Before I respond to your reply, I must first ask you, do you ever make a posting or a reply without the word "racist"? It seems that is your response to those that oppose your views. Please offer thoughtful arguments in the place of politically charged words.
Now, to your comments about my posting: The assumption is not that all homeless people are felons or sexual offenders. The assumption is that since the other shelters will not allow homeless people have been convicted of felonies or sexual crimes that some of the forty beds of the Market Street shelter will contain felons and/or sex offenders since the Market Street Shelter does not check criminal backgrounds of their clients. Sharon, can you or any one else guarantee that without the same background checks the County and the Salvation Army use that this will not be the case? If so, please elaborate how to the group. I deal with homeless people every day at my work. I place them in ambulances to get treatment for their health problems. I help find the people that hit them in the head with a bottle and steal the little possessions they have because the bad guy thinks they will get away with it. I try get them emergency housing, even when they are afraid of the very shelters that can help them due to the same problems with theft in the very place they seek refuge. Oh, by the way, the homeless people I deal with are a mixture of White, Black, and Hispanic. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Sharon Boone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Wolfe" <me@> wrote: > > > > Is it just me or did concerned heterosexual citizens voice > concerns on this issue. I do remember them being concerned that the > Market Street Mission will not be performing background checks via > Social Security Numbers as the County and the Salvation Army do. > This would mean the felons and the Megan's Law sex offenders that > they would turn away could stay at Asbury Ave & Memorial. > > > > They would be released around 7 AM out onto the street where a > children's school bus stop is, not to mention a clear walking path > for teenagers heading north to the high school from AP's southside. > > > > While heterosexuals are not the only ones that have children in > Asbury Park, the majority of children in the at-risk proposed area > around the Mission seem to belong to heterosexual parents. > > > > Please ask the families over here how they feel about the prospect > of sex offenders and felons around the corner from where their > children play due to Market Street's decision not to perform the > most minimum efforts to ensure their children's safety and I am sure > that you will here those deafening heterosexual voices against the > mission. > > > > Respectfully, > > Tom > > > You "assume", that that's what they are! Sex offenders and felons. > Not just men who are down and out! Some have posted here, that we > already have "too many" in this community. Where, pray tell! The > night my husband suffered a heart attack, JSMC had several in their > emergency room, due to the severe cold, 1/31/06. If you had seen > their condition, you'd rethink your statement. In a country of > plenty, the homeless have nowhere to go, kids go to sleep hungry, > every night, while you sleep in your warm home, loft or condo, while > kids on the west side sleep in roach and rat infested, slums, while > the north east live in splendor! All I can say is remember > Katrina. That's the face of America and its' racist policies. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/Y2tolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
