You really need to read the First Amendment of The United States Consitution, and I would suggest reading The 14 th "Free Excersize Clause" as well as The Religious Land Use & INstitutionalised Persons Act of 2000, which by the way, was signed by Former President Clinton.
Check to see if any local church in Asbury Park has a merchantile license, as well. KB --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Vail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The Jersey Shore Rescue Mission opened its thrift shop yesterday. > > The Mission has a variance for this - for the time being at least. > > However, the Mission never applied for a mercantile license. > > The city issued the organization a summons today. > > This Mission does not play by the rules because it does not care > about the rules. Apparently when one is doing the Lord's work, > details like licensing and state mandated safety measures are low > priorities. > > I guess it helps to have $6,000,000 in the bank too. Those pesky > fines and legal bills! > > The City of Asbury Park will have absolutely NO control over this > operation no matter how many conditions the zoning board may try to > place on it. That is why the board must deny all of the variances > the Mission seeks. > > Paul Vail > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/