So, you are suggesting the street and sewer lack of oversight and preventive maintenance has caused a $150 Mm problem, therefore greater than a $16.1 Mm ependiture than the buildings and renovations? Okay, I'll conced that point.

 

Memo to Vivian Moon: use the cities own figures for lack of maintenance for streets and infrastruture which reflects the city hasn't maintained its own infrasrructure, which the voters did approve in the late 1980's, but they do have an obligation under the Ohio statute to maintain the cemetary. Better be pulling up some case law on that ordinanceas well. "Reasonble" has a distinct interpetation- an escape clause which puts your effort on a very slippery slope, and Mr. Wills.

 

In summary, its a mad city; its a made world. I state the lack of anyone putting pressure on the city to rescind the ordinance allowing the city to spend money on themselves, including salaries, is what destroyed Middletown, as well as fool-hardy decision making wasteful, HUD, others, just part of that problem called ineffective leadership and lack of vision.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Much of Middletown's problems can be tied back to HUD and their programs and the Cities lack of understanding what they have done to this town with little regard for the outcome.  Now we can all be Politically correct and deny the problems but they are there and it appears that they are not going to be resolved anytime soon.

 

Personally I'll take a $1.1 Million, including the building, PAC problem over a $120 million infrastructure problem any day of the week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personally I think they should have taken the money and torn down about 300-400 homes, they would have gotten a bigger bang for the buck but that is a nono with HUD.   The way HUD operates, their funds come with far to many strings attached.  I am no fan of taking these small amounts from HUD period.  This city needs in the 10's of Millions of dollars now not over the next 25 years.

 

That being said I have no problem with the city buying middle income housing and selling them to families that make 120% of the Median income for the area.  I much prefer that than buying 50 houses and selling them to families making 50% of median income.  Who is more likely to make a go of it a family making $80-85,000.00 or one making $30,000.00.

 

Just exactly what has happened to the last programs that the city instituted selling the homes cheaply.  The $1.00 program etc.  Are any of the original buyers in those homes still?  Have any of those homes gone into foreclosure?  Have any been abandoned?

 

The current plan buys both types of homes and not just homes for low income families, I see no issue with that when HUD is basically pulling the strings.

 

 

Ok Bobbie explain NSP and tell us how it is being wasted in Middletown currently.  Spare us the $2.144 is going to save the Real Estate Market as we are all smart enough to know that isn't going to happen.

 

Sorry Pacman - missed that you had asked me this question.  NSP - Neighborhood Stabilization Program - to help communities that have been severly damaged from Foreclosure.  That is your brief definition.  I have never said the 2.144 million would save Middletown, as a matter of fact I was never a fan of the program.  But 11 homes will never stabilize the community - only jobs will - and that is a recovery that will take time.  The city has not followed what their plan was - which is a big waste of money.  Nor did they take into consideration any suggestions (from Mr Self or anyone else) on how these funds could better provide for the community within the quidelines for what the money could be spent on.

 

As a matter of fact is it not a waste of money to have a plan approved - then pay a consultant to draft another plan.  You know, the one they are not following - but paid for. 

 

 

 

Eleven, that is a mighty strange first or last name, are you by chance looking for a backbone.

Very sorry to hear that she will not be posting here anymore. Yes, it takes a thick skin to be a politician. But you know what? It also takes a little backbone to say somethings to peoples faces and not from behind a computer screen.

ASJ- while I was disappointed in your involvement and lack of involvement in the "Union City Council Meeting" I want you to know I am satisfied in most of your actions. Please keep asking questions and bringing things to light for the public. A lot of residents do support you. Thank you for your service

Their politics changed also. They went from liberal, protesting anti- government radicals to conservative party line thinking and now abhor the people who are like them before they got "conservative religion"  JMO