Two more stores close in Dayton
Dayton Mayor Bob Vincent
As many have been fearing Dayton, Tennessee is fastly becoming a ghost town as small business continue to fold up and go out of business. Local leaders under the helm of Mayor Bob Vincent seem to have no clue what to do to help bolster confidence in a swaggering economy of the once quiet little town nestled in the Tennessee valley in Rhea County.
Businesses both big and small are closing their doors and jobs are quickly becoming a thing of the past. In spite of the stress and over burdens of the local taxpayer, Mayor Bob Vincent appears to continue to spend public money as if it was his own contributing to added stress all over town.
The Movie Gallery at 4155 Rhea County Highway is selling its inventory of movies, games and game accessories and will close on Jan. 25, according to store manager Christy Cooper.
The corporate-owned store employs approximately six people; however, Cooper said all of the employees were offered opportunities to transfer to other stores. Naturally, this gesture seemed a bit more on the "unrealistic offer" side due to these now jobless employees can not afford to commute to neighboring cities to work in a clothing store that appears to be devastated by the local mismanagement of local public tax dollars. Although no direct reason given, folks around Dayton seem to think this is just the tip of the iceberg and the worst is yet to come.
Additionally, it was announced this week that Dayton’s Goody’s store would also be shutting its doors as well.
On Thursday, the Dayton Goody’s store, located at 3035 Rhea County Highway, was offering discounts of up to 70 percent on most of its merchandise. Sales with such price slashing is great for the customers but Anita Brewskie said, "it is like the old days where a nickle could buy lots of things. The problem was people just didn't have the nickle".
The store manager at the Dayton Goody’s declined to comment regarding the company’s plan to close its stores and calls to Goody’s spokesman, Gary Yiatchos and the company’s Knoxville headquarters, were not returned. The same was true upon trying to contact Mayor Vincent. Once again he seems to be out of touch with the Dayton citizens.
According to Goody’s Web site, the business employs approximately 9,800 people nationwide. The local store has about 20 employees who will add once again to the upward trend in the unemployment claims of the area.
Although Mayor Vincent seems to have no real concern about the Dayton taxpayer or no idea on how to cut local government spending and waste he stubbornly has announced that he wants to be elected "Mayor" once again and seems to not have much worry about anything.
A local action watchdog group created a "Say No To Bob Vincent" political campaign and has started a website to shed light on the many failed issues that continue to plague the city of Dayton for the common taxpayer while city department heads seemingly thrive with city provided take home vehicles and steady paychecks paid for by a withering tax base.
