Re: [AsburyPark] Re: APP.COM - Shelter may wind up homeless | Asbury Park Pre...
In a message dated 10/25/2007 11:13:11 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So my tough love speak is not from a hard heart but from experience. Everyone has rights. You can be compassionate and at the same time expect respect in return for your rights. I hear that on many levels. A lot of my thoughts, opined here, were developed theoretically over a lifetime. The interesting chapters have been learning to apply them (or sometimes adapt them to reality) while living in Asbury Park, and on a block which is more diverse than it looks. And the danger in posting here is that you can be pigeonholed based on thumbnail comments trying not to post a tome at a time. The alternative is to sit idly by, afraid to speak your piece. Charlie Rose, Tavis Smiley, and Cornell West discussed this very topic last night. I previously recommended the show; it repeats at 1:30 today and other times depending on your provider. Soon here: _Click here: A conversation with Tavis Smiley & Cornel West - Charlie Rose_ (http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2007/10/24/1/a-conversation-with-tavis-smiley -cornel-west) ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
[AsburyPark] Re: APP.COM - Shelter may wind up homeless | Asbury Park Pre...
>>>I did everything I could to get them off drugs, alcohol. > All to no avail. It breaks your heart. Ditto. But then you have might have tenants who work and simply choose not to pay rent. If you're the landlord, the city or mortgage co doesn't care about your heart. Just their payment. I thought about not being a nice guy Jan 1 this year. So now I'm down only $17k in rent because my being nice to a couple tenants who just use "tomorrow" as the paydate. As a landlord, you can listen to only so many excuses. As a landlord, you have to listen to NO excuses. Otherwise your rent money goes to their habits - not working, drinking, buying plasma tv's with your rent money, new cars etc... So tomorrow has come for a couple tenants I know. Only the 2nd time in 20 years I had to use an attorney. The first was the beginning of this year. 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/
[AsburyPark] Re: APP.COM - Shelter may wind up homeless | Asbury Park Pre...
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > And the other comment by Williams which says more than intended: > > "Williams said five have been drawn into the life-change program since June, > but of the five, he asked one to leave and another left on his own. Two men > completed their first 30 days and are in Morristown. One man is in his first > 30 days with Williams." I caught that but thought that perhaps the odds are tough. Listen, I know that first hand. I've lived most of my life in places like AP. I've had businesses and had down and out guys work for me, live in my propertie. I did everything I could to get them off drugs, alcohol. All to no avail. It breaks your heart. I am trying to keep someone right now in AP from going homeless. I've paid their rent many times. Without work it is difficult. They have made all the wrong choices in life and they know it. There is so much you can do. So my tough love speak is not from a hard heart but from experience. Everyone has rights. You can be compassionate and at the same time expect respect in return for your rights. 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/
Re: [AsburyPark] Re: APP.COM - Shelter may wind up homeless | Asbury Park Pre...
In a message dated 10/25/2007 10:29:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com) , [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ma > > > Asked if they could be taken to Market Street's successful program in > Morristown, Williams said, "Morristown might have a big issue about bringing in > people from the outside." But think nothing of bringing outsiders to AP. How nice of them. How nice of everyone who runs programs AWAY from their home. It must feel good to have a clear conscience and clear lawns and sidewalks. And the other comment by Williams which says more than intended: "Williams said five have been drawn into the life-change program since June, but of the five, he asked one to leave and another left on his own. Two men completed their first 30 days and are in Morristown. One man is in his first 30 days with Williams." ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
