Say what you want about A.J. but you have to admit he is up-front. He doesn't pretend to be what he's not unlike some of the sneaky, lying crooks at the city building.

Yep I heard that HUD was back in town today to interview all those at City Hall.

July 2, 2012
Monday

Gentlemen
    In 2010 Mr. Adkins sent a 96 page report to HUD requesting a reduction in the Section 8 Housing Vouchers which HUD refused. Here is the link to the complete response from HUD . http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohcmiddl/2010-HUDResponse.htm
    Records now show that almost 3 million dollars are now sitting in several HUD accounts while the areas of greatest need have received no funding. It is against HUD rules for these funds to be stockpiled while Mr. Adkins states that he does not have funding to solve the many problems in our neighborhoods.
    Why do we now need the Land Banking Program when we have not utilized these HUD funds over the past three years to demolish more blighted properties?    

Gentlemen
High job loses, decline in population, empty housing stock and high poverty levels where already in Middletown before City Hall requested the last 900 additional vouchers. Section 8 did not cause these problems.