Middletown Forum : HUD 5 Year Plan http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Middletown Forum : Community Revitalization : HUD 5 Year Plan Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:15:20 +0000 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:37:51 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 10.12 360 www.middletownusa.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2532 Middletown Forum http://middletownusa.com/images/blog-logo.jpg http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ HUD 5 Year Plan : Mike Presta, Pacman, Viet Vet,... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2532&PID=16218&title=hud-5-year-plan#16218 Author: Nelson R. Self
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Posted: Feb 01 2010 at 4:37pm

Mike Presta, Pacman, Viet Vet, Miss Vivian, Hermes, Wasteful, SpiderJohn, Etc. -
 
I can't seem to find a posting made last month by Joshua Laubach.  I'm specifically referring to his offer to me to obtain answers to questions that I raised.  Can you shed some light on this post that's now missing?
 
Thanks.
]]> Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:37:51 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2532&PID=16218&title=hud-5-year-plan#16218 HUD 5 Year Plan : Joshua - Were you able to gather... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2532&PID=16217&title=hud-5-year-plan#16217 Author: Nelson R. Self
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Posted: Feb 01 2010 at 4:33pm

Joshua -

Were you able to gather information from certain senior City staff that I requested of you on the preparation of the HUD Five-Year Plan plus other matters involving Federally-funded programs and activities?  Your assistance will be much appreciated.
 
]]> Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:33:26 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2532&PID=16217&title=hud-5-year-plan#16217 HUD 5 Year Plan : If you want to make an impact... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2532&PID=15742&title=hud-5-year-plan#15742 Author: Pacman
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Posted: Jan 16 2010 at 8:01am

If you want to make an impact on City Hall you get 500 people to go to a meeting at one time.  You elect 1 spokesman to present a unified message telling Council you are tired of the BS and non action and call the press to be there.  This drivel of one resident at a time is exactly what Council likes and they ignore them.   I mean just look at their demeanor during Citizens comments and then look at Council and Admin as soon as  Citizen Comments are over.  The next group that trimmed trees or cleaned a park can talk for 10 minutes if they like.  The Census, United Way, I mean any organizational other than tax paying citizens gets free rein basically.]]> Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:01:06 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2532&PID=15742&title=hud-5-year-plan#15742 HUD 5 Year Plan : Randy How many people would need... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2532&PID=15740&title=hud-5-year-plan#15740 Author: Vivian Moon
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Posted: Jan 16 2010 at 6:13am

Randy   
    How many people would need to show up at a council meeting…20, 50 or 100? How many will get three minutes to speak before council…5 or 10?
    You can email your thoughts on the plan…but then the city will say that they had very few people complain about the plan. How can you prove that they received 1,000’s of emails against the plan?
    So what is the magic number of citizens that need to complain to change any part of this 5 year plan?
    And as Mike has stated above this is a large amount of information to digest in just four days…However THEY can change the plan at any time during the next five years as we have seen many times over the past five years and do whatever they want anyway.
    I still think we need to present a petition to City Council stating what we the citizens of Middletown think are the important issues that need to be addressed.

 

]]> Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:13:05 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2532&PID=15740&title=hud-5-year-plan#15740 HUD 5 Year Plan : Well Wasteful, I was talking more... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2532&PID=15727&title=hud-5-year-plan#15727 Author: randy
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Posted: Jan 15 2010 at 12:11pm

Well Wasteful, I was talking more about people leaving their house and going down to speak face to face, at least that way you know they heard you . what they do with the feed back they get is another story. ]]> Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:11:19 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2532&PID=15727&title=hud-5-year-plan#15727 HUD 5 Year Plan : randy wrote:While I do agree... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2532&PID=15726&title=hud-5-year-plan#15726 Author: wasteful
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Posted: Jan 15 2010 at 11:56am

Originally posted by randy randy wrote:

While I do agree with that my opinions and ideas have been posted on here, we can not assume that they have been seen and read by those that are in a position to make changes and answer questions so again here is the chance to speak up and make sure that the right people are hearing what the people are are saying.
 
 
So Randy question, we can't assume that they read this site, even though we know many do, but we can assume that they will read a letter we send downtown or an email.........hmmmmmmmmmm.Big%20smile
 
Personally i liked the survey Adkins did the last time though I don't know how much good it did.
]]> Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:56:26 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2532&PID=15726&title=hud-5-year-plan#15726 HUD 5 Year Plan : So, the plan comes out on Feb.... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2532&PID=15717&title=hud-5-year-plan#15717 Author: Mike_Presta
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Posted: Jan 15 2010 at 9:35am

So, the plan comes out on Feb. 11.  As I recall, these are long and complicated, if I have the correct document in mind.  The PUBLIC HEARING will be Feb. 16. and "the public" will be allowed what--three minutes each???
They get what--four or more months--to write and review, and revise; we get four days to digest and three minutes to comment; then they get as much time as they want to rebut (or ignore) the public comments; then we get zilch to respond to the rebuttal, if any (since they aren't set up to respond).
 
Sounds right to me.
 
Then, if anything goes wrong or if it gets embarassing, my guess is they send Corolus out into the lions' den.  (He's the only high-level one left who is not a "solid" clubber but simply does as he's told.  Too bad, Russ!  It's been nice knowing ya.)
]]> Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:35:08 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2532&PID=15717&title=hud-5-year-plan#15717 HUD 5 Year Plan : While I do agree with that my... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2532&PID=15712&title=hud-5-year-plan#15712 Author: randy
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Posted: Jan 15 2010 at 9:17am

While I do agree with that my opinions and ideas have been posted on here, we can not assume that they have been seen and read by those that are in a position to make changes and answer questions so again here is the chance to speak up and make sure that the right people are hearing what the people are are saying. ]]> Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:17:31 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2532&PID=15712&title=hud-5-year-plan#15712 HUD 5 Year Plan : Randy I think we have been telling... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2532&PID=15711&title=hud-5-year-plan#15711 Author: Pacman
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Posted: Jan 15 2010 at 9:06am

Randy I think we have been telling them for what 18 months or 2 years what the issues are.  Have they heeded anything we have had to say on here......NO.  They have business people on here, Regular Citizens on here. Have these comments done anything?  Nope
 
Spider has basically been banned from all of the groups and committees he was on and all of the old crowd, Schiavone, Marconi and Ford are right back at it again in different positions.  And people wonder why we post under anonymous names.
 
The only thing that has come about from this site is a whole lot more people are aware of the issues in Middletown now.
]]> Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:06:09 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2532&PID=15711&title=hud-5-year-plan#15711 HUD 5 Year Plan : Legitimate, grassroots Citizen... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2532&PID=15710&title=hud-5-year-plan#15710 Author: Nelson R. Self
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Posted: Jan 15 2010 at 8:58am

Legitimate, grassroots Citizen Participation is sorely needed in Middletown.  It is not true that the Citizen Participation process is "CONTROLLED" when two senior City staff hand pick the so-called "NEW" HUD Consolidated Planning Committee members? ]]> Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:58:07 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2532&PID=15710&title=hud-5-year-plan#15710