Reply #21: Religious and historical associations aside, it's a matter of economics [View All]

[theHandpuppet]

That might sound cold to some, but just how in the hell is the strapped city of Cleveland supposed to be able to afford seizing abandoned church properties, considering the amounts of money and manpower it would take to preserve/upkeep said properties? Why in the world do you think these churches were closed to begin with? Good grief, there are thousands of folks in Cleveland who don't have a decent roof over their head but the city should fork out money for abandoned churches? If said churches could not sustain enough of a membership to keep them going, then just how much validity did they have to their contemporary ethnic communities?
Perhaps there are alternate solutions but asking the city of Cleveland to foot the bill for empty churches is just wrong-headed. It pains me to say this because I love Dennis, but damn that's dumb.