tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385359808043148998.post2813302650598518400..comments2024-03-28T03:23:42.275-04:00Comments on Digital Notebook: Uncertified Inspections and ReviewsEvan Brandthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00978107579447279224noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385359808043148998.post-69032716178638740672012-12-28T07:03:25.872-05:002012-12-28T07:03:25.872-05:00I would like to write something of depth here, but...I would like to write something of depth here, but my brain just keeps screaming, "This codes department is a joke, an embarrassment, and a disgrace."Jane Doehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06676542520575245043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385359808043148998.post-3602812184281205372012-12-21T17:23:17.200-05:002012-12-21T17:23:17.200-05:00When I bought my property, it never occurred to me...When I bought my property, it never occurred to me that I was also buying into a community. I suppose I, naively, thought I was buying simply my parcel. As time went on, the homes beside me began to deteriorate. Over time, the deterioration began to invite litter unlike anything I had seen in years past – the rundown appearance of the rental units and trashy area began to invite tenants that are comfortable living in that type of environment. Due to this experience, it became evident to me that when I purchased real estate, I did, in fact, buy into the neighborhood and was therefore partly responsible for the image of my community. <br /><br />I became dissatisfied with my communities appearance and started my own community clean-up every weekend. It didn’t take long until I realized there was only so much control I had over the issues and would require additional support. I became proactive in alerting the Codes department to surrounding properties that were in disrepair. <br /><br />Image, with 45% rentals in an area, what kind of impact or influence that can have on a neighborhood.<br /> <br />The responsibility for the community not only lies on the owner-occupant. Onus also lies on the investors, their tenants as well as local government; including Codes.<br /><br />I am seeing first-hand how a lack of effective code enforcement damages a community.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385359808043148998.post-34158683710575889352012-12-20T11:03:42.249-05:002012-12-20T11:03:42.249-05:00Flanders said that RVB “are just a phone call away...Flanders said that RVB “are just a phone call away.” <br /><br />Is that answer suppose to be comforting to taxpayers? Excuse me but, In case nobody has noticed, (walk out your front door,look around), we are in the midst of a long-term, conspicuous melt-down of the Codes Department and the violations from Labor and Industry are serious. <br /><br />Many who work there were NEVER qualified to be doing what we pay them to do in the first place while others, allegedly, exhibit malleable ethics in public service. <br /><br />Yet, the best we get from the D.A. is, well, nothing and Flanders offers assurances that...<br /><br />he's depending on a company, (RV&B), whose employees are defending against a multi-million dollar federal lawsuit that resulted, in part, because of their lack of certification and refusal to accept responsibility for their role in the Norristown Rittenhouse Condo's fiasco? <br /><br />To be the borough manager, facing off against increasingly disgruntled taxpayers, and to come across with such banality is hollow and so very, very wrong. It’s called "reduction to absurd." <br /><br />Oh, and I want to walk up to the codes window - never again - to see a male employee rubbing the shoulders of his female co-worker. That's NOT what we pay them to do and, among other things, it is symptomatic of deficient management skills in that department. <br /><br />Thanks Evan for checking the pulse of the leadership for this blog post, it's clearly not the response I would have hoped for. <br /><br /> <br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com