A woman fears for her safety every time she walks to her car, all because the grass next door to her is so high. Sick of getting ignored by the city, she called the 19 Troubleshooters.
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio - A woman fears for her safety every time she walks to her car, all because the grass next door to her is so high.“My gun is in my hand locked and loaded, yes it is,” said Marcia Jones, a resident in East Cleveland on Dover Avenue. “I turn, I walk, just like this.”Especially when it’s dark, all because of the vacant property next to her East Cleveland home. The lot on Dover Avenue is filled with high grass.
“You have deers, you have rodents, you have cats,” she said. “And then it’s so high to where someone could be hiding in the grass, not knowing who’s watching you every day.”And when she started reporting the problem to city hall, council members told her nothing could be done.“He did not implement any money in the city’s financial for the grass to be cut,” said Jones. “That’s what I was told.”
Jones says she hasn’t been able to get any help with this grass, so she called the 19 Troubleshooters.But we ran into the clerk of East Cleveland City Council outside, who confirmed Mayor Brandon King moved money away from services addressing vacant properties. “There’s block grant money the mayor choose not to apply to resident services and asked council to reallocate money away from resident services to a street resurfacing and sewer project,” he said.As for residents like Jones, they’ll have to continue waiting until policy is changed.Copyright 2023 WOIO. All rights reserved.
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