Seniors need help

Seniors are often overlooked when thinking about the City and the effects of city actions. For those retired and on a fixed income the frequent raising of fees and taxes puts them in a bind. If the taxes and fees continue to rise, as is anticipated, some will be unable to pay, and lose the houses they have lived in for decades. Some houses are in disrepair because the seniors cant do the repairs themselves and dont have the money to pay others to do it. This is where the churches and other community organizations should become involved, maybe spending one Saturday a month fixing these houses up, as a gesture of goodwill and being a good neighbor. A Senior makeover, so to speak. I know that the Lutheran Church has done some of this kind of work in the past. Dr. Mel P. Johnson