Dear Dan & Others:
As self serving as this sounds, I make this invitation to all
interested.
First I would like to point out that my fight for useof the building
has had three fronts. One the city. Two the onslaught of the unpaid
taxes. Three the alledged mal practise of the lawyer we retained
back in the beginning, Peter Falvo, Esq.
On Point two: I have a private local supporter keeping us from
foreclosure with his own money - so the building is secured and the
taxes are being paid until the courts decided that here in Long
Branch we should have had the exempt status all along.
On Point One: The City and I are heading towards Third Circuit
Appeals court this spring and I have reason to believe we will
prevail.
On Point three: "The Falvo" Matter. This morning we had to fight
off another attempt of the defendant Falvo to gain a dismissal
through motion. The Long Branch City Planner certified in support of
Falvo's motion, saying that the application we submitted for the
class D bulk variance - solely for "church" use at 162 Broadway (an
old boxing club and non profit hall previously) was moot, even though
it was flawed, because we were not up to date on our taxes in 1995.
This has been the major sticking point in the case. The city is
defending it's actions to deny us because they say we screwed up the
applications process. The Judge in this hearing this morning ruled
that the city planner was; "full of it" There is an ordinance on the
Long Branch books that allow for the them to hear an application as
long as those taxes were in fact eventually satisified, if they were
even due. This is a major victory for the Lighthouse Mission here in
Long Branch. The trial on this issue alone was set for October 30,
2006.
HERE IS MY POINT AND MY INVITATION:
I agree with you all that Asbury park has more than their fair share
of this burden. As a matter of fact, as the City of Long Branch has
been trying to convince me to get out of town here, they have always
looked to motivate me towards asbury. I truly feel this has been an
abuse to Asbury park and an injustice to my ministry.
If any of you want to take up the charge to allow my mission to
operate in the property it owns so it can service it's fair share
here than I would welcome the out cry and the support.
I have not come against much of a community and public outcry against
me and the mission, it has been solely "political" powers objecting
and their power brokers.
Some of you may want to attend out council meetings and tell our city
council they need to revisit their attitude and decision on the
Lighthouse Mission on lower Broadway. That the denial of our
existence has caused an imbalance in the surrounding communities and
that it is about time Long Branch took care of it's own problems and
stopped railroading & busing the problems into other surrounding
communities.
Of course, if anyone was so inclined I would submit the mission,
myself and anything they would need within reason so as to feel
completely comfortable with supporting us here.
My program for housing is simple. Shelter provided in a dorm
setting requires those here to be actively working or looking for
work. They have to have a structured plan to end their homelessness
and is has to be acted upon.
Please feel free to contact me.
Rev. Kevin Brown
732.222.6224
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "noblarneyzone" <jerseykev@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Dan:
> >
> > Hope all is well with you.
> >
> > I am a little confused by the email you received in regard to
> > attributing to any group of people the highest instigator of HIV.
> > It's has been some time, admittedly, since I had looked at the
> > reports that were generated by State & Federal Government.
> > In 2004 I read a fairly interesting private study that indicated
> in
> > the coastal monmouth area the major concern for the spred of HIV
> was
> > among intravienious drug users.
>
> Hey RevKev, hope you're well too. I don't know if any particular
> group is or isn't. I would think too that there was a decline among
> gays and that most new instances are drug users. It doesn't make
any
> difference really to me. I was taken back by the email in that I
> viewed it as lashing out against the gay community. The person
> appeared to be knowledgeable about the facilities in that post,
> which was about HabCore. I don't know if the person is connected
> with that group. After that email, I hope not. It was written as if
> I was purposefully not mentioning HIV clinics for the purpose of
not
> criticizing the gay community and that I was part of the group that
> despised blacks. Well, I guess some of Steve's poison rubbed off on
> others. I responded that I am neither gay nor do I despise blacks
or
> anyone for that matter, except perhaps Islamic terrorists. I also
> said that I was only discussing homeless facilities and if I
> mentioned HIV clinics, I might as well posted dialysis centers.
>
> I think there are many agendas out there. I have none. WHile it may
> be true that there are no per se homeless shelters in AP, there are
> a number of facilities that serve the homeless, ranging from
managed
> living, soup kitchens and advisory services. AP also has a number
of
> other social service faciltiies including HIV clinics, a methadone
> clinic, etc. I make no judgment on any of them. Yes it is our
social
> responsibility to help thos eless fortunate. The point is AP has
> done more than its fair share and does not need the Market Street
> Mission or any other shelter that will not screen clients. Its time
> for other nearby communities to shoulder their fair share.
>
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