good job Joe!
imagine if ALL residents put a little bit towards the school system, based on the value of their house. Imagine what the schools would be able to fund with a School Tax! however, because of tax abatements, the charitably inclined are going to have to start footing the bill for these extracurricular events. --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Joe D'Andrea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Belief #3 of the Gay Agenda says: > > "When possible, contribute financially to the community where you live." > > With that in mind, here's a sneak peek at an article that I > understand is running in tomorrow's Coaster: > > Gay Community "rescues" third graders' field trip > from School Board's spending freeze > > It started last week with a call for help. Mr. Pat Errico, a third > grade teacher at Asbury Park's Thurgood Marshall elementary school > sent out an email to a local Yahoo message board. "Our third-grade > field trip to a classical music program at the Algonquin Theater may > have to be cancelled due to the school board's spending freeze," the > message said. "And we are looking for help from the community to pay > for busses." > > In what can only be characterized and an unintended consequence of > the school board's spending freeze, the school system is only able to > spend money on absolute necessities. "Even though the field trip was > approved and the spending authorized, we can't spend money that we > don't have," School Superintendent Dr. Antonio Lewis said at a recent > school board meeting. > > So when local businessman, Joe D'Andrea, who is a technology > consultant to West21 Systems and the publisher of GayAsburyPark.com > heard about the plight of the third graders he put out an e-mail > message of his own to friends and business associates in the city's > lesbian and gay community. And with only a week between Errico's > first e-mail and the scheduled trip, D'Andrea knew that a lot of > legwork had to be done in a short amount of time. > > The response was swift. "Within two hours I had commitments from > seven businesses, individuals and organizations to cover the cost of > the buses," D'Andrea said. > > While he was drumming up financial support, the school board was > working to try and figure a way past the roadblock and was able to > obtain a modest discount from the board's preferred transportation > provider, Laidlaw Transit, bringing the cost of each bus down to > $170. Five busses - totaling $850 -- would be needed to accommodate > the approximately 120 children, teachers and adults that would be > attending the Algonquin program. > > Rico Rivera and Wil Vivas, co-owners of Asbury Park's Bistro Ole, > were one of the businesses to respond. "I used to be a teacher," > Rivera said, "so this dilemma hits home and Wil and I are happy to > contribute." > > "Put us down for the cost of one bus," said Dane Hall speaking on > behalf of the executive committee of the Asbury Park Marketing Fund > -- the group that organizes Road Trip, an annual gay and lesbian > beach-party weekend. And Jim Nappi, an attorney with a law practice > in the city called D'Andrea within minutes and committed a check for > the cost of one bus. > > "I agree that it doesn't seem right that trips that the board voted > to authorize should be stopped due to a spending freeze," said Frank > D'Alessandro a school board member. "Until the school board works > through this problem, the Board of Trustees of the Stephen Crane > House will kick in the cost of a bus." > > All in all, the gay and lesbian community raised $850 to cover the > cost of the busses and we hear the third graders really enjoyed their > introduction to classical music. > > > > -- > _______________________________________________________________ > Joseph D'Andrea ~ http://www.west21.com/ ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > WEST21.com Internet services for the 21st Century > webhosting ~ co-location ~ wireless access ~ WebCat programming ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/Y2tolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
