at all when she speaks her mind on what’s wrong with Auburn. It obviously needs fixing. You’d have to be blind not to see it. Our mayor and his supporters seem to be looking through rose-colored glasses.

Auburn is in trouble and needs a strong voice for the people to set it on the right path again.

On Nov. 8, please join me and cast your vote for Virginia Haugen, the voice of the people. She’s the right choice.

– Jeanne Herold