DEAR EDITOR:

As I sit and listen to people in the city, from every part of Warren, instead of building this city up together, I find that many don’t want to work together or refuse to do so because they want to put a personal (MINE) stamp on projects, projects that may be intended for the community or its youth population, but are in fact for themselves.

My case in point is the newly built health and wellness center near the high school. It’s beautiful and it has the potential to do many things for the students and the community; but that’s not good enough for some of us. We still gotta build our own community center, with a (MINE) stamp on it. I ask, why is that? We are Warren is the slogan that I used to see everywhere, but evidently, that’s not true for some of us. We are in the process of building the city of Warren up for all its citizens. I’m planning on being a part of that wave. I’m planning on including myself in the process of this new peninsula because I live here, my family is here and I have the right to be included, not excluded. I don’t need to continue reinvent the wheel because the wheel is rolling and building for those that choose to be on it. I don’t need to feel separated from the economics of Warren because, as a business owner, I’m doing my part to help our economy by putting people to work, thus bettering our community. Warren is a small town, with a lot of resources and people that are rolling up their sleeves and seeing the potential we have. Those of you that are sitting back with your arms folded or looking like you can’t be a part of this, well, you’ve been lied to! You don’t count because you choose not to be. You don’t matter because you want something for yourself, by yourself and you got others believing that lie. Keep that attitude because there are people moving to this city, daily, that love what’s happening and are stepping up to take part in it.

My husband has a saying, “We need to stop looking at Django on that horse,” get our own and be a part of what’s already going on. If we are WARREN, we need to come together, build together and flourish as a community; unless we want others gladly coming in and getting what we are giving away, because that’s happening, too.

RHONDA BENNETT

Warren