There is an old, well proven axiom that states, "It is those times where and when good men do not step forward that bad things prevail.” Being that I am a 50-year plus resident of Hall County, a retired military combat veteran and hopefully considered to be a good man, I feel I have both the right and responsibility to share some thoughts and concerns regarding a continually deteriorating state in some affairs in our community over the past five years in regard to the following: