My Message to Washington DC about Working Class Issues With CRA, CDCs and Urban Planning In real NEO

My posting on CRA - Expand the Community Reinvestment Act to Bring Trillions MORE Dollars in Safe and Sound Investments to America's Neighborhoods - has had enough time online to offer some important insight.

First of all, from comments, CRA is a confusing issue and even liberal community development advocates associate CRA with urban development ills - projecting frustrations with local political corruption and planning failure upon all Federal urban renewal efforts, lumping in CRA (and organizations like NCRC). In fact, these citizens do not understand where CRA fits in and are misplacing their anger - missing an opportunity to support what may help.

Those responsible for educating citizens about CRA and credit issues - the councilpeople and CDCs - are the ones causing the harm and frustration for working class citizens, who feel under-served and under-represented - and they are under-educated about Federal efforts to improve their lives, and the availability of basic help.

Cuyahoga County Ohio..

Do you own a home and are your a senior or disabled person? There are DISCOUNTS for your property taxes available by clicking these links or calling 443-7000 for more information on the HOMESTEAD.

In my experience of going to uncountable allegedly legitimate not for profit "AGENCIES" across Northeast Ohio, there are enumerable underqualified, youthful, and inexperienced folks who spend so much time taking applications and personal information that they cannot immediately respond to the majority of concerns for citizens until it is later reviewed by their high paid ADMINISTRATORS.

Citizens are tired of getting that run around...

Lily miller needs emergency assistance with research. Lily does not have access to a computer and is working on a very big project for a meeting over the weekend. Lily needs help immediately with research on real estate. If you have research skills and know how to obtain information from the county auditor's website, please call lily at 216 386-6546. This is an urgent request and will benefit thousands of victims.

Thank you. Lily

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kim barnett, asst. cleveland prosecutor  files a false complaint aganist guy templeton black's advocate lily miller - is catania corruption so powerful-

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I never miss a chance to see the work of - and celebrate - Cleveland-based artist Julian Stanczak... a father of Op Art and one of the great artists of all time. So, during a tour of downtown Cincinnati (VERY NICE) last week, I was thrilled to unexpectedly be walked right past Stanczak's landmark 2008 work "Additional", on the Fifth Third bank and parking complex at Fountain Square. My host in Cincinnati seemed pleasantly surprised I was familiar with a work of public art in his Queen City, as I proudly exclaimed "Wow, there's the Stanczak mural... he's from Cleveland" and ran off to take pictures to share with realNEO.

If the art-superstar status of Julian Stanczak was ever to be challenged - for his life-work or his late-career accomplishments, as he remains productive in his 80s - Julian's most recent and important mural-scale public art masterpiece enforces his position at the top of the "art world" forever.

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Have you completed the City of Cleveland PUBLIC PARTICIPATION SURVEY???? Allegedly these were completed and submitted last year....Very interesting... Don't recall receiving the option of participating....

I recently met with Marcia West, Regional Organizer for the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), in Washington, DC, to explore how economically distressed communities should respond to the foreclosure and housing crises in America, to expand credit access for working-class residents - to learn what leaders of Northeast Ohio may do to improve access to loans for housing and community development for us common folk. The short answer is "Expand the Community Reinvestment Act to Bring Billions of Dollars in Safe and Sound Investments to America's Neighborhoods" - go to Expand CRA to learn more and contact your representatives... SPREAD THE WORD!

CRA encourages banks to respond to a variety of needs in low- and moderate-income communities, including the financing of affordable rental housing, sustainable homeownership, small business creation, and economic development projects.

I cannot believe that the local court system cannot figure out that there are not any attorneys working for the Cleveland Bar Association who are taking on Pro Bono representation for the indigent and neither is the LEGAL AID SOCIETY when it comes to PROPERTY TAX FORECLOSURES.

THE POOR CANNOT GET FAIR LEGAL ADVICE TO ASSIST THEM IN THESE PROPERTY TAX FORECLOSURES BECAUSE THE COSTS OF THE ATTORNEY IS OFTEN MORE THAN THE TAXES IN ARREARS PLUS FEES.

It's 9:31pm now....there are posts noted for after 1030pm...and Something is NOT RIGHT with times/blogs/posts...

Whatever happened to the loud and obnoxious garage bands of the 60's? It seems that breed of gutter rock, in your face, call the police street music is dead. There was a time when you could drive through any neighborhood on a summer day and hear some band somewhere playing to the neighbors as though they were big rock stars. I know. I was one of them.

i went to victim services per the prosecutors courts brochures and instructions papers per the assault and menacing by sammy catania and prosection and showed the paper to employees and requested someone to go to court with me to support me - the employees didn't know what i was talking about - at that point i knew catania must realy be connacted to some very corrupt folks at the justice center - so i called someone that knows - that went through the process and he told me to ask for eric - i asked for eric and all of a sudden the person knew what i was asking for and set down with me

12/03/2010 PROBATION CONDITION JOURNAL TEXT - PLEASE RESUBMIT THE PROBATION REPORT. MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS APPEARED ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT AND MR. BLACK MANY OF WHOM WERE UNRULY IN COURT. 12/03/2010 HEARING SCHEDULED: Event: SENTENCING HEARING Date: 12/10/2010 Time: 3:00 pm Judge: STOKES, ANGELA R.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXh7JR9oKVE

What the hell does the NEO sewer district think they are doing acknowledging a Consent Decree w/ the DOJ and US EPA (rogue agency).  They will drive the cost of doing business in Cuyahoga County and Cleveland to other regions of the state (if we're lucky) or completely outside of our State borders.  I'm certain I read the estimate correctly today from the PD when one of the Sewer District reps stated our sewer bills (not just water) will increase to $1,000 by 2035.  That's roughly 10x's my current bill.  The US EPA has the authority to change compliance li