(WMOK) Metropolis, IL – Metropolis Mayor Canada and Metropolis Animal Control Officer John Roman joined us recently to discuss the condition of some properties in town and what’s being done to improve the landscape.
- WMOK: How many abandoned houses such as this do we have in town and approximately how many homeless people do we estimate to be living in the City of Metropolis?
- Mayor Canada advises “quite a bit” on the homeless population and discusses an area on Old Marion Road known as “Big John/Little John to many at which several have pitched tents. Regarding properties – Mayor Canada estimates 50.
- Officer Roman discusses vehicles without tags and inoperable vehicles.
- Officer Roman discusses the interaction of squatters with properties and the expected increase as the weather cools.
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