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Daily Archives: December 24, 2012
For Shame, Lousy Landlords
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Editor’s note: Thumbs UP!
That’s what they’re doing in Pittsburgh.
City council voted recently to reinstate a public-shaming program aimed at irresponsible landlords.
The new law requires the city’s Bureau of Building Inspection to identify the 10 most dilapidated structures and the Department of Public Works to put up signs with the owners’ names, addresses and phone numbers.
Under the “Operation Red” program, the signs will say, “Don’t Come Here. Don’t Invest Here.”
The signs are intended to shame landlords, but some critics predict they will embarrass tenants more. Other critics say the signs may hasten the demise of particular streets or neighborhoods.
Read more: http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/796288_For-shame–lousy-landlords.html#ixzz2Fz0gnkXC
Crow Problem Resurfaces At Park City
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Crows once again are congregating atop Park City Center, and mall owners might again haul out the heavy cannons to shoo them away.
But with concerns about anything resembling gunshots emanating from a shopping mall in the wake of recent mass shootings, the cannons will be fired at dusk, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. only. The cannons were shot from 3 to 7 p.m. last year.
General Growth Properties, the owning and managing company of Park City Center, said it is implementing a number of efforts to deter the crows.
Pottstown Codes Deptartment Gets Reprimanded By State
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Editor’s note: This made the Mercury’s 2012 Top Stories list…always good to keep the shenanigans in Pottstown on our minds! Be vigilant!
POTTSTOWN, PA — The state agency which oversees code and inspection functions in Pennsylvania has issued a “formal warning” to the Pottstown Codes office for a number of violations, including allowing inspections to be conducted by personnel not certified to perform those inspections.
In a letter issued Oct. 2, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry informed the codes office manager, Maria E. Bleile, of the results of its complaint investigation.
The letter outlines eight complaints regarding inspections at both commercial and residential properties, ranging from Pottstown Memorial Hospital, to the Salvation Army to four residential properties.
Issues ranged from inspectors conducting “plan reviews” and inspections without the proper certification; to no records of reviews or certain inspections being conducted at all; to missing dates in inspection reports.
When The Bough Breaks: Berks County Commissioners Initiate Study Of Park Trees
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Most people walk through a park looking at what nature offers at eye level or lower to avoid tripping over roots or other natural features of the land.
But not Berks County Parks Director Clare W. Adams, a landscape architect.
She tends to see the beauty in the leaf canopy above her and wonder about the health of the trees.
She wants park visitors to be able to enjoy the view without having to worry about falling branches or trees.
Christmas Eve Special On Reading Airs Tonight
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Reading PA – The one-hour CBS Christmas Eve special focusing on Reading’s hopeful holiday spirit amid poverty will be broadcast tonight at 11:35 pm without commercials in the “David Letterman” time slot.
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