Posted on 08/18/2005 6:48:34 PM PDT by buccaneer81
Residents Protest Apartment Living Conditions Contractors Walk Off Job
POSTED: 5:26 pm EDT August 18, 2005 UPDATED: 7:09 pm EDT August 18, 2005
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Residents of a local apartment complex continued to protest what they say are unsafe and unhealthy conditions, NBC 4's Mike Bowersock reported.
Contractors installing heating systems at Woodland Meadows apartments said they walked off the job Thursday morning after being told they won't be paid.
They've been working at the complex for about a month and have yet to be paid.
Residents have been protesting the living conditions all week.
"This is America," said resident Hawd Elmi. "We are not slaves. We are human beings. We pay rent. Although the governments pays us, we pay rent."
Taxpayers spend more than $5.7 million a year of federal money to keep the HUD complex operational, Bowersock reported.
The county and state also contributes money to pay for the housing.
"There's been shootings here. (There's been) prostitution here," said resident Kevin Jenkins.
"It can go all the way back to five years ago, or before then, when they called it 'Uzi Alley.' I think it's going back to that," said resident Betty Bannister.
Complex management has scheduled a meeting with residents for Monday.
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I love it. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy when I look at my paystub and see $ 600 taken out in taxes.
Man, what a quote.
Welcome to the world that Hillary would have for us...
yeah that is NOT a good area either....
I don't think I would have worked that long.
You get what you pay for.
resident Hawd Elmi. "We are not slaves. We are human beings. We pay rent. Although the governments pays us, we pay rent."
This has to be the quote of the month. LOL !!
Some people get what YOU pay for.
The former Greenbriar East. Uzi Alley in the late '80s to early '90s.
Touche, Graybeard. Touche.
I used to work in Whitehall....
:)
Worst school district in Central Ohio.
But, cheapest motels in Central Ohio...LOL!
Hawd Elmi? are we really funding the Hawd Elmis of Ohio
to pay rent to low life tenement owners? I'll bet Hawds
green card is expired. This country is insane letting
all these nut jobs from Timbuktu in here then paying their rent!
What kind of name is "Hawd Elmi?"
"resident Hawd Elmi. "We are not slaves. We are human beings. We pay rent. Although the governments pays us, we pay rent."
This has to be the quote of the month. LOL !!"
Boy, do I ever agree that should be the quote of the month.
The kind that would keep me from boarding an aircraft.
The kind that would keep me from boarding an aircraft.
"What kind of name is "Hawd Elmi?"
For some reason I think its German.....
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