Dear Mayor Jones:
I hope that your office and the assessor’s office, and the
LRA, will offer every assistance to Park Central Development.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-11-30/st-louisans-facing-tax-foreclosure-would-see-relief-via-new-fund?
I urge complete transparency in all tax records, and in all
LRA holdings. No more McKees, no more North Point Developers. No more rumors
about LRA special deals for friends and campaign donors.
Moreover, owners of vacant properties need to be held to a
stricter standard. Vacant properties are
a detriment to neighborhoods and equity.
Especially commercial owners with multiple properties should not be
allowed to fall behind on taxes at all. And they should not be allowed
to own properties that are in disrepair or otherwise untended or uncared for.
Conversely, residents need to be given every assistance
available. And especially those in
low-income neighborhoods. These are “the widow with two mites.” In a shrinking city of 300,000, with such a
great divide between North and South, and Black and White, it is the poor
resident property owner that needs to be cherished.
(Many vacant properties could be turned into community
gardens, playgrounds, rainwater collections sites, community chicken coops,
and/or bird sanctuaries. Not to mention
tiny houses for homeless and veterans, etc.)
Thank you for your time,
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