Robbing Peter to pay Paul is still robbery however the Have-nots aka the poor are more so always the victims of this type of robbery that is often disguised as a fee, a tax, or some type of much needed improvement that may or may not see.
Moving money from a storm water fund to demo dangerous or abandoned buildings is an example of robbing Peter to Pay Paul and everybody else. The address-less buildings on the list never decreased the chances of flooding anywhere. Buildings don’t attract illegal dumping or control drainage, however using drainage funds for drainage will possibly im- prove it and enforcing illegal dumping will detour illegal dumpers.
Why would they stop if they are not going to be properly prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law? The city also plays a role in illegal dumping by staying behind on heavy trash pickup, lack of inspectors, and poor management of city depositories. Why would a depository be closed Sundays and Mondays if there is an illegal dumping problem citywide?
We not being redlined due to the number of abandoned buildings; however, we are being redlined due to flood- ing and drainage issues. Per the latest FEMA map 70% of areas like SouthPark are now in the floodplain. Drainage projects and detention basins are not the same, adding a detention basin into flood plain is like putting a wash- tub inside of a bathtub. What happens when the tub overflows?
