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Article: Trust Issues
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- Pittsburgh City Paper
- Article date:
- June 27, 2007
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East Liberty neighbors says government not coming clean about plan for former drug front
RESIDENTS OF EAST LIBERTY'S Rippey Street might not object to a group of ex-cons moving next door ... it's the federal government they don't trust.
"We've gotta find out what's going on," says East Liberty resident Ronald Smith, 67. "The government is sneaky - it's treacherous."
The apartment complex at 5620 Rippey St. is shielded with plywood. Its windows, even its front door, are barred and boarded.
Although the building appears abandoned, recent news that the federal government is trying to convert it into ex-offender housing has residents focusing their attention on the neighborhood eyesore, and the ...