You've said it as best as I could. Texas has a fund to help
the aged and poor pay thier utilities by adding a dollar to
utility bills. The State politicians are only giving the poor
less than what is needed and using the fund for other things. A
commentator said it amounts to embezzlement. The point being
if AP is being given all these millions for education and because
the area is designated a blighted area, to encourage entreprenures
to come here, open and establish businesses but I hear they come here
get a chunk of the grant money, open a "business" and in a year
the business is kaput!
I didn't spark a race riot because it always about race. Do you
see any Black businesses? One or two. Mr. Fashions sold his business
and the building it was in is under renovation. The buyer moved
the store to an obscure location in Ocean Twp. If you didn't know this little
factoid, you would think Mr. Fashions no longer existed.
This little City has ALL of the problems of NY, Chicago or LA!
It's just on a smaller scale. Dennis, thank you!
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Dennis Dubrow <traderdube@...> wrote:
>
> Walk a mile in my shoes....Sharon and Keady sparked a "race riot" on the list
> and that is hardly a bad thing. Each one one of them hit a hot point while
> pressing their agenda. Neither of them intentionally or otherwise trying to
> offend. The sad reality is that crime across our country is way up, I
> understand that spring lake has had more crimes committed this summer than
> the past ten years combined. The cause? Heroin. Addiction. Poverty.
> Two of the three no know racial boundaries. Poverty does. Sharon stated that
> 12% of the population are Black. Keady can surely tell us what % of the
> population are in jail and commit the bulk if the street crime across our
> country. Sharon is living proof that we are what the constitution says;
> created equal. But for Asbury Park the sad harsh reality is that there is a
> generation of lost displaced backs against the walk mostly Black males who
> have turned to gangs and street crime because they have no alternative, they
> seemingly have no choice. This despite fantastic parents like Sharon that
> have led exemplary lives of hard work and toil and service to their fellow
> man, only to see their sins and daughters besmirch their good names. So
> what's the point and what's the solution? Because in Asbury Park you keep
> your eyes open wide not get caught in a situation where a young man with a
> gun wants more than you got.
> As Asbury has moved forward with restaurants and clubs and shops all designed
> for upper middle class rich people, the streets are still littered with poor
> lost souks he'll bent on destruction. The solutions to make Asbury a safe,
> crime free community are complex and difficult and they start with leadership
> at the highest levels working together. In the schools, in the religious
> organizations and the local government the leadership has to come together
> and start the arduos process of healing and growth.
> So far that ain't happening but talking about it here and there and
> everywhere is at the very Lear a start.
>
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