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Vivian Moon
MUSA Council Joined: May 16 2008 Location: Middletown, Ohi Status: Offline Points: 4187 |
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City to be part of county land bank
Grant program provides funds to tear down blighted properties
By Michael D. Pitman, Staff Writer Updated Two weeks ago, City Council rejected the idea to join the County Land Reutilization Corp., also known as the land bank, and have the quasi-public nonprofit organization apply for the
a $2.7 million Moving Ohio Forward Grant on behalf of Hamilton and Middletown. The grant would be split between the two cities so long each provides a $1.1 million match. On Tuesday, council voted 4-0-2 to pass the legislation. Council members Anita Scott Jones and A.J. Smith abstained; Councilman Josh Laubach was not at the meeting due to a death in
the family. “I think this is a great opportunity for the city,” said Vice Mayor Dan Picard of the grant and land bank. “We have so many properties that are in such terrible shape that we really need
to do as much as we can to get that under control.” vacant, abandoned, tax-foreclosed or other property for rehabilitation or reuse. The land
bank would then clear properties of all The Moving Ohio Forward Grant comes from a multibillion-dollar mortgage provider settlement shared with all states. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced he set $75
million of the state’s share of the settlement aside for the With the grant, abandoned properties, about 10 percent of the city’s total. The city currently demolishes
about 40 to 50 homes a year. Picard said the grant isn’t just taking care of bad-looking properties either. “It’s not just an aesthetic issue, it’s a criminal issue,” he said. “These houses provide havens for heroin addicts and other drug addicts and all for kinds of criminal activity and illicit
activity. It eats up our other resources.” Scott Jones and Smith both abstained because they felt the legislation was being reconsidered because it failed despite receiving a majority vote. Council voted two weeks ago 5-1 on both
pieces of legislation, but since Picard was absent at that meeting, the voted needed to be unanimous. Laubach was the dissenting vote. “Although I was a proponent of this piece of legislation when it initially came before us, I am not an proponent of bringing back legislation so quickly because it didn’t go my way,” Scott
Jones said. Smith also abstained because he was one of three council members that were not at the special meeting last week.
“I have not supported in the past bringing back legislation once it’s failed, whether it’s something I supported or in opposition to,” he said.
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acclaro
Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Jul 01 2009 Status: Offline Points: 1878 |
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This council has been such an incredible disappointment, the runaway train of nepotism, poor behavior, and blatant bully-ism. Mr. Picard, you amaze me with your commentary. Criminals are using houses for heroin transactions? Where do you come up with such nonsense?
I state it again, for the upteenth time. When you have two brothers, an attorney (who practices before two Middletown employees), and a retired city police chief, all having one single tie that unites them all, in Red Crimson and Gold, you only have 4 out 7 that are solely with the city's agenda, and the city with their agenda. All that money going down to Main Street for the benefit of the Mulligans, and no one cares? This is unlike any city in America. Lets hope you all remember how they came up with these funds and pandering Dan voted to spend $1.2 Mm, when also saying the levy needed to pass because we needed the bloated fire department. This is the worst council in history, and openly self serving. It won't help your neighborhood, they'll divert the funds elsewhere, but who cares? I surrender, idiots rule. |
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Bill
MUSA Citizen Joined: Nov 04 2009 Status: Offline Points: 710 |
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Safety levy passage = more city purchasing and renovation or demo of downtown buildings. |
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Bocephus
MUSA Citizen Joined: Jun 04 2009 Status: Offline Points: 838 |
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Only in America |
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LMAO
MUSA Citizen Joined: Oct 28 2009 Location: Middletucky Status: Offline Points: 468 |
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VietVet
MUSA Council Joined: May 15 2008 Status: Offline Points: 7008 |
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Nothing surprising here. Picard just doing what he is told to do by his bosses. We all knew the approval on the second go-around was a done deal. Scott-Jones and Mr. Smith standing their ground. The good guys are still out-numbered 4 to 3 on council, at least on this one. The game remains the same.....until the people in this town wake up, give a crap enough to register to vote, educate themselves on what is happening, go to the polls and outnumber the MMF-sponsored voting block contingent who are ruining the city. Meanwhile, the city continues to go down the toilet with their game plan in place and the majority of the citizens seem not to care. The city leaders/MMF are counting on that to remain in effect.
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