In a message dated 3/12/02 1:46:25 PM Central Standard Time,
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<< Subj: Re: [Mpls] Homeless during the day - the rest of the story
Date: 3/12/02 1:46:25 PM Central Standard Time
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Victoria Heller)
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allysen Hoberg), [EMAIL PROTECTED],
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Allysen Hoberg writes:
"St. Stephen's Catholic Church, Simpson Methodist Church, and Love Power
Church have been attempting to open a shelter on the West Bank for approx.
two years. There have been numerous public hearings and at least one
article written in both the Star and Tribune and the City Pages about this
endeavor.
Both Simpson and St. Stephen's Shelter are fully staffed overnight by a
volunteer
work force."
The rest of the story:
The "shelter" proposed on the West Bank violates zoning laws and City of
Minneapolis
Ordinances (Missions cannot house shelters.)
The only neighborhood public meeting was overwhelmingly against placing an
overnight mens' shelter next door to a gun shop and six bars.
The "shelter" budget shows 90% of the money ($135,000) to be paid as
salaries -
apparently to watch 25 men sleep on mats on the floor. No volunteers at
all.
The original proposal, for 25 employed men, morphed into a lottery based
overnight
shelter when Zoning denied the supportive housing proposal a conditional use
permit.
I offered to donate a very nice 5,000 square foot building (formerly the
Currie Center
and the West Bank Charter School) just 3 blocks away from the Mission site
to be used
as a shelter for a lot more than 25 men. My offer was completely ignored.
The moral of the story: Honesty works better than deception, and the law
applies to
everyone equally.
Victoria Heller
North Oaks
Cedar-Riverside Property Owner
>>
Keith says; I dug this out of the List Archive. We disscussed this
nonprofiteer sham in January 2001
<Mpls] Homeless shelters or Halfway Houses:cashing in
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Thu Jan 10 10:07:00 2002
Victoria said: The proposed "shelter" in Seven Corners is for 25 able-bodied,
middle-aged, working men. At considerable cost to the taxpayers,
each man will get a mat on the floor. The most recent
calculation is $550 per month per mat.
I wrote this little poem to lighten up the debate:
Mirror, mirror, in my hand,
They say this mat costs $50 grand,
But your cost will be much clearer
If you get yourself a full length mirror. >>
(Still archive)
Keith adds;
Mirror, reason; cracked and broken. The mat I rest on but a token.
$50 grand was taxed and spent; non-profit fees unmonitored went.
Whittier's-Phillips' homeless havens; cash flows to non-profits' mavens.
Keith Reitman NearNorth
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