The article mentions that VS went to Ceres with one or more of them. Just so that all know, there is a Haven in Ceres and NO ONE is forced to go to a Haven, it is 100% voluntary.
On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Justin Ashley <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks for your comments, Reinmar! I am in the process of formulating a > response and will send it to Big Issue in the next day or so. As soon as I > do, I will post the letter here as well. I am working with Trevor so that > we issue a joint response from OCA and Obsid. > > And yes, a big part of my response is to highlight the, as you say, amazing > work done by Kenneth and the Social Issues forum. > > Regards > Justin > Chair: Obsid > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Reinmar > Sent: 17 October 2011 02:06 PM > To: The Observatory Neighbourhood watch > Subject: [obsnw] Re: Intriguing by line on the cover of Big Issue > > Hi Trevor, > > Thank you for the PDF. I have read through the article and am honestly > shocked by the one sidedness of this article. The reporter who did > the article didn’t at all do a good report on both sides of the story, > but only from 1 side, and also only asking 2 Obz residents, one of > whom have been in the news recently for various comments and > applications made. I’m refer to this “Ms Shultz” > > I’m sorry, but is it pure coincidence that since her name have > appeared in all the google group mails regarding Obz that we’ve had 2 > big problems with this “Ms Shultz”? Parks that must be open 24/7/365 > and now all of a sudden an article in the Big Issue on the ObsID. It > seems that this “Ms Shultz” has it in for Obz. Then why did she move > to our suburb? If she wants a suburb with violence, drugs, robbery > and vagrants, why don’t she move to a suburb with the appropriate > levels of it. > > I’m also abhorred by the fact that Kenneth (the social worker) wasn’t > at all contacted or interviewed by the journalist with regard to the > article. The work the he does is amazing, and he actually tries to > help people. This is not what is coming across in the article. I > also know that more and more journalists always try and sensualise > every piece they write (sorry if I’m offending people – but this is > just what I’ve been realising in the past months in the media – I do > realise that are actually good journalists out there, and give and > apology if I offend you) > > My husband and I moved to Obz 5 years ago, and I can remember what it > was like living in Obz then with break-ins, robbery, crime and drugs > absolutely rife in the streets and bars. In the past 5 years the > suburb has become a brilliant example of how you can turn around a > hotspot of crime and make it a beautiful suburb. And this all because > of the efforts of VS, ObsID, ObsNW, OCA, SAPS and Premier. I commend > each and every single person in these organisations that have changed > Obs to what it is today, and will gladly give my name and signature > and comments on any of the above organisations, and what brilliant > work they’ve done. > > I’m also not too happy with the editor’s letter, and feel that a > letter from the ObsID needs to be written and explain what is really > going on in Obs. Neither this “Ms Shultz” nor the editor has ANY idea > what has happened in the past 5 years, and how Obz has literally made > a 180º turn-around as a suburb. > > And now because of this “Ms Shultz”, it also seems that Obs is getting > another piece of negative report, which is damaging to the suburb as a > whole and now takes away at some of the good work done. > > Suspicious people are allowed to be asked to remove their hoody – > being it a resident or anybody travelling through the suburb. Not > complying to the said request shows some form of guilt. > > This is just my point of view, but I feel that this article has > actually done more bad than good for our wonderful suburb and needs to > be dealt with. > Reinmar > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en.
