Rep. Tim Walberg dodges the question

Recently I sent an email to Representative Tim Walberg asking him why he didn't offer a town hall meeting to his Springport constituents in Springport?  His response? He had one in Jackson and he had one coming up in Spring Arbor that I could attend.  But not one word as to whether he'd have one here in Springport in the future or at all, I guess Springport is just not big enough for him.

Doesn't he feel this his constituents here matter or that we're not as important?  Or is it because he's afraid that if he actually saw the conditions here we might change his mind as to what helps and what doesn't help?  He seems to think based on his list of youtube videos that cutting spending and giving more tax cuts to the wealthiest will help create jobs.

We can't even get a Dollar General to open its doors here, not only would it create a few jobs here in the community but it would also give us a place more affordable to shop at.  The C-Store & Trading Post is very costly to purchase food items from, plus the choices are slim to none, we're still forced to travel at least 10 miles to the nearest grocery store to purchase & unless you can afford to buy more than a week's worth of groceries at one visit the cost to travel to and from at todays fuel prices increases your overall costs to go.  While you may not look at it costing you between $3-5 in gasoline to get to and from the store if you only have $50 to spend overall, you'll only be able to buy $45 in groceries, $5 will be going into the gas tank to get you there and back.

And since we don't have anything closer to stretch our food dollars farther we're forced to give up at least $5 of our food money to get just a little more with the $45 we have left to spend.  But soon I'm sure it won't matter whether we shop at our 2 local convenience stores or shop at a big grocery store chain, it will cost the same either way.  So I guess we'll just be better off shopping locally at our 2 little quickie shops, but we don't have a clothing store, thrift store, etc. so we're still forced to travel for other necessities to daily living.

SAGA why haven't you looked to get a community free health clinic here?  Start a community thrift store? We may end up having to go back to the barter system of the 19th, early 20th century.  Before we fully became a monetary system.

Let's start a community thrift store, let people bring in old clothing, dishes, etc. we could set it up as a barter system, trade services or other items. Or start a volunteer service for mass transit, so those people who can't drive or afford to hire transportation, offer an alternative to them, if they can offer fresh produce during the growing season, trade produce for rides, or if they can do house cleaning, trade house cleaning for produce, etc.  These are just examples to help those less fortunate, and ways to improve the community overall.