Thursday, September 11, 2008

LPH resident: 'All I want is someone to care.'

A 37-year Lower Price Hill resident just wants someone from the City to care.

"Things are bad here and they have been getting worse for a few years now," she says in a communication to Vice Mayor David Crowley.

Her main issue is the property at , which is vacant and neglected, and the neighboring properties at 644 and 650 Neave.

"Some of the people that sit in front of 646 Neave live at 650 Neave," she says. "The others are drug dealers and drug users. They sell in front of the house and in the side yard. Once they sell to the druggies, they go in the yard and take the drugs. This goes on all day and night."

Attached to the e-mail was 15 photos of the deplorable conditions.

"I want you to look at them and answer a question," she says. "Would any of you like to walk out your front door and see your street like this?"

The resident says that she has tried going to the police, who have said that they can't do anything about the trash and drugs unless they see an offense take place.

They can't clear away the loiterers unless the building owners complain.

"You can see in the pictures that none of the owners care about what happens to their buildings," she says. "I have called the Health Department, but nothing has been done. How long does it take to look into a problem like this?"

The drug dealers have guns, and they use them.

"They are using them almost every day and night," she says. "This is done in front of young kids due to the fact that these people don't care about anything."

And cleaning up the unsanitary and aesthetically displeasing mess left by loiterers should not be her responsibility, she says.

"The owners and the tenants need to be made accountable for their actions and lack of," she says. "I work all day, then come home to clean up after people that most likely have never worked a day in their life. They have nothing but time to make the mess. They should have to clean it up."

She says she just wants to know where to go to find some - any - help.

"I would go to our Community Council with this problem but considering that the President of our Community Council, Jack Degano, lives two doors down at 656 Neave Street, I don't believe it would help," she says. "We just need someone to care about what goes on in Lower Price Hill."

A report to council by City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr is due by the beginning of October.

Photos of the conditions may be coming, and will be posted as soon as they're received.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

They need to call the criminal activity line, (513) 765-1212, EVERY time they see a crime committed. That way the police can track exactly where and when these offenses are taking place. Complaining to the police after the fact won't do any good.

Anonymous said...

Amen!

And I'd like to add, we need someone to care about what goes on in Westwood. I'd like any of our elected officials to take a nice, slow walk up Harrison Avenue, through South Fairmount. Or Queen City Avenue, if they'd prefer. Then I'd like them to tell us if they think those conditions are OK -- tell us if they would like to see these neglected, abandoned, and decaying properties on a daily basis. Would they also like to see the throngs of Section 8 recipients, the unemployed, loitering about all day without a purpose? I would like officials at all levels of government to tell me if they think their handouts are a good idea -- are they actually benefiting these people? Do they think human beings don't need purpose, or structure in their daily lives? Do they think people shouldn't have to earn what they receive and care about the properties they occupy, the neighborhoods they live in?

Cincinnati needs to stop pandering to the poor and start helping the middle-class, hard-working, tax-paying people who pay their stupid salaries.

Amen. Argh!

Anonymous said...

You can add East and West Price Hill to the list of communities experiencing these persistent problems. I'll admit sometimes I wonder if our city leaders care!!!

Anonymous said...

I'm sorry but Westwood AND Price Hill have been part of the Neighborhood Enhancement Program which MANY of the other neighborhoods throughout the City have not been able to have come to their neighborhoods (like mine). So I dont think the City is really ignoring you all that much.

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