Middletown vs. HUD

Viv,
I've tried to give you the benefit of the doubt. However, every time I dig into your statements or one of your quoted facts, I come up empty. Most recently, I decided to investigate the origin of the 54% rule, the so called “slum rule” that is so detrimental to Middletown or, as you call it, “Slumville”.
Upon looking into the matter………... I found that Mr. Adkins, upon discovering that 54% of Middletown households had low to moderate income, informed city council that the entire city qualified as a CDBG target area. He proposed an amendment to the Consolidated Plan that would expand the area eligible for benefits to the entire city.
Ahh Greygoose
• The 54% rule was a known fact long before Mr. Adkins took office.
• How many other cities in Ohio requested additional Section 8 vouchers?
• How many other cities in Ohio have enacted legislation to declared their entire town of  
  50,000 residence “Slumville USA” so they could manipulate HUD funds away from the
  poverty areas?
He didn’t coin the terms “slum rule” or “Slumville USA”, you did.
Yes I did.
All that he did was present an opportunity to expand the city’s benefits and those that we elected to represent us agreed with him. Due to some “whacked out” reasoning, you seem to think that that everybody that doesn’t agree with your thinking is bad for our city.
Are you seriously saying that you believe that the Highlands Historic District is a high poverty, high crime areas that deserve and needs HUD funding?
I’ve got news for you……coining terms like “Slumville” is bad for this city.
Wasting our tax dollars is even worse for our city but you don’t seem to object to that.
Because of your inability to be objective, I believe that nobody takes you seriously other than a couple of like-minded quacks that used to post on this board.
If you think that you can do better, run for the position. I know of two votes that you will get for sure. Until then, count on me to be around to point out your “bad habit” of stating your opinion as fact. I can only imagine the amusement that you provide to our city leaders.
Lord knows that I do try to keep them amused

This “blows my mind” ………….I have discovered the “primary” reason that city council let the number of Section 8 vouchers get “out of hand” since the turn of the century. While researching the origin of the 54% rule, I ran across this little detail while on the city web site:
In 2008, the City of Middletown conducted an operations review of the HCV program to determine whether to continue providing this service or to discontinue its participation in the program. After reviewing its options, the Middletown City Council decided to continue its relationship with HUD by managing and providing an HCV program. The City Council also decided that a total review of HCV program operations was appropriate in order to assure that the program was being managed and operated with a high level of proficiency. The program review indicated that the Middletown City Council had been unaware that it also functioned as the City’s public housing agency. Regular meetings of the MPHA had never been held. Consequently, one of the outcomes of the program review was a recommendation that the MPHA conduct regularly scheduled meetings.
Unbelievable……….. until the 2008 operational review to determine the city’s continued participation in the Section 8 program, city council DID NOT KNOW THAT THEY WERE THE AGENCY that ran the Section 8 program.

Greygoose
Well..who approved the CONSOC contracts year after year?
Wasn’t Marty Kohler and Angela Tucker over the program?
If not City Council..who approved all the increases of vouchers?
Are you telling me that that Mr. Kohler never gave a report for the millions of dollars of HUD funding that was flowing across his desk to any City Manager or any City Council before 2008?