When I contacted Boehner's Office with a personal problem with the Feds, I was contacted the next day by his office and the matter was resolved quickly.

 

It seems that there is always someone that can fault when someone trys to find resolutions to the city's problems.  This is a major reason why nothing ever gets done in this city.

 

PACMAN

 

Someone check maybe John takes Food Stamps

 

I understand Mr Adkins is a Lawyer, but he is not a specialist in this field and in dealing with HUD matters in Washington DC. 

 

Also, what about getting Boehner and other representatives involved.  Now, they may not want to listen to city council, but if we can get a letter campaign in the thousands to Boehner and others they may listen to the citizens of Middletown.

 

PACMAN

 

How did the Airport situation get resolved so quickly?  all of dated of the emails were dated Aug 22, 2011. How was a deal struck before labor day?  It appears some people were out of the loop.  Just curious.

 

Concerning Section 8, has anyone attempted to contacted our officials elected to house of representatives and the Senate?  Also has the city looked into hiring a lawyer to investigate HUD's claim that we must maintain the current voucher level?  Our elected officials are here to help us with situations like this and if we must write letters to rectify the situation, please let us know.  If the section 8 is not rectified in the next few years, and by that I mean the voucher level going down to 450-500 vouchers, Middletown will never recover or be brought up to the 21st century. 

 

How many section 8 voucher holders have moved out of the city of Middletown because of the additional incentives put into place almost 1 & 1/2 years ago.   It was also claimed 1 & 1/2 the vouchers #'s would be down significately by summer 2011, has this occurred? 

 

As far as Sunset Pool is concerned, Council made the right decision.  Attendance was dwindling, and for the 6 yrs I've lived here, all I've heard about is trying to raise money to keep the pools open and the citizens that wanted them never stepped up to the plate.

 

Concerning jobs, other that the East end, does Middletown have the land (which I hear the don't) to bring in a factory or distribution center to create 500-100 jobs??  The last city I lived in had a population of about 100,000 people.  It had 0 industry, 0 warehousing, 0 big factories, 0 steel mills, etc, etc. What it did have was a hospital, and a desirable city to live in every way.  99% of the jobs in this city were service jobs,  IE Mall, Large movie theater, Restuarants, Up to date Strip Center, Car Dealer ships, The largest employer in this city was the hospital.

 

We I left they had; GREAT SCHOOLS, 4 SUPER Walmarts, 12 Grocery Stores the size of Kroger, entertainment for people of all ages, shopping of every type imaginable, you get the idea.  The most important thing is that this is a place that people wanted to live and felt safe in.

 

And personally this is what I feel Middletown needs to strive for on a smaller scale.  I do not think Middletown will ever creat enough jobs that the residents need or want and are capable of performing with just the East end and Atrium area.  Most of those jobs will go to people up and down I75 with a higher level of education than the majority of Middletown residents hold.  The days of factories and Blue collar jobs coming to Middletown by the thousands or even the hundreds is over. 

 

With the situatuion in Washington the fact that the country is about $15 trillion in debt Middletown can no longer sit around and wait and hope for the next hand out from Washington before they action to pull themselves out of the mess that they've created.

 

Josh, Thanks for your response on this meeting.  Hope to see you at your next meeting.

 

 

PACMAN