Cincinnati's Dirty Secret: Blighted Buildings

"It's disconcerting as well to note what city's chief building inspector, William Langevin, told The Post's Randy Ludlow: the number of abandoned buildings in the core neighborhoods surrounding downtown has stayed at about 300... [T]he degree to which the city's tape-encrusted permitting and inspection process slows down legitimate developers who are trying to rehab old buildings or rebuild urban neighborhoods — this is the city's own fault."