As an Avondale resident who drives on pothole-filled roads every day, I’m frustrated by Cincinnati Vice Mayor Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney’s push to fund her nonprofit allies over essential, basic services. Our roads, snow removal, trash collection, and emergency response are struggling − yet she prioritizes pet projects that benefit connected insiders already in the know.
No one elected Kearney for better security at the nonprofit Art Academy of Cincinnati, but she kept saying, “We (the city) need to fund them.” What we need is smooth, clean roads, to not get murdered in our homes, and affordable apartments in town.
Taxpayer money should serve everyone, not just Kearney’s chosen few friends.
Anne Howard, Avondale
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Kearney pushes Art Academy handout while Cincinnati’s basic services collapse | Letter
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