I just returned from a long-awaited BWCA vacation and was reading the
article from this weekend in the Strib about Jordan.
While stats may be massaged to reflect what is desired, I find the dilemma
facing my neighborhood to be particularly defined by the following - Jordan
is roughly 50%
This is what angers me about inspections nailing the individual homeowner
for slightly chipped paint when they've blatantly neglected to inspect an
entire population of potentially hazardous properties. I could spend
thousands rehabbing my house, but if the neighboring property is a
ramshackle
Dennis' story of his neighbor and her son painting together remanded me of
my childhood. My dad 'did it himself' which meant that he did the skilled
parts and my brother and I did the grunt work. Amazingly, you learned a
whole lot doing that (me less since I didn't become head grunt until my
Dennis Plante wrote:
For those readers living in more affluent neighborhoods where a renter
is much more likely to report unsafe living conditions, be aware that
it doesn't happen with the same frequency in the economically
disadvantaged neighborhoods.
WM: One of the reasons people don't
I don't see why the city couldn't have a few well equipped trucks
ready for maintenance runs on houses where, for whatever reason, the homeowner
couldn't comply on a timely basis with needed repairs.
Why not have a list of approved handymen/women who could accept a job
with the
Dyna's sad story is a good illustration of one of the PROBLEMS of home
ownership. The city requires some upkeep. And sometimes it may not be
affordable or even physically possible. I think the city should have a
roster of reasonably-priced services and an arrangement to pay the cost off
Being able to cope with planned and budgeted improvements with advance notice is one
thing. Being
blindsided with ultimatums with unrealistic deadlines is irresponsible governance and
another
thing altogether.
Regards,
Jason Stone | Hale
--- Jim Mork [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dyna's sad
