[StBernard] Blighted List

[Westley Annis]

Butch,
 
I hope you feel better now that you vented.  I missed the deadline for
demolition because of a planned sale as well, but that was my decision.  I
am still trying to sell the property and if I can't, I will have to use
another option.  If you took your name off the list to sell privately and
now want to put it back on the list, I will try to help you if you would
like, but you will have to let me know.  The blighted list that you referred
to is not a threat, it is an informational list to help identify those
properties that are still abandoned and those that are in some process that
are not recorded with the parish.  If someone has done work on the house,
they just need to get in touch with the parish
 
Good luck and God Bless,
Craig
 
-----Original Message-----
Okay, Now I'm pissed off and I gotta vent. My home has been on the FEMA
demolition list for about two months. Knowing that it would take some time
for the demolition to commence I also listed the house for sale - CHEAP.
About one week ago my realator told me that someone was very interested in
purchasing the home, but, he didn't want to buy it while it was on the
demolition list. So I made a special trip to the parish and removed the home
from the list. While doing so I was advised by parish officials that I could
not place it back on the list. SO, with fingers crossed and a St. Joseph
statue buried in the lawn I removed my house from the list, hoping to sell
it and spur neighborhood revitalization. Well "Murphy's Law" is at work and
we have not heard anything from the potential buyer for about four days. We
do not intend on rebuilding the home and if all else fails we will sell it
to the state through the LRA program. Sell really isn't the correct word,
actually "give it to the state" would be a better term. We would receive
less that $10.000 dollars for the home.
And now our parish officials are producing a "Blighted List" that most
people can't see and they are threatening us.This is too much. If I ever
even slightly entertained the notion to rebuild this home it's long gone.
Those of you who have risked everything to rebuild should be concerned. The
vast majority of the population of this parish are having their worst fears
confirmed. Instead of welcoming arms we witness "Catch 22" policies that
make the risk far to great. I just don't get it. I've had enough. I miss my
friends, but I'm gone for good. I'll do the best I can with the wreckage of
my old house, but I'll make my HOME elsewhere.
May God Bless all of us.
Butch S.