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Think.
Listen. Talk.
What
five things about Tacoma disappoint you?
Educational system K-12
Institutional racism by “track”
Are the schools really set up to learn?
My kids didn't graduate
from High School
We still need the largest
women's domestic violence shelter
Apparent lack of vision
within city government on what the city could be. Unwillingness
to challenge the status quo
lack of bike lanes
That we have the gray
ships on our waterfront and we may get two more. Why?
More things and businesses
to draw people downtown, especially on weekend.. miss the energy
and hustle/bustle of other cities
No breakfast place like
Seattle's 5spot
No excellent thin crust
pizza
Transportation system
should have mass transportation on the cutting edge inside Tacoma
and regionally. Bridges (recently) over the freeway are closed,
making it difficult for getting around.
Disappointed with library
system
Lack of children’s librarians in branches,
Main Library restroom…standing
in line embarrassing
Reserving books is difficult
Not having sufficient
places where the homeless can sleep, eat (safe places)
Condos in historic Stadium
area
The members of
the Tacoma School Board
We have never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity
Lack of Coherent downtown planning
The fight between Tacoma and Pierce County Library Systems
The high cost of the
Chambers Bay Golf Course
that the city refused
to spend a lousy $70,000 for a new roof years ago for the Municipal
Dock Building - a clear case of destruction by neglect
The destruction of First
United Methodist Church
Tearing down good schools
Projects that never get
started or are abandoned
Lack of affordable housing
More retail downtown
Sidewalks / streets
with potholes
News Tribune non-compete
policy
Transportation
We need better newspapers
The city isn't pet friendly - we need more dog parks in all parts
of the city
Jails are over crowded
Lack of LOCAL grocery
stores
Gyms are expensive to join
No bus or train service to Seattle or Olympia at convenient hours
No local TV station
Pollution
We need a vibrant downtown
Drop out factory label for Tacoma schools
Lack of access to childcare
Lack of grocery stores citywide
Panhandling
The planning of the link & light rail
Hwy 16 and I-5
School kids … low math and critical thinking
No bakery
No fresh bagels
Lack of planning and building architecture
Very disappointed in Tollefson Square
Streets and potholes
Parking structures
Lawlessness
Homes with dead cars and trash
Drug dealers
Access to police
Streets
Response of Sanitation Services
Responses of Tacoma Cares
Appears people are remodeling without permits
Illegal dumping
How gambling impacts family
Homelessness
Way too many rentals in South End
Parents' lack of support of school sport teams
Low education level
Low voter turn out
Litter
Social problems pushed to other areas
Lack of funding for community programs
Poverty
Lack of recycling
Negative attitude
Low school standard … WASL
Gas prices
Weather
downtown parking
no good copier center open 24/7
sad state of library funding (no Sunday hours)
lack of the one great space in Tacoma to come together as a community
Government corruption
Old money families and politicians helping each other
home prices – too high for young families
failed rebirths (Hilltop especially) It seems that positive things
happen, everyone gets excited and things start to change - and then
everything stalls, people get disillusioned and things regress
Demise of the Murray Morgan Bridge
Inattention paid to the Luzon Building
Government rot – sense of drift – we are not sure who
we are
Tollefson Square example of lack of vision
No department store downtown
Grayness and blandness
Weather
The gray ships on Ruston Way and the pollution (actual & visual)
Lack of vision overall
Serial killers and car thefts, violence in locations
Not enough cops
Blair Bridge too
Lack of middle school sports
Brown city (not green – trees, etc, no arborist)
More to come..
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