Mike- I'm sure Ms. Gilleland meant to say Middletown Moving Forward, not the taboo/blacklisted, yet painfully similar- "Moving Middletown Forward"! Those inquisitive, pesky rascals in city government like to review our posts here and I'm sure that we just confused her (them) with our incessant "rantings" about the similarity in names. Now, gosh darn it, we've gone and confused those faithful executors of the public's business- those sultans of saavy. WE are the problem here. WE controlled this confusing name topic. WE are responsible for their mishaps in name usage. WE are the problem to these 's. Why- shame on us!!! We probably need to apologize.

Speaking of "Moving Middletown Forward", where is my friend Mr. Alien???

Middletown part of metro area named Worst Polluted Cities - Say it 'aint so Judy??

 

By Jessica Heffner
Staff Writer Updated 9:42 AM Thursday, April 30, 2009

MIDDLETOWN — Forbes strikes again against the city of Middletown, including it among a metro area dubbed one of the worst metro areas in America for unhealthy levels of year-round particle pollution and ozone pollution

Middletown is just part of the metro area, which stretches to Cincinnati and includes Wilmington and parts of Indiana and northern Kentucky.

The metro area ranked eighth on the list for unhealthy levels of year-round particle pollution and fifteenth for ozone pollution, according to the Forbes list which was compiled using a new air study by the American Lung Association.

The year-round particle counts reflect the amount of tiny solid and liquid particles in the air, most often emitted from diesel-powered vehicles, steel mills and coal-fired power plants, according to the study.

Numbers from the American Lung Association show the following about the Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, Ohio-Ky.-Ind. metro area:

• Total Population: 2,176,749

• Pediatric Asthma: 49,837

• Adult Asthma: 144,472

• Chronic Bronchitis: 55,519

• Emphysema: 27,209

• CV Disease: 586,626

• Diabetes: 125,943

Contact this reporter at (513) 705-2843 or jheffner@coxohio.com.

Ahhh Pacman...That was a GREAT one liner.

Pacman wrote: Quick where is Mort & Ashworth?

Kind of difficult to "paint" the AIR, Pac!!!

Vet when people look for an area to settle in they don't check wind current's, etc.  What they do do is read articles like these and cross the city off their list.  So reasoning as to why the air quality is poor in this area is immaterial to most people, even if it can be rationalized.

This state of affairs comes at just the time when many older, deteriorated neighborhoods offer the best opportunity for urban regeneration and the best resource for addressing the national affordable housing crisis.  This is not the 1970s, when so many cities hit bottom and the urban exodus was in full swing.  The tide has clearly turned.  Cities are increasingly enjoying a renewed popularity among middle- and upper-income groups.  Real estate values in historic neighborhoods are accelerating beyond property owners’ wildest dreams.  Artists and other members of the “creative class” are seeking out abandoned or underused industrial neighborhoods. People who can afford to do so are moving into less car-dependent neighborhoods, meaning the car-free life is beginning to replace the suburban dream of the 1950s through the ‘80s.  The opportunity for people with limited income to seek the same urban lifestyle, however, disappears when low-income neighborhoods are bulldozed.

Yet demolition of vacant structures is widespread.  Philadelphia exhibits the problem in its most severe form, with nearly 60,000 vacant parcels (the highest per capita in the country).  Small investments have been made in reclamation efforts, but the bulk of budgeted money is going for further demolition.  Last fall, the city of Buffalo, New York, said it planned to tear down a record number of vacant buildings in the 2006 fiscal year, around 1,000 deteriorated properties, nearly three times higher than the average number of annual demolitions since 2002."

Perplexed define for those of us not in the business, "AGGRESSIVELY MARKET MIDDLETOWN AS A LOWER-COST HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY ZONE."

Would it be a good idea to call this fraud hotline armed with various info from this site and report it to the state auditor at this time? Would that be enough to bring some state people to Middletown to examine the finances/operation of this city's government?

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Perplexed- You have mentioned Cunningham several times as to him being one of your favorites. I have given some thought to Cunningham, after listening to some of his ideas on many topics over the years. He is about my age. He grew up in Deer Park, a blue-collar community. I grew up here in Middletown, a blue-collar community. He went to Xavier and was in ROTC marching and playing soldier back in the 60's. I went to the first class at MUM in 1966, leaving after a year and a half to enlist in the service to "beat the draft" and "stay out of Vietnam". Yea right! We both lived through the turbulent 60's while in high school and post high school years. We both witnessed the same events during that time. The point I'm trying to make is- it is amazing how two people, from similar "working class" backgrounds, experiencing the same events and atmosphere back then , can, 40 some years later, turn out to be polar opposites as to politics, beliefs, etc. What is also amazing is that some of the radical, marching, building burning, I hate government/ Big Brother people of the 60's joined the "establishment" and are now part of what they use to hate as they run companies, are in politics and are stalwart supporters of the system. Amazing to me. Just some thoughts since you mentioned Cunningham.

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