On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 4:58 PM Bijoy Misra <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Allen, > You might recall my objection to similar comments of yours in the meeting > of the Housing Commission. > We should keep away from any thoughts of creating a "serving class" > through the town housing stock. > Some of us are lucky to have better incomes or being born to wealth. A > serving person should not > get into a lower quality of life because of his/her affordability of > housing. A serving person could indeed > be brighter and the children could be smarter. In the present day and age > of globalization, we should > strive for a more integrated society by respecting labor and the lack of > privilege. At least with our liberal > views in the own, we can make ourselves a model community by considering > all aspects in developing > the quality of life like health, food, education and social > relationships. Oppressive shanty towns for > labor is a colonial idea whose days are long past. Currently we should > help create excellence and nurture > productivity. > You labeled me as a "troublemaker" those days. I thought you would > understand the Christian values better > since you have served as a pastor for some time. I was troubled to see > your thoughts once again and I thought > to comment. People who serve us are our policemen, firefighters, health > workers, town workers, teachers > along with gardeners, janitors and cooks. We must think of them > collectively as a part of our community. > Hope you may reflect and appreciate. > Best regards, > Bijoy > > Creating housing for all income levels within Lincoln IS thinking about everyone as part of the community. I missed the part of the email where Allen is advocating for "oppressive shanty towns"?????
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