The end for most CDCs in NEO, can't come soon enough for me. My opinion stems from my experience working at Tremont West Development Corporation and from my time served as a board member (I was later run off the board).
These organizations suck the life blood out of our neighborhoods. [3] While there are many well-intentioned folks who work at some of these organizations--for the most part, CDCs do next to nothing for residents other than when they try to occasionally justify their existence with popular, highly visible community events like Taste of Tremont.
What concerns me, especially, on top of the CDC bloat, is the gross reorganization of services and federal funds that the Cuyahoga County Reform agenda proposes and how this structure will relate to the tangled CDC web of funding.
Where will the funding come to elect and run the eleven proposed Cuyahoga council offices? It seems to me that we will continue to NOT receive basic city services, to have LESS representation and MORE pork, than we have now as we construct a more bloated, and ever more polarized bureaucracy.
Tell me there is not some master race politics going on here...from the CNDC "toolbox": [3] https://web.archive.org/web/20060207170425/http://www.cndc2.org/ [4]
But back to the story--Will the Plain Dealer just scratch the surface of this story--or will they investigate insider transactions at all of the local CDCs?? [2]
BTW, the photo above is 2915 Tampa Ave.--recently reported as "sold" by the CDC Old Brooklyn Development Corporation--picked up from HUD in May 2009.
Westown Development Corporation is supported by CDBG funding from Councilwoman Dona Brady. Old Brooklyn Development Corporation is supported by CDBG funding primarily from Councilman Kevin Kelley.
(originally posted Aug 4, 2009-reposted Jan 15, 2010--reposted/updated February 24, 2010)
(AND...no... poopulation is not my typo :)
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See this article and please cc. the supervisors of local HUD Director -
Douglas Shelby, director of Cleveland's HUD field office, said the agency is examining the city's use of Afford-A-Home dollars.
http://www.cleveland.com/cityhall/index.ssf/2010/02/mayor_frank_jackson_orders_rev.html [6]
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Comment from Catch5 on Thomas Ott's reporting and PD's lackluster efforts to investigate racketeering in Cleveland...
Too much to think about? Just think of all those disenfranchised citizens who have seen it all first hand one way or another... Pay to play is the game. Our citizens of Cleveland, Ohio have seen some of the most disgruntling, abusive, and violating actions in this country by our alleged, "LOCAL LEADERS!" They enjoyed the benefits more than any citizen in our community....including the luxuries of trips to Vegas etc. May God Bless the survivors of this reckless disaster in Cleveland, Ohio.
See the Frank Giglio story on Realneo.us... Don't get in the political regime's way locally or you'll become a target of their affection with everything from code enforcement tickets to deprivation of public benefits or resources. It's an amazing story here in Cleveland that will come to light in the years to come.... For now...Keep the faith and know that exposing the crooks who violated the public at large continues regularly by our local FBI.
In the interim, there are countless families like those cited who need help to overcome the odds and progress forward with what's left of their American Spirit. All the best.
ANGELnWard14
realneo.us
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Links:
[1] http://connect.cleveland.com/user/markgillispie/index.html
[2] http://www.cleveland.com/cityhall/index.ssf/2010/02/west_side_group_sold_discounte.html
[3] http://www.cndc2.org/toolbox.html
[4] https://web.archive.org/web/20060207170425/http://www.cndc2.org/
[5] http://classifieds.cleveland.com/?category=detail&orig_prop=cleveland.com&property=cleveland.com&temp_type=detail&tp=ME_cleve&cur_cat=6869&classification=Notices%20and%20Announcements&ad_id=545932347
[6] http://www.cleveland.com/cityhall/index.ssf/2010/02/mayor_frank_jackson_orders_rev.html
[7] http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/07/cleveland_neighborhood_names_c.html#comments
[8] http://www.cbsnews.com/8601-500251_162-7392090-5.html?assetTypeId=58&blogId=&tag=contentBody;commentWrapper#ixzz1jkIHkYiE
[9] http://smtp.realneo.us/system/files/2915_Tampa.jpg
[10] http://smtp.realneo.us/system/files/CDBG_YR392.pdf
[11] http://smtp.realneo.us/system/files/CDBG_YR39.pdf
Tom - we kind of get the fact that you're not quite investigative, and nor are your metro editors, but who will be doing the bidding? Will it be the likes of John Wilbur and the Department of Community Development? Or Cimperman's CDC puppets trailing after GPS folks at the Water Department? We heard that the statistical area planning data was distorted last time around -- so that some people at City Hall could qualify their request for more federal, or Housing and Urban Development funding, by suddenly finding the neighborhoods poorer than they statistically they were? What about Cimperman? He certainly relies on those "reconfigured poorer neighborhoods for that CMHA vote that go hand-in-hand with his self-appointed staff on Tremont Development Corporation and OHC INC. It's about time my own suburban neighbors get to know a little more about how things really work in the city and what the CDCs are all about...when numbers are involved and so easily whited out.