How can we widen roads

TO THE EDITOR:
Please explain to me how a city with few jobs can expect their people to pay unreasonable taxes to widen roads, etc. Is it fair to take away land and force progress? How can we foot the city’s bill when we have to go out of town to earn money?
What will city officials do when they succeed in running everyone off? How will progress be made then? Other cities in Tennessee care about their citizens. People are more important to them than money.
Where did our city go wrong? We elect officials to work for us, not against us. What happened?
This is an election year. Do they realize their jobs are on the line too?
Sherry Luna
Linkley Street
McMinnville