Questions And Answers With Andrew Smith
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Topic: Questions And Answers With Andrew Smith
Posted By: randy
Subject: Questions And Answers With Andrew Smith
Date Posted: Jul 13 2009 at 8:35am
Mr. Smith also took the time to answers our questions to view the story click here
http://www.middletownusa.com/view_news.asp?a=4484 - Questions And Answers With Andrew Smith
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Posted By: Bwood
Date Posted: Jul 13 2009 at 8:55am
http://www.middletownusa.com/view_news.asp?a=4484 - http://www.middletownusa.com/view_news.asp?a=4484
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Posted By: Bwood
Date Posted: Jul 13 2009 at 12:21pm
Big thumbs up to Mr. Smith from me on his answers to the section 8 question.
"Middletown has 15% of the
county’s population and 58% of the county’s Section 8 vouchers;
predominately in the second ward. That is entirely too much; not to
mention, it has segregated our city by class and overall concentrated
poverty. Concentrated poverty is an open door for high, outrageous
crime rates. That is the result of our city administration not
monitoring the program for many years. As your councilman, I will work
hard to make sure that we not only enforce building codes to landlords,
but also decrease the number of vouchers over a period of time."
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Posted By: John Beagle
Date Posted: Jul 13 2009 at 12:57pm
Kudos to Mr. Smith for taking a stand on Section 8 and crime in our community. If he is elected, I hope to see him take a proactive approach to these problems.
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Posted By: VietVet
Date Posted: Jul 14 2009 at 7:08am
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Mr. Smith's replies seem to have more substance than Ms. Ford's did. I agree with the Section 8 comments that he mentioned. If we can get Mr. Smith some help in the form of some new members who share some of his ideas, perhaps we can start to see some positive changes on Council. However, we still have to address part 2 of the problem- the city leaders at One Donham Plaza. Council needs to change their thinking AND the city manager on down needs to change course also. Their thinking has been going the wrong direction for many years as they drive this town to its grave.
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