The day MMY lets a bunch of poor, homeless knee-grows move into pundit housing will be the day the pundits actually arrive. Sorry, no room at the inn.
--- Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This needs work, and I need to work, but as with the > other letter, I thought > I¹d post it here to stimulate some discussion. After > improving it a bit, > I¹ll probably send it to the local paper. > > Open letter to Ed Malloy, Bob Wynne (Mayor of Vedic > City) and Craig Pearson > (Executive VP of MUM) > > Texas has absorbed a quarter of a million refugees > and is maxed out. In > addition to the thousands of people living in major > sports arenas, groups of > 200-300 in hundreds of churches and community > centers. All kinds of > financial aid including unemployment insurance and > more is being set up now. > An effort is underway to move people from these > larger centers to > communities where it will be easier for them to look > for jobs and housing > once they start getting their government relief > money. How about extending a > welcome from Fairfield, Vedic City and MUM to > Katrina refugees? There are > 30-40 houses on the market here and numerous > apartments. There is room for > at least 500 people in the pundit housing in Vedic > City. > > I don¹t know what kind of housing there might be on > campus, since so many > buildings have been demolished, but you can bet that > if 100 paying students > wanted to come, space would be found. Universities > around the country are > offering to take in students displaced by the storm, > tuition-free. Even a > university in Austria has offered to take in 500 > students. > > Moveon.org, at http://www.hurricanehousing.org/ is > coordinating a grass > roots effort to connect people who have extra room > with those who need a > place to stay. > ______________________________________________________ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> 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/
