--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > I'm responding to a rather old message that I just saw scanning > through while I was seeking something else! > > It appears to me that most of the "New" People who have arrived here > in the past 5-7 years are actually Raping Asbury Park, NOT "Standing > Up" for Anything good at ALL here!
Steve, in case you haven't noticed, the Berlin Wall has come down. How am I raping Asbury? I continue to pay school taxes and don't use the system? You like to place blame for all this country's ills on those you characterize as rich or wealthy. Those same people pay a lot of the bills through taxes and by employing others. Is there a divide? Certainly. But anyone can go for the brass ring. Twenty years ago my salary put me below the poverty level. Now I pay more in local income taxes than many people earn. I don't begrudge paying those taxes and having a minor in economics, I fully understand that it is a redistribution of wealth. But then I don't appreciate being lectured by you. I would just like you to say thank you. Many of the solutions of the 1960's simply do not work. They have created generations of welfare recipients. Give a hungry man a fishing pole and not a fish. Must there be a safety net? Sure, but don't make it a permanent feather bed. The last thing AP needs is the Market Mission. They will not screen their "customers" and religious groups have a spotty record in being good neighbors operating such facilities. Stop makingblanket statements about those who support SUFA. I, and others who support it, do not support Fishman or the majority on the council wo have let him have his way. As more COs are delivered for new units, the more affordable housing payments are made by Partners. That money needs to be put to good use by the city (preferably by people like Keady) to find a long-term solution to homelessness and increase home ownership in AP. Couple that with ZERO TOLERANCE for crime and quality of life issues. It is you who are spouting racist views by demonizing and lump diverse persons into groups (newcomers from NYC). Want to make a difference? Make more money and pay more taxes. 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/