Big applause to Pete Witte for his comments in the April 27th Enquirer article:
”They want low-income families penned up in low-income neighborhoods, and that’s not happening anymore,” he said from his engraving business on Glenway Avenue. “The Banks needs to take its fair share, just like Mount Lookout, just like Hyde Park, and just like my friends in Symmes Township - wherever that is.”
Pete’s right, but it’s unfortunate there’s a lack of political support. There’s no excuse for unequal distribution of CMHA housing throughout the county. Of course the only way we will ever see equal Section 8 allocation throughout Hamilton County is when the system is put to rest and it’s 0 across the board.
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The Enquirer announced earlier this week that Dave Allen will be the grand marshal of the Price Hill Thanksgiving Day Parade. Dave is a long time Price Hill resident, music teacher at Elder High School and director of music at St. Williams Church.
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Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I went east to visit family for about a week and came back to mountain of work.
Here are a few bits and pieces that have been in the mix since my last post:
- Join the Westwood Concern and Price Hill Civic Club on Monday November 5th from 7-8:30p at Price Hill Chili to thank Captain Raabe for his service at District 3. Captain Raabe is leaving District three after 7+ years of service to the community.
- Friday, October 26th is another Good Guy Loitering date. Meet at St. Lawrence around 7:30.
- I hate to link to the spawn of satan (i.e. MySpace) but the Warsaw Project Gallery, an art gallery located on Warsaw Avenue (at Hawthorne Ave), has both a web page and a MySpace profile. The Enquirer mentioned it recently. Unfortunately my post is about a week late so anyone interested has to wait until next month to visit the gallery.
- At the last EPHIA meeting the proposal to make the property currently occupied by Whittier School available to District 3 was mentioned. District 3 has been interested in a new building and more parking for quite a while. Kevin has more on the development at Building Cincinnati.
That’s it for now.
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The Enquirer has a short article regarding a meeting in Columbus to discuss Ohio’s foreclosure problem. Representative Steve Driehaus of Price Hill was there with some local concerns.
Some of the proposals seem pointless, i.e. “counseling.” Anyone who thinks “counseling” will help create more responsible home owners or reduce foreclosures is off the mark. I like the idea of giving the community more control of blighted properties.
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My hope in the Cincinnati Enquirer has been slightly renewed as the gave me a plug.
I’d also like to mention that in the future I will be looking for another contributor to help with some posts. It’s probably evident that my stomping ground is the East Price Hill area. I’d like to cover the whole Price Hill area (where that ends and begins is probably debatable) but there’s only so many neighborhood meetings one person can attend and plenty of information to scour from local news, magazines and blogs. If anyone is interested drop me a line at john@pricehillblog.com.
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The front page article in The Cincinnati Enquirer today was a terrible tragedy about a suicide/homicide that took place in Delhi. What should have been a simple story that informs the public and consoles the surrounding neighborhoods, instead turns sour. The author(s) misplace their integrity with some cheap shots at Price Hill through a quote from an ignorant 15 year old.
Travis Wilson, 15, who lives around the corner on Clarevalley Drive, heard gunshots but didn’t believe it.
“I thought it was fireworks, and then I heard the sirens,” he said. “It’s crazy. Maybe you’d think this would happen in Price Hill, but not in Delhi.”
That line adds nothing to the story and really makes the author(s) appear shoddy. If they wanted to write an editorial, make some space in the op/ed section, don’t spew dribble on the front page.
Contrary to what that boy has been told, you don’t hear gun shots in Price Hill. Nor would this tragedy be any more likely to occur in Price Hill (or any other suburb).
I would stop there, but…
The authors of the misguided article are:
BY SHARON COOLIDGE AND QUAN TRUONG SCOOLIDGE@ENQUIRER.COM AND QTRUONG@ENQUIRER.COM
A quick search on The Hamilton County Auditor’s web site shows that Ms. Coolidge lives in Delhi. I could be wrong. I wish I was. There could be more than one Sharon Coolidge, but I doubt it. Incidents like this have occurred too often and for some reason go by without apology.
There are people who care about their neighborhood. I think someone is jealous of Price Hill’s city view.
You can find the poorly written article here.
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