Many of you have received a mailing from the City of Akron and Service Line Warranties of America (SLWA) offering optional exterior water and sewer house line insurance. I’ve had a number of folks who are unsure whether this may be worthwhile, or if the letter was a scam. This is a legitimate partnership between Akron and SWLA.All…
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Ward 8 has never been able to access Federal Housing funds due to the program’s zip code based income guidelines. Basically 44313’s aggregate income levels were too high to warrant federal help, even though we have areas that need assistance. This has frustrated my predecessors on Council, the Adminstration and myself, especially when…
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On January 5th, during our Capital Budget hearings, City Council was first made aware of the Mayor’s proposal to purchase standardized long guns (rifles) for police officers. This was quite a surprise for all of us on council, as we had no idea this was coming down the pike. It’s listed under the $255,000 Police Gear and…
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Here’s some great news for Akron, and it involves bringing back 70 high paying jobs to downtown Akron. OK, it’s not Ward 8, but anytime we have back jobs to Akron, it increases our tax revenue, and will have ripple effects on other jobs downtown. Buckingham Doolittle & Burroughs LLC, is one of the oldest law firms in the Akron area and…
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