P.G. Sittenfeld

Skipping lunch to draw attention to hunger

Jay Hanselman — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:50:27 +0000

Cincinnati Council Member P.G.

Cleaning up blighted Cincinnati properties

Jay Hanselman — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:53:32 +0000

Cincinnati Council Member P.G. Sittenfeld is continuing his push to fight blight in the city's neighborhoods.

He held a press conference Tuesday morning to discuss his latest plan.

“The Restoring Our Communities Initiative is aimed entirely at combating blight, improving safety and bolstering property values in our neighborhoods,” Sittenfeld said.

Sittenfeld begins effort to restore state funding cuts

Howard Wilkinson — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:43:21 +0000

Cincinnati City Council member P.G. Sittenfeld - joined by elected officials from several of Ohio's major cities - has created a web site to drum up public support to restore all of the the nearly $3 billion in cuts to the Local Government Fund made by Gov. John Kasich and the Ohio legislature two years ago.

Law would change smoke detectors for Cincy rentals

Jay Hanselman — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:37:52 +0000

Cincinnati Council could soon pass an ordinance requiring most city landlords to replace the smoke detectors in their rental units.

Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls and Council Member P.G. Sittenfeld are holding a press conference Tuesday morning to discuss the proposed legislation.

It would require all rental properties in the city to be equipped with photoelectric smoke detectors. Sittenfeld said estimates show 90 percent of all households right now have an ionization detector.

Cincinnati will speed demolition near schools, family zones

Jay Hanselman — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:56:24 +0000

Cincinnati will be speeding up the demolition of condemned buildings within 1,000 feet of schools or areas with a large number of families with children.

Council Member P.G. Sittenfeld has been working with officials to make the change. He said in the past the city has demolished about 40 to 60 structures a year.