Millville Insider

The Wheaton property has been in disrepair for years, an eyesore sitting at the entrance to the City. The City owns the property as a result of Team Santiago’s ill advised settlement with GGI. In that settlement, Team Santiago forgave hundred of thousands of dollars of unpaid taxes. For reasons never explained the City looked the other way when taxes were not paid during Parent’s previous stint as Director of Revenue and Finance. So the obvious questions are: What has Team Santiago done to clean up the property, and what is the “Team’s” plan for the future of this eyesore at Second and G streets? Same answer for both questions: Nothing. Ms. Udalovas has stated over and over again that all redevelopment must go through the city’s redevelopment attorney. So who is that? None other than Doug Long’s law firm. The firm that has had and presently has ethics charges brought against them. Out of town attorneys and the Cumberland County Improvement Authority along with Don Ayr

The December 2nd city commission meeting once again showed how out of touch with the people of Millville Team Santiago is. Mr. Pepitone presented a slide show of the Wheaton property on G Street. The slide show emphasized why something has to be done about this property. Mr. Pepitone confirmed that there are squatters living there and an individual had set up a work site to process stolen copper. Mr. Pepitone and Mr. Cooper both stated that something had to be done about the property. Everyone already knew that something needs to be done, so what are they going to do? Once again no solutions were offered. Mr. Santiago as usual said nothing looking at his phone through most of the presentation.   Mr Parent sat there and laughed. What is so funny? He later stated what is going on at the Wheaton property is mind boggling. Where has he been? Mr. Parent had numerous opportunities to do something, anything, about this property when he was in office before and now. Both