On Monday, Lynne Patton, a regional administrator for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, blasted Baltimore Mayor Bernard Young, former Maryland Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele, and Reverend Al Sharpton for ripping President Trump for his comments about the horrible conditions in the city of Baltimore, and Young for his comments in an interview with CNN in which he stated, “Do we have problems? Yeah. We have problems with crime just like every other major city. If you want to help us, help us. You talk about wanting to make America great again, put money into cities that need it most.”
Patton fired back, “I want to say this expressly to Mayor Young and Michael Steele, and Al Sharpton, who today called out the president and said, 'Let President Trump put his money where his mouth is': Well, boys and girls, I have a message for you: President Trump has given $16 billion in 2018 alone to Elijah Cummings's district in federal grants. We have given more money in homeless funds to Baltimore than the last administration; we have given more money in community development grants than the last administration to Baltimore.”
Then she added one more salvo, snapping, "My question to you guys is this: What are you actually doing with the money so that it benefits residents in the community instead of deep-pocketed American politicians?” In June 2017, Patton was appointed by President Trump to head Region II of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, which oversees New York and New Jersey.
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That $16,000,000,000 would have been better spent had Cummings simply set up a table in any one of Baltimore’s ghettos and announced the first 160,000, Black residents of Baltimore city, that show up will be given a $100,000 check. Do with that $100,000 as you feel fit. No strings attached.
ReplyDeleteThat solution would have interesting consequences, many of them bloody or otherwise tragic. Tarantino and Spike Lee should get together to discuss a movie or series done as well as The Wire.
DeleteWell said and Obama our first black president should be ashamed ,that he made crime worse, the riots and murders, and blaming the Police every time for the young thugs that ran the streets, burned down streets and built these thugs up as heroes.Trump instead recognized the young blacks who stay in school, work and add to their communities instead of destroying them. They have a real future and make their parents and their communities are proud. Baltimore will improve just as all these troubled cities will improve crime will go down and industry will come back to those areas. We need more Ben Carson's in the world not Trayvon Martin's.
ReplyDeleteYou are exactly right 10:47. What is unfortunate is that due to a complete lack of any and all honesty most in black communities won't admit obama's fault in all of this.
ReplyDeleteAll obama did is whip them up and got them to scream racist at every turn. Truth is blacks do not have to fear racism. But they do have to fear devils like obama.
Pre Freddie Gray the murder rate was declining. Everyday posted on the BPD FB;s page were pictures of illegal guns being taken off the streets. The police were being proactive. After obama's getting them all whipped up and tearing up the city this stopped. Police stopped being pro active and the murder rate sky rocketed. Broke all records. But truth is they are getting exactly what they wished for and exactly what they deserve because their complete lack of any and all morals had them siding with the lying ghetto trash obama. To this day many still idolize obama. Goes to prove they are an immoral race. you idolize a liar like obama proves you are nothing but garbage yourself and deserve a plight living in poverty crime and filth. you are not worthy for anything better and is why God has cursed them