Regionalism in local government services including schools, police, fire & DPW . Yes, improving quality and reducing cost while better servicing the citizens. In the process escape / reject the various Agenda21 cults magical thinking & already costly encroachment.
Realignment - schools abandoning outside influences e.g. so called progressive indoctrination and get back to basics of teaching the tools once again that are necessary for a life long learning & management of our republic form of government at all levels. Yes, via an adult critical thinkikng skill set. Provide students legacy American History & a rigorous treatment of our Constitution and Bill of Rights. The fundamentals for our legal systems and including a case study re gerrymandering of Admiralty Law Vs constitutional & common law. Our economic system and its present state re the evil of the Rothschild FRS Banking cabal and its corrupted fiat debt based money & commerce..

First and last provide students a rigorous examination of the dangerous isms of fascism, Marxism, & progressive socialism The study of today s companion corruption, malfeasance and mismanagement of especially state & federal government would make a great learning tool. Perhaps even develop a HS level mandatory firearms training course for all students such that their first and second amendments were ultimately better understood, exercised and protected.
End game - opportunity, Employable students capable of reforming their government !

Wow William; you did good bravo for reconizing the reality of what is happening everywhere in this Country ;-}.

I would just add that we also need to get out of this thinking every child must go to college and get a degree. We need hands on training in the various technologies that have produced machines that need technical training and not a degree in liberal arts and such, just so we can say our child has a degree. Vocational training at young age is also a must in order to find the talent to nuture for these advance machines.

When I saw I think it was 60minutes interview a year or so ago; with a factory in I think Ohio and the guy said he had to bring people in from out of the Country to run the high tech machines after he offered to start and pay for a training program at the local school district who shot it down. (they did not want private business invovled in Public Education and the Union objected also it was a non Union Company). Shows where we are headed, into the abyss in my opinion.

Middletown doesn't have any Gentlemen Clubs, otherwise known as strip clubs or nudie bars. I think one of these clubs would improve the town greatly. Plus it would create jobs.

Gold's Gym. Trader Joe's. Teaching (starting in primary school) Civics and the responsibilities of citizenship.

- Of course, the holy grail improvement would be reducing education costs while increasing student performance. There are lots of ways to go about that, but far too many State and Federal laws would have to change to even begin that process.
- I think the Town needs to actively work with the State and local businesses to reduce the number of curb cuts on our main roads. We need to eliminate the idea that every right and left turn should have a dedicated cut. I think a majority of our traffic problems would be significantly reduced if we merged as many as possible.
- I would like to see more and better sidewalks. There is no reason we couldn't include asphalt sidewalks with every road resurfacing/repaving for very little additional cost.
- I would like to see additional emphasis on landscaping our streets with a minimum standard. Parking lots and sidewalks would be a lot more attractive if they had more substantial landscaping.
- I would like to see a planning/zoning board which entirely eliminates allowances for major hotels in residential neighborhoods which exceed every direction of setback and height restriction.
- I would like to see the Town stop purchasing new pieces of open space while letting the space we have languish. It would be a nice idea to encourage green space stewards to help with this.
- Lastly, I would like to see some real and substantive ideas for how our Town/School plan to reduce our taxes. And I do mean reduce, not limit to < 3%.

Fire Hydrants where there are none.