[1]Jerry died mysteriously on December 26,2019. It took until Feb. 21, 2020, almost TWO MONTHS for an obituary free of any pertinent information about the cause of his passing to be CAREFULLY crafted for placement in the obit section of Cleveland.com. He "went to be with the Lord". That's all she wrote. That's just a figure of speech by the way not in ANY way a reference to Dame Crowsfeet the doyenne of the Cleveland Restoration Society, the legenday charity famous for scoring massive amounts of tax dollars from all branches of government especially HUD to loan money to the "poor" to fix up their houses. But ONLY "historic" ones. Dame Crowsfeet was a big fan girl of David Franklin, the disgraced FORMER director of CMA, who she described as a gas in a slobbering puff piece in the Pee Dee from 2011. Mr. Franklin was ALSO coincidentally associated with a person who died mysteriously. ANYWAY the CRS, NOT THE ACTUAL RELATIVES OF JERRY M was the lucky recipient of the 8 houses that Jerry owned. These houses are NOT just ANY HOUSES mind you, THESE 8 houses are on HISTORIC NEWTON AVENUE. Two of those houses at 9804 Newton and 10003 Newton lavishly remodeled WITHOUT ANY BUILDING PERMITS are now FOR RENT. For $1900 each. PLUS ALL utilities AND upkeep including snow removal and lawn care. And a THIRD one is being rehabbed RIGHT NOW despite claims on the CRS website stating these donated homes will be used for the poor. Well this is EXACT wording from their website. "By keeping rents affordable for EXISTING tenants we are doing our part to make a SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT in Cleveland." The key word being EXISTING tenants. All FUTURE tenants will be unpoor. Well-off. In the money. Able to afford the high rent that will be charged. Three down, five to go when the current leases which Jerry kept affordable for his neighbors are turned into $1900 a month rentals. PLUS ALL UTILITIES! Don't look for those updated homes to be advertised on the pious sanctimonious Home Page of the Cleveland Restoration Society run by Dame Crowsfeet since 1922. Because it reaaaallly doesn't fit their STATED demographic on their IRS 990. Which is LOW INCOME PEOPLE. The owner of these 8 houses is OF COURSE an LLC. Historic Newton Avenue LLC and the tiny tax bills are mailed to 3751 Prospect Avenue the property tax EXEMPT headquarters of the Cleveland Restoration Society the historic Sally Hemings mansion.
I spoke to a long time resident sitting on their porch on Newton Avenue. They said Jerry was run over by a car. Right there in the 15 minute car free zone Dame Crowsfeet hopes to establish with her NEW UPSCALE real estate holdings in partnership with Ms. Justine Bibb our "mayor"