Jack, I completely agree with you about the race card being uses to freely lately. My legally-married-husband is a Hispanic immigrant and he supports Stand Up For Asbury! I guess he might know what Asbury Steve (a white man according to pictures on his website) means by "... most of these People don't even understand what problems Minorities Face, or know ANYTHING about them!"
I disagree with Asbury Steve's comments that you cannot be anti-Mission and care about the homeless. That is like the Republicians saying you cannot be anti-Iraq War while Supporting the Troops. Cher proves that wrong by being vocal against the Iraq War while donating and help raise money for "Operation Helmet, which pays about $100 to modify the inside of soldiers' helmets to make them better able to absorb shock from a bomb blast." (SOURCE - MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13351659/) A police officer in Morristown where the Market Street Mission (MSM) is located states that the problem is not the shelter itself but the location. Morristown has a few shelters and most of them are a distance from their business center. Unfortunitely, MSM is next to a public park in the business district and when all of the clients are discharged until nighttime, many hang in groups that adversely affect the business area. In addition, there is emergency housing currently available in multiple locations in Asbury Park. They may not be official shelters, but they do shelter the homeless. The police officer said that if the MSM was located further away from the business district like the other shelters, the local business would have not been impacted so. Memorial between Sewall and Asbury Ave is close to Asbury Park's sprouting business district. The Mission at this location would kick the feet from under it. Being against an improperly run homeless shelter that does not do background checks like others in New Jersey State does not make you a racist. This was another concern about MSM of the police officer, for obvious reasons. The clients of the Mission to be located at Memorial between Sewall and Asbury Avewould be discharge approximately 7 AM in the morning. There is a school bus that kids using in the morning at Memorial and Sewall. I do not believe that a place that does not perform criminal background checks that would prevent felons and sexual offenders should let there clients out the door in front of children, especially since today's fiscal reality makes it very likely that the parents will be at or commuting to work and the children will be unsupervised. Unfortunitely, the police officer said there was nothing that they could do since MSM was already there. He did wish Stand Up For Asbury! luck in fighting this expansion. Respectfully, Tom 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/
