Photo essay: What NA's robber barons want, versus what NA's future really needs.

The robber barons are set in their ways. They have trouble with changing times, and they want to keep things the way they are.

Thes best way to keep things the same is to make people afraid. The robber barons are good at that.

But the robber barons are stuck in the past. Young people in New Albany want the city to be livable, and if it isn't, they'll take their talents somewhere else.

For the generations to come, our streets are designed to be used by all of the city's residents, not just the robber barons.

It's all about this relentlessly factual document. Not unexpectedly, not many of the robber barons have bothered reading it.

Maybe, for once, it's time for the robber barons to bone up and think ahead.