BlackPhx -> RE: Obama's beloved Auntie Zietuni (11/2/2008 3:22:03 PM)
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Actually Heretic, depending on the State and the City, these may be buildings erected by companies hired by the State/City thereby creating jobs. They may be buildings that have been taken for Taxes and renovated after being abandoned by Landlords, that otherwise would have laid fallow, infested with rats, dealers and crack addicts. Many of them are NOT HUD housing, though they are Low Income Housing. Frankly I would love to see Cities and Towns take some of these places, houses, etc. and turn them into homes for Teachers and School Classrooms as well. Maybe that would make up for the Low salaries we pay Teachers, and ease some of the overcrowding in schools allowing kids to learn. I doubt this will ever happen as it is so much better to spend 30 million to build a school that will be inadequate for the number of students who will need it by the time it opens than utilize buildings that are abandoned and need renovation in areas already under urban blight. I doubt we will ever pay our teachers what they are truly worth, or pay enough to KEEP them teaching. Perhaps if we offered them subsidized housing we could. Nope sorry, that would be a hand out instead of a hand UP. poenkitten
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