Questions And Answers With Andrew Smith

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randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Official Joined: Jan 13 2009 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 1586	Post Options Post Reply Quote randy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Questions And Answers With Andrew Smith Posted: Jul 13 2009 at 8:35am
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Bwood Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Resident Joined: Oct 29 2007 Status: Offline Points: 122	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bwood Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jul 13 2009 at 8:55am
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Bwood Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Resident Joined: Oct 29 2007 Status: Offline Points: 122	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bwood Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply 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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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: 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.
	John Beagle Middletown USA News of, for and by the people of Middletown, Ohio.

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: Jul 14 2009 at 7:08am
	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.