Right now, it's tense in the neighborhoods,'' said Greg Myers of the Clintonville Area Commission. People are certainly wondering about what the candidates' positions are on the issues. I believe neighborhoods focus those issues. Neighborhoods percolate with demands and complaints. But civic leaders say City Hall is busier these days.
Services are strained from three decades of rapid growth.
With competition for resources comes a new balkanization. Mayor Greg Lashutka said neighborhood issues will be key to his successor's election. Roberta Booth, president of the Council of South Side Organizations, said the neighborhoods are gearing up for the election. We're going to be extremely active,'' she said. And we need sidewalks.