Why No Hovey!

632 East McCleod a house with a checkered past. Original the home of a Mine Captain named Cambell. Then through a series of owners until the house was foreclosed on in 2001.That is when I purchased the home and began to rehabilitate it. The house was a sorry looking mess and it was no wonder the neighbors were glad to see new owners take over the mess that had been abandoned.

The house was fixed up inside and out and was old in 2003. Regrettably and unknown to myself, the house was going to be another government subsidized home. Government money was being funneled through community action in a program that was intended to attract people to out community. Unfortunately, the program was being used to move Bessemer people to Ironwood and Ironwood residents to Bessemer.

By now you can guess where this story is going. Yes, just like all the horror stories we've heard and read about, the house has again been abandoned. After all the free improvements, the place was still unaffordable to the purchasers.

Monday evening the Building Department will go in front of the City Council and ask for funding to clean up the current disaster at 632 East McLeod.

When Bruce Noren and his gang vote on this item, it should become explicitly clear why the people of Ironwood don't want the Hovey Low Income Housing Project built in our community. Let Hovey build this junk in their neighborhoods. Enough is enough!