Welcome Roger. I don't know about 7 homeless shelters, but there were not zero either.
The state lists Interfaith Neighbors as an emergency shelter. I don't know if that is right, but if not, they should notify the state. Also, I know City Hall was running a homeless shelter recently, which I did see with my own eyes. I went and interviewed some of the people at the City Hall shelter. Not one of them was from Asbury. One even told me that cops as far away as New Brunswick were buying the homeless train tickets to Asbury Park to send the homeless to our shelter. That's how he had gotten here. Your concerns in that regard are well founded. Regarding your quotes about the amount of sex offenders in the area now - I don't see how that helps your case here. If we had no rapes in Asbury Park, then I could see your point. Since we do have rapes each year, I think citing those statistics supports my argument that we should not be attracting more rapists. The problem is putting these folks in a residential neighborhood. It shouldn't be. This little beach town has done enough. Time for someone else to do some heavy lifting. --- In [email protected], "rogerpoulard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. > > I've lived in Asbury Park for about a year now. I've been attracted to > this community because of its mix and seeming compassion for the less > fortunate that live here. I haven't followed the Market Street Mission > project terribly closely but I've kept my eye on it. Because I support > it, mostly. > > I had some concerns about the "Stand Up For Asbury" organization from > the beginning. When I went to the website, they originally talked > about there being seven homeless shelters in Asbury Park, an > overestimation by seven. Once I discovered that, there was little on > that website I felt I could believe. > > There are reservations that I feel towards this specific > organization's plans - especially in the area of religious inculcation > to house homeless people in need of a bed, but its something I can > live with. I also have concerns with bussing in other homeless people, > especially if it is at the expense of the homeless population in > Asbury Park, which is pretty sizeable for the size of our city. > > I think that there are a lot of concerns that can be mediated out with > the construction of a homeless shelter in Asbury - no matter who the > operators are, by creating a set of regulations to abide by in our > city. Helping to create something that can give some respite to our > own homeless issue can be a positive for our community, and dare I > suggest, may also reduce the amount of human crap found in our parks - > as I've read about on this list. > > As for fearing sex offenders jumping into Asbury for "ripe pickings" > as some people would like to think is going to happen... there are > currently 31 Sex Offenders currently living in the Asbury Park area. > There are 20 more in Ocean Grove/Neptune Township. Those are just the > ones that we know about. Is there a chance that more sex offenders > will end up within our city limits due to this homeless shelter? Yes. > But put a new playground in somewhere, and we probably run a similar > risk. > > Decisions to make this project a reality in AP should be based on > whether or not it will help our own homeless population problem, and > whether or not we can work with the mission's program to create a > system that will be a net positive to our city. So, my unanswered > question is this: how receptive have the Market Street Mission folk > been to working with the city to create a homeless shelter program > that will benefit all of us? Or is this an avenue we've left unexplored? > > Roger Poulard > > > --- In [email protected], "dfsavgny" <dfsavgny@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "justifiedright" > > <justifiedright@> wrote: > > > One of these scumbags raped a girl less than 13 years old. The > > > other raped an adult woman. > > > > > > Neither one of these guys committed their crimes in Morristown. Not > > > even in Morris County. Yet these predators found their way to > > > Morristown why? Because the shelter attracted them there. > > > > > > The shelter in Asbury will attract the same kind of pedophilia > > > rapists here, and the Mission will let them in. > > > > I have been awol for a while. On trial for 2 weeks. I'm with you on > > this Tom. Mission is bad for AP. > > > 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/
