for poor administration of New Jersey Homekeeper Program, calls for reforms
Trenton, NJ – On Wednesday during a special joint committee hearing held by the Assembly Housing and Financial Institutions Committees, Phyllis Salowe-Kaye, Executive Director of NJ Citizen Action, New Jersey’s largest homeowners loan counseling agency, criticized Governor Christie for failing to help struggling homeowners and called on the State to implement better foreclosure mitigation services.
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From May 16 to August 17 I have made 24 phone calls to City officials, mainly Inspector Joe Stecklair, Jack Lipsett and Mayor William James, concerning the two properties bordering my home in Gloucester Heights.
Both properties fit the description city officials claim to be \”unkempt properties.\” On May 30 Stecklair met me at my home and after seeing the situation said, \”John, I didn’t know it was this bad, you shouldn’t have to live like this.\” He then called the \”out-of-town owner\” and said, \”Jamie I’m here at Princeton Ave. There’s a problem, its bad out here, something must be done immediately.\” A 2 p.m. meeting was set for that day. The other property on Oxford Avenue, an abandoned, bank-owned house with a collapsed building, is known to be a safety hazard to City officials. The lawn has been mowed twice all summer.
The Princeton Avenue property is still a mosquito breeding, unkempt jungle littered with the \”out-of-towners\” filthy dumpsters and broken down equipment.
In Haddon Township, where he resides, this probably would not be tolerated. But in Gloucester, where he has a city dumpster contract and busy construction business (permits, fees), it is no big deal. Why? How about the quality of life on the East side of town?
John Houser, Gloucester Heights
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The mission of Gloucester City’s Feral Treasures is to help reduce the feral cat population with a humane cycle of trap, neuter and return (TNR).
One of the group’s volunteers, Doran, understands why people might be upset about Gloucester City’s cat population.
However, she said, \”It’s not the cat’s fault it got dumped.\”
Doran serves as Feral Treasures’ secretary and she is joined by a team of dedicated volunteers.
They include Sue, who is the group’s president; Theresa, who serves as the organization’s trapper; and also Kathy, the treasurer, who is also trained in helping wildlife.
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PHILADELPHIA—Kenneth Richard Mazik, 25, of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 16 months in prison for disrupting the services of the Philadelphia International Airport on March 1, 2012, and endangering the safety at that airport. U.S. District Court Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg also ordered Mazik to pay restitution to the airport, to the FAA, and to USAirways in the amount of $91,092; a $100 special assessment; and three years’ supervised release.
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