Paul Scott Comment: "Let's not settle for #4 Prettiest Town in the United States"

Now that Forbes Magazine has named Decorah to its list of 15 of "America's Prettiest Towns," I think there is only one logical course of action--we have to start a drive to be named #1 on the list!

Because Decorah is not used to being #4.  In fact, we're not even used to being #2.

So it's time to start a program of further community improvement (and an underground campaign to discredit the other 14 "Prettiest" communities) in order to land in the #1 spot we so richly deserve.

First of all, let's convince Forbes magazine that communities that pander to Chicago tourists (Fish Creek, Wisconsin; Galena, Illinois and Holland, Michigan) do not deserve to be on the list any more than Main Street at Disney World does.

But secondly, let's root out anything in Decorah that doesn't qualify as "pretty."  Yes, I'm talking to you, fella walking down the street with your shirt hanging out.  But I'm also talking about garbage trucks, grain trucks and any vehicle older than 2003.

In fact, the more I think about it, the more I wonder just how much research Forbes Magazine did to compile its list.  Does Forbes Magazine know that Decorah has stock car races?

I'm just asking.