Opening Doors announced its ad hoc committee – chosen by executive director John Johnson – that will “develop a comprehensive governance structure” for the Continuum of Care Council.
- CoC develops strategies and doles out state and federal dollars for homeless initiatives. Its members and operations have been secretive in the past.
Johnson describes this as a “milestone worthy of mention.” We reported on this in early September.
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East Hill Quiz
Dorothy Schrader and a couple of her PHS friends have developed a quiz based on growing up in East Hill and Pensacola during the 1950s and 1960s. Do you know the answers?
What was originally built on the property where Saltmarsh, Cleveland, & Gund now have their CPA firm on 12th Avenue?
What red brick restaurant, no longer in business, had carhops, inside seating, fried food, family atmosphere on East Gregory?
Name a nationwide chain grocery that long ago closed on 12th Avenue across from Matthews Park.
Which specific street crossed over the bayou as a 2-lane bridge before new construction of current Cervantes one?
Again, there are some fantastic people on this CoC list, so this isn’t about any of the folks John Johnson placed on his list.
Are we now just supposed to look the other way that Opening Doors–or maybe just John Johnson himself–was doling out 75% of the funding to itself while there was NO actual, official continuum of care in place voting on the money? Just John with his list-making gifting his own agency with three quarters of the list.
Is it even legal what he did? Honest question. Of course like so many things, even if it was illegal, that certainly doesn’t mean any of the overseeing agencies and bodies would do anything about it. Water under the bridge and all that.
One of the agencies that hasn’t received money during John’s HUD dictatorship should file an ethics complaint against him. I can’t even imagine how many agencies and individuals struggling to do work every day in the field on scant funding would have standing to do so. Is there a such thing as a class action ethics complaint?