SECTION 8

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   What's wrong with this city?

More time, effort, and money has been expended driving out Section 8, than bringing in, new businesses and residents.

Doug Adkins salary is paid for by fed money, while he is reducing vouchers and inviting lawsuits into Middletown. The old adage, careful, not to bite the hand that feeds you----seems rather prophetic?

When AK Steel and the union were going through their union negotiations and strike, the city would not get involved, made no effort to take a position one way or another, which is understandable. But, for the past years, they are socially re-engineering every aspect of city living, from Section 8 vouchers, buying property, bailing Thatcher estate out of debt, passing buildings to friends and colleagues, throwing money at MMF, with no accountability nor objectives defined.

They have spent $500,000 keeping grass low around the fairway at Weatherwax while keeping it high, on the streets on every corner of the city streets.

Red is green, white is black, and up is down....in the rudderless city called Middletown.

BTW HHG----you never want to bu property in downtown, you want them to give it to you via a lease, as they pay no taxes. Let them make you a deal where you lease property from them for $1 annually. Heck, you might be able to get office space up with the MCSD board and administrators, use their closets to store your floor wood stripper(s) and such.          

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acclaro Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Jul 01 2009 Status: Offline Points: 1878	Post Options Post Reply Quote acclaro Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 12 2013 at 9:33am
	What's wrong with this city? More time, effort, and money has been expended driving out Section 8, than bringing in, new businesses and residents. Doug Adkins salary is paid for by fed money, while he is reducing vouchers and inviting lawsuits into Middletown. The old adage, careful, not to bite the hand that feeds you----seems rather prophetic? When AK Steel and the union were going through their union negotiations and strike, the city would not get involved, made no effort to take a position one way or another, which is understandable. But, for the past years, they are socially re-engineering every aspect of city living, from Section 8 vouchers, buying property, bailing Thatcher estate out of debt, passing buildings to friends and colleagues, throwing money at MMF, with no accountability nor objectives defined. They have spent $500,000 keeping grass low around the fairway at Weatherwax while keeping it high, on the streets on every corner of the city streets. Red is green, white is black, and up is down....in the rudderless city called Middletown. BTW HHG----you never want to bu property in downtown, you want them to give it to you via a lease, as they pay no taxes. Let them make you a deal where you lease property from them for $1 annually. Heck, you might be able to get office space up with the MCSD board and administrators, use their closets to store your floor wood stripper(s) and such.
	'An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.' - Winston Churchill

ktf1179 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Citizen Joined: Mar 19 2012 Status: Offline Points: 518	Post Options Post Reply Quote ktf1179 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 12 2013 at 8:30am
	By reducing the number of Section 8 Vouchers, Middletown hopes to reduces the type of population that typically increases crime, and strain our cities services. And overall drives down our cities property values. The only reason the city of Middleotwn agreed to Section 8 in the first place was for federal $$$ for their pet projects, and now they are leaning the consequences of their decision.

Historic House Guy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Citizen Joined: Jul 28 2013 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 272	Post Options Post Reply Quote Historic House Guy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 11 2013 at 4:27pm
	So loosing these vouchers; what are they trying to achieve? I guess I don't get it.

over the hill Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Citizen Joined: Oct 19 2012 Location: middletown Status: Offline Points: 952	Post Options Post Reply Quote over the hill Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 11 2013 at 12:59pm
	ktf1179: That was sickening.That is criminal damaging. He can get them removed from the program as they should be.

swohio75 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Citizen Joined: Jun 13 2008 Status: Offline Points: 820	Post Options Post Reply Quote swohio75 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 11 2013 at 12:25pm
	Wonder if this will have any impact.. http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/08/09/hud-proposes-plan-to-racially-economically-integrate-neighborhoods

ktf1179 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Citizen Joined: Mar 19 2012 Status: Offline Points: 518	Post Options Post Reply Quote ktf1179 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 11 2013 at 10:30am
	someone n eeds to show HUD this video about the truth of Section 8. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1f8_1375594134 or http://www.700wlw.com/pages/EddieTracy.html?article=11560550&fb_action_ids=10151769944833960&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210151769944833960%22%3A666842933345297%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210151769944833960%22%3A%22og.recommends%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D

Pacman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Jun 02 2007 Status: Offline Points: 2612	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pacman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jul 21 2013 at 5:58pm
	We are now in "wait 'n see" mode and hoping for the best!!

Vivian Moon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Council Joined: May 16 2008 Location: Middletown, Ohi Status: Offline Points: 4187	Post Options Post Reply Quote Vivian Moon Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jul 21 2013 at 3:43pm
	Posted: 1:00 p.m. Sunday, July 21, 2013 City awaits response from Section 8 review By Michael D. Pitman Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Now that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has conducted its on-site Civil Rights Compliance review of the city’s Section 8 program, the only thing the city can do is wait. Investigators with HUD came to the city Tuesday to review the Middletown Public Housing Agency’s Housing Choice Voucher Program, commonly referred to as Section 8. They finished the on-site investigation Thursday. HUD officials are not commenting on the review. “We are in the middle of a review of compliance with a civil rights law. We are not at liberty to discuss our investigation, the subjects or the timing,” said HUD spokeswoman Shantae Goodloe. City officials said HUD has not disclosed any type of timetable for a response. The review is on the heels of the MPHA board, which consists of the seven-member City Council, deciding to reduce its Section 8 voucher allocation by 1,008 over the next four to five years. The city’s justification is the city can only support 654 Section 8 vouchers within the public housing agency’s program. The plan approved by way of a 6-1 vote by MPHA indicates that the 1,662 vouchers represents 49.8 percent of all subsidized housing in the city, and 14.3 percent of all available housing. The reduction in Section 8 vouchers would reduce all subsidized housing in the city to 10 percent of all available housing. According to its May 31 letter to the city, Carolyn Murphy, HUD’s Columbus Fair Housing Center director, told the city the review will cover the administration of the Section 8 program and consists of reviewing documents and conducting interviews. The review will be carried out in two phases, Murphy wrote: an on-site review, which has been conducted, and an in-house review of data pertaining to the program. The on-site review consisted of interviews of MPHA staff, city officials, and local advocacy groups, as well as collecting, analyzing and verifying data and documents. The city had prepared 1,000 pages worth of documents. HUD requested a lengthy list of data, information and materials, which was due by June 27. CONTINUING COVERAGE The Middletown Journal is committed to reporting the news that affects your community. The debate between the city’s efforts to reduce Section 8 vouchers and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will have an impact on the ultimate outcome, and you will hear about this outcome first with The Middletown Journal.

SECTION 8

City awaits response from Section 8 review