ok, so this from the danville advocate messenger.......thankfully, there is a qualified candidate for mayor.....
Mayoral candidate has unusual vision for Danville

By LIZ MAPLES
lizm@amnews.com

William Weyman has a vision for Danville, and he wants to fulfill it as the city's mayor.

He sees a downtown dotted with fountains and lit up with giant palm tree lights like those outside Las Vegas casinos. There would be jobs for every resident, less crime and more attractions such as professional sports teams and concerts.

Weyman, who works in the food service industry, said he worked on mayoral and council campaigns in New Jersey.

"I am deaf, but I know sign language and can speak very well," he wrote in a campaign statement. "I am a very zealous guy who has helped two candidates win elections."

Weyman has ideas on how to transform Danville into a place with less crime and poverty, with a mall, buses, a Bible college and attractions.

To help poor people, Weyman wants to knock down all of the apartments in town and build or buy houses for the residents. Instead of paying rent, the people would pay him and he would pay the mortgage. Once the house was paid off, it would belong to the people who live in it.

Downtown would get a makeover. Weyman wants to build a larger police station in the empty Save-A-Lot parking lot, and then adjoin a new City Hall. In front would be palm lights and a fountain.

"This will make it nice for the city," he said.

Wants another parking garage

Behind the new police station and across from the courthouse, Weyman wants to build a three-story parking garage. To build the garage, he would knock down the building across from the courthouse where the Subway and Three Babes and a Monkey coffee shop are housed.

Weyman said the city will need another parking garage in addition to the one planned for Walnut and Third streets.

This new garage will connect to the courthouse with a pedestrian bridge, a skywalk that will be built over Fourth Street.

Weyman wants to build a mall with a hotel and a garage. Out front there would be a faux mountain, palm tree lights and a fountain of fire.

Would it be like Las Vegas?

"A little, but different," Weyman said.

There would be a cafe and hotel built on the Kentucky School for the Deaf campus. Weyman wants to put palm tree lights and a fountain In front of KSD, the Bible college and Centre College.

Would add liquor stores

He would like to see a bus station with a hotel to house travelers in case it snows. He wants just one building in town for the elderly. It too would have palm lights and a fountain.

Weyman would lobby for alcohol sales from 10-4 a.m. He wants to build four liquor stores on the bypass. The stores would be open from 10 a.m.-9 p.m. He also thinks there will be two nightclubs and a hotel for customers who are unable to drive home.

Weyman said he can convince the businesses to come to Danville because it will be an investment. He said he will attract the performers and professional sport teams by e-mailing the owners and going to visit them.

To build the mall and attract businesses, Weyman said he would team up with the local governments in surrounding counties to lobby a company to come here.

The attractions will create jobs, he said, and jobs, in turn, will bring the crime rate down.

He wants to hire more police officers and encourage the FBI to have a larger presence in the city.

Weyman has lived in Danville since 2001. "I will not sit in office and not get things done," he wrote. "We will build as soon as possible."

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