Reading, Pennsylvania Mayor Tom McMahon Announces Wall Of Shame
Listen up, City Hall has gone viral! At least in Reading, Pennsylvania it has. Mayor Tom McMahon is tired of the way some of the neighborhoods look in his town and he’s not going to take it anymore.
From now on, those property owners found to be neglecting their property are going to see their names dragged through the mud and be affixed to the “Wall of Shame“.
What’s the Wall of Shame? Well McMahon has decided to post information (names AND pictures) on blighted properties around town in the hopes of shaming the owners into doing something to spruce up their homes. He’s also providing them a bit of an incentive. If they don’t fix up the properties, he’s going to tear them down.
“We are ramping up our focus on irresponsible property owners that are bringing blight into our city neighborhoods,” McMahon said in a statement Monday after touring one property.
“For 2010, we have 60 properties … and 10 of them have been formally brought into the process to be designated as blighted properties,” he added. “If owners don‟t respond we will take every action necessary to remove the blight, including tearing properties down.”
“I say this to owners of derelict properties in our city: you can run, but you cannot hide,” McMahon said. “The whole world will know who you are and what you are doing to our neighborhoods and City. Make no mistake about it — we are coming after you.”
Standing applause is due for Mr. McMahon. Makes you wonder what kinds of things could happen in this Country if politcians actually did something about the problems confronting society.
Thankfully there are men, and women, who have the backbone like Tom McMahon.
‘Wall of Shame’ for property owners Reading Mayor Tom McMahon announced a new online “Wall of Shame” featuring blighted properties in the community. McMahon says the property owners’ names …
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