Gary seeks federal funds to demolish 1,100 buildings

Indiana University Daily Student ^ | July 1, 2009 | ap reports

[muawiyah]

GARY – Gary officials are seeking nearly $25 million in federal money to tear down more than 900 abandoned houses and 200 empty commercial buildings.......

[MissDairyGoodnessVT]

“somebody getting rich off of this”........probably Joe Jackson under the auspices of Al Sharpton

[Jimmy Valentine]

There are whole sections of Detroit, up near State Fair, I think that have reverted to prarie.

There is a web site out there that shows this.

[bmwcyle]

[sail4sea]

Just advertise on Craigslist that the building materials are free to the first takers. They’ll have the buildings demolished and hauled away for free.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/49394962.html

[KevinDavis]

I think that Bob Barr got 3% of the vote in Inidiana..

[RGSpincich]

The city/redevelopment agency owns all of these properties?
Or are they just skipping due process for the rightful owners?

[Rebelbase]

“Just advertise on Craigslist that the building materials are free to the first takers. They’ll have the buildings demolished and hauled away for free.”

That is blatant disrespect for the elected officials who are counting on kickbacks from demo contracts and outright misappropriation of funds.

[muawiyah]

This is Indiana, not Connecticut. There is a presumption that the buildings were lawfully acquired.

You ever been to Gary?