Longtime Stark Housing Authority employee Veda Davis, who d been fired, settles suit with agency. Deal enables her to collect more retirement benefits.
By the time the second round came, parts of her drywall were strewn across her stairway. We re still finding some bullets, she said, picking up her toddler.
Shots were fired early Thursday morning at several buildings at the Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority-owned Gage Gardens Apartments, 2415 Edith Ct. NE, Canton police reports show. The complex consists of 54 units with two or three bedrooms.
Another resident, Kassandra Russo, said a red Ford sport utility vehicle with black along the running boards drove over the sidewalks and grass that runs between apartments. The driver fired numerous shots, stopping at some point and firing more, and then moving on, firing more shots at another building at the end of the complex.
CANTON – Separately, they believed their voices were whispers. But together, a growing number of Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority residents said they ll become too loud to ignore. Yes, it s affordable . but it s not safe and it s not decent living conditions, said Kassandra Russo, 29, who lives in the Gage Gardens housing complex in the northeast area.
Russo and a handful of others, including some from public housing units at Jackson-Sherrick in the southeast section, have helped organize and operate the private Facebook group Exposing Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority. Created two weeks ago, it now has 165 members.
Using a time-tested notion that strength comes in numbers, members are using the social media platform to organize. Ultimately, they want to collect information and facts about maintenance problems, safety concerns and communication gaps, which can be delivered to Housing Authority officials.