When City Leaders don't understand the Problem....

When your City leaders are not aware of the problems and don't know what the problems and don't even want to acknowledge that there are problems that creates a problem for all of us.  Once again Marconi wants to compare Hamilton to Middletown when it comes to Government supported housing, the problem is Marconi has only part of the story.  His list is a bit shorter than the actual number of Government assisted housing units that Middletown has.

 

From my point of view I could care less what Hamilton has, I don't live in Hamilton and could care less what they do or have or don't have.

 

Marconi states Middletown has 2100 Subsidized Units and Hamilton has 2000.  Gilleland states Middletown has 3600 Units while Hamilton has 1800.  Then Marconi and the City Manage have a little my list is big than your list and Marconi looses that one, as the City Manager is correct in her numbers.  Next Marconi admits that he doesn't know what the correct number is.  Now you would think after 18-24 months of working on this issue and the fact that Marconi keeps Hammering into everyone that they are the Housing Authority he would know what the hell he is talking about and know the number of subsidized housing Units in Middletown, which he so often lets us know he oversees.

 

3600+ subsidized housing units 500+ people on a waiting list for Subsidized housing, 22+% poverty, this is a significant Socio-economic imbalance problem in Middletown that is directly adversely affecting the City, The Businesses, The School System and every other function of the City.

 

The sooner the leaders in Middletown realize this and start  aggressively tackling the problem the sooner we can hopefully be on the mend.  It is time for the head in the sand group to move aside.

 

 

Marconi's comments start at 55 minutes into this video.

 

Another note is seems the Journal was not being its usual Rah rah City self and took a few on the Chin here good for them.  One of the Council Members mentions that Ed wasn't there for a meeting as if Ed gives the city the constant pat on the back rather than doing some looking under the carpet and in the closets for some facts.  is that so ED are you the Council's friendly mouthpiece?

 

 

 

 

Pays salaries for those buried within vague job descriptions.

Also has been a great source of grant $$ used towards the high-end homes of the S.Main St.historical district and various failed downtown(only the Main St/western Central Ave.area) projects. Everyone remember new expensive doorfronts/entryways for the still vacant properties?

 

Council and admin has repeatedly dodged and danced around a full history/explanation of how this all transpired over the years, and the admin's intertwined relationship with CONSOC. Maybe they didn't want to change Section 8 administrators because of what would be discovered by a new vendor un-raveling the mess and establishing a new control string(which would force property owners to also deal with a new operaing entity).

 

Just another sticky mess authored/co-ordinated by Mr.Kohler,Planning Dept., admin and Council. Just where does this Section 9 approach fit into the current FIVE YEAR PLAN?

 

When will Council/Admin FINALLY sit Mr.Kohler down for a full explanation/diagram of the Section 8 history, the abnormal growth pattern, the funding maze, and the inter-relationship between CONSOC/Admin and Council?

 

Mr.Mayor--this situation hardly works towards "the greater good of the majority of our coitizens", and is a lead weight anchor on our school system, heath dept.services and public safety dept.

 

Also--who actually believes there to be a difference between Middletown Moving Forward and Moving Middletown Forward? Could anyone trace just where this alleged document originated, who brought it into where for printing, who was to pay for the printing, and to whom this document was to be distributed?

 

Too many weird stories and un-connected ends to it all, imo.

Nothing new.

VERY disappointed in the new chosen direction of our city manager.

that pretty much connects the dots.