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Troy residents urge council to back 'We the People' amendment and raise housing concerns
Summary
Multiple residents used public comment Sept. 15 to urge Troy City Council to pass a local resolution supporting House Joint Resolution 54 (the "We the People" amendment) to limit money in politics, and several speakers raised local housing-affordability concerns tied to corporate homebuyers; no council action on the requests was recorded.
Several Troy residents on Sept. 15 urged the Troy City Council during public comment to support House Joint Resolution 54 (commonly called the "We the People" amendment) to restrict spending in political campaigns and reduce corporate influence. Speakers also raised local housing-affordability concerns they attribute to corporate buyers and investor-owned housing.
Deb Hogshead, a Troy resident, told the council that as many as 25 Ohio communities have passed resolutions or ballot initiatives backing the proposed amendment and asked Troy to become the 26th. Hogshead said the amendment "will require the regulation of money spent on political campaigns and put corporate entities in their rightful place, secondary to We the People." She noted the remarks were…
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