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pacman---Mr.Adkins attended the meeting @ the Chamber last night(well-attended---17 including 2 from police--ED rep Hamet and CR czar Adkins). 
Section 8 was the forced topic in relation to area crime.
We should still be at 1662 vouchers, with no significant change in the near future, though the city was judged to be sustainable for only approx.500 vouchers.

We know how we got here--took 39 years.
Will take a decade or probably longer to change to a lower #, if ever.

Was all covered up when the rest of the town was booming with jobs and income.
When that all left, the poverty programs remain in full force and move to the forefront.

City Commission/Admin ASKED for these vouchers over an extended period of time.

30 attendees at the first business/area crime forum
17 last night
no Councilmembers at either session
outside of Council members, 2 Council candidates and 1 citizen at Laubaugh's forum?
How many at AJ's last forum?
Other Councilmembers' forums? Becker's? Allens'? Picard's? Mulligan's?

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spiderjohn Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Jul 01 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2749	Post Options Post Reply Quote spiderjohn Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 30 2011 at 7:30am
	pacman---Mr.Adkins attended the meeting @ the Chamber last night(well-attended---17 including 2 from police--ED rep Hamet and CR czar Adkins). Section 8 was the forced topic in relation to area crime. We should still be at 1662 vouchers, with no significant change in the near future, though the city was judged to be sustainable for only approx.500 vouchers. We know how we got here--took 39 years. Will take a decade or probably longer to change to a lower #, if ever. Was all covered up when the rest of the town was booming with jobs and income. When that all left, the poverty programs remain in full force and move to the forefront. City Commission/Admin ASKED for these vouchers over an extended period of time. 30 attendees at the first business/area crime forum 17 last night no Councilmembers at either session outside of Council members, 2 Council candidates and 1 citizen at Laubaugh's forum? How many at AJ's last forum? Other Councilmembers' forums? Becker's? Allens'? Picard's? Mulligan's?

VietVet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Council Joined: May 15 2008 Status: Offline Points: 7008	Post Options Post Reply Quote VietVet Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 30 2011 at 6:58am
	Thank you very much for your response Mr. Nagy. Glad all went well last night. I agree, it was very short notice. I would be able to attend on any Tues, Wed or Thurs. as my son can watch my wife during those evenings. Would also be interested to hear the responses from Mr. Mulligan and Ms. Scott-Jones and am pleased they could attend. At least they cared enough to make the effort to interact with the people. I wish more would attend as there seems to be an abundance of discontent in town, and this was another opportunity to voice that discontent. Do (but don't) understand why more don't use the opportunity to participate. (Apathy- disgusted, but not enough to get off the couch to talk to council)

Paul Nagy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Citizen Joined: Jan 11 2009 Status: Offline Points: 384	Post Options Post Reply Quote Paul Nagy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 30 2011 at 6:36am
	Vet, Your questions were used as the agenda for discussion. Mr. Laubaugh was straightforward in his answers and the questions were discussed in detail until time ran out. He is a very bright young man and I'm glad he is on council. Both the Mayor and Anita Sc ott Jones stopped in for brief periods and responded to the questions. Due to the short notice and I believe the time of year the attendance was sparse. I hope in the future there will be a much larger attendance because Mr. Laubaugh doesn't hesitate to give a strong response to what he beieves is the answer to the question or situation. We encouraged him to answer your questions on this forum and I believe he will. pn

VietVet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Council Joined: May 15 2008 Status: Offline Points: 7008	Post Options Post Reply Quote VietVet Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 30 2011 at 6:24am
	How did Mr. Laubach's meeting go last night? Any other councilmembers care enough to participate? Topics?

Pacman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Jun 02 2007 Status: Offline Points: 2612	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pacman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 29 2011 at 9:35pm
	Hey Spider, The last I heard a couple of years ago HUD had about 100,000 new vouchers and they were expecting Middletown to take some, but Ms G told HUD "NO Thanks". Where did you hear about new vouchers coming to Middletown? PACMAN

Bill Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Citizen Joined: Nov 04 2009 Status: Offline Points: 710	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bill Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 29 2011 at 9:34pm
	I wonder how quickly this problem would get addressed if all city leaders lived IN this town.

Steve w Lewis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Outsider Joined: Aug 27 2011 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote Steve w Lewis Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 29 2011 at 8:13pm
	Thanks to Mr. Trick for opening his doors and to the organizers for promoting to getting to the bottom of this crime problem in this town. Both officers very informative along with Mr. Adkins who had to once again let us know the issues involving section 8, uphill battle. Very interesting hearing from the landlords and the amount of damage and theft they deal with.

spiderjohn Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Jul 01 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2749	Post Options Post Reply Quote spiderjohn Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 29 2011 at 12:30pm
	Thank you very much for this opportuniy, Councilman Laubaugh. However, I will be attending another meeting tonight y Chamber of Commerce meeting room on Central Avenue. This meeting sponsored by the Chamber, is a follow-up from a prior session comprised of area small businesses impacted and concerned with the skyrocketing frequency of crime(robberies, thefts, burglaries, drugs etc.) in the area from the Chamber office up to Shafor Street(mostly in the wards of Mr.Picard and yourself). The last meeting was attended by 23 of the 25 area businesses contacted(impressive rate!) plus three Chamber reps and three reps from the Middletown Police Dept. That meeting went extremely well, with all businesses identifying themselves and crime issues affecting them both personally and at their businesses. Very constructive advise from police reps and a true spirit of involvement and working together. No finger-pointing or blame, though EVERYONE is concerned that our city govt. will be both increasing the local rate of poerty by INCREASING our level of Section 8, while also DECREASING our public safety forces. This does not sound like a path towards a better functioning and safer community, especially since the additional vouchers will probably be placed in areas aprroximate to these concerned business locations.

VietVet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Council Joined: May 15 2008 Status: Offline Points: 7008	Post Options Post Reply Quote VietVet Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 29 2011 at 10:36am
	Mr. Laubach, I would very much like to attend. Unfortunately, my son has to work tonight and I will need to be home providing care for my wife. If I may, I would like to use this forum to ask what I would ask you if I could attend. As always, it is your choice whether to respond or not. 1. How do you feel about the airport situation? Similarly, how do you feel about Sunset Pool? Did the city do the right thing in filling in the pool site? What do you think the city ought to do with regard to airport operations? What is your opinion concerning the demolition of the various buildings around town and what is the plan to fill all of those "greenspaces"? 2. What is your opinion on the progress of PAC and the downtown area to date? How do you feel about the Cincy State situation right now and how do you feel about the success of the campus plan? 3. Does anyone on council or in the city building have as their top priority, getting decent jobs in this town? If so, could you outline the plan and when any measurable results could be seen? To date, we haven't seen too much progress being made in that area of city government as to attracting any real jobs other than fast food and lower echelon industrial park jobs. The only exception is, of course, the new coke plant for AK. Need more than 75 decent jobs here. 4. How do you feel about the overall direction of the city as to preparation for the future. The current condition of the city doesn't seem to present itself in a positive light IMO. If positive, can you elaborate for us as to any news that could be construed as positive that we may or may not know about? 5. What impact, in your opinion, has Section 8 overabundance had on the city as to service stress, image and economic impact? What are your thoughts on lowering the numbers? I have more questions but will stop at this point. Thank you for any response you choose to provide.

John Beagle Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List MUSA Official Joined: Apr 23 2007 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 1855	Post Options Post Reply Quote John Beagle Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 29 2011 at 9:31am
	Thanks for the heads up Josh. Good to hear you continue to have these meetings with your constituents. Keep up the good work councilman.
	John Beagle Middletown USA News of, for and by the people of Middletown, Ohio.

Jlaubach Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Immigrant Joined: Oct 08 2009 Status: Offline Points: 26	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jlaubach Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 29 2011 at 9:05am
	Good Morning, For those interested, I will be holding my 2nd town hall meeting of 2011 this evening from 5:30-7:00PM . It will take place at Atrium Medical Center's Professional Building on the 5th floor. Please feel free to attend. Thanks, Josh Laubach