A whole lot of people turned out yesterday morning to protest against the proposed Cooper Avenue homeless shelter. Public safety and property values are at stake, as well as the vast amount of taxpayer money that would be required to clean up the highly contaminated site. Photos were taken by the
Craig Caruana campaign.
Out of curiosity, I went to
Elizabeth Crowley's page to look for pics, but there was no mention of her appearance at the rally. The day's photos included the following:
Anyway, she did make the rally, but left as soon as Caruana started speaking. The event continued for about 2 hours after that.
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Good for Glendale standing up for itself!
As for Crowley, she said the shelter wasn't going to happen. I guess it's hard to rally against something that you've convinced yourself isn't a threat.
So she had to rush to Juniper Park to talk to the old timers, then go to a GOTV rally for DeBlasio? Well, at least we know what her priorities are.
Crowley doesn't care about us, so on Election Day, I will show her that I don't care about her political career (like she has one).
I'm voting for Craig Caruana. At least he has a clue of what the people want and need. I'm willing to give someone new a chance. It can only be better than what we have now.
Vote out all incumbents. We need new people and new ideas. We don't need career politicians that only appear at election time.
Elizabeth Crowley doesn't care if a homeless shelter opens in Glendale so long as it's not by her house. And it won't be.
Good work, Queens ppl: way to stand your ground against the communist mumbo-jumbo Jesus spouted in His Sermon on the Mount... We've got ours, we don't need to help no stinkin' homeless losers!
Re: the Glendale homeless shelter--this good Queens atheist wants to mention the message of Jesus of Nazareth:
"Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy." (The Sermon on the Mount)
"Comment moderation has been enabled. All comments must [not offend the right wing Republican sensibilities of] the blog author."
Actually, I'm not a Republican. And thanks for assuming that I don't do anything all day except sit and wait for comments to moderate. I happen to have been at a family function this afternoon.
First time commenter, I can tell.
As for your stupid insinuation that "Christian Glendale" is not adhering to Jesus' teachings, guess what? Glendale had a homeless shelter for decades. It was run by Sacred Heart Church. The city closed it in order to fund oversized shelters like this one. Small, community-based shelters are better for a neighborhood than large ones full of people from outside the neighborhood, and the residents have a right to protest.
Besides, if Jesus was fiction, as atheists claim, why would your kind be pointing to his teachings?
Now go play in traffic.
Not sure why the atheist protesteth so much. There were WAY more Democrats than Republicans at that rally. The district is 4-1 Dem:GOP.
For what I know, Jesus' teachings referred to the INDIVIDUAL acting through the dictates of his conscience. Not through the forced COLLECTIVE. The private shelter run by Sacred Heart Church I would think is more inline with Christianity than the government-sponsored monstrosity. There the government forces you to be
"charitable" and there's no action from within one's heart.
"It is more blessed to give than to receive." -Acts 20:35. See? You have the option here. When the State gets involved, the quote changes to "Give!" No option.
The gargantuan municipal shelter is anti-Christian.
(PS Crapper, not all atheists claim Jesus was "fiction".)
"Good work, Queens ppl: way to stand your ground against the communist mumbo-jumbo Jesus spouted in His Sermon on the Mount... We've got ours, we don't need to help no stinkin' homeless losers!"
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"Re: the Glendale homeless shelter--this good Queens atheist wants to mention the message of Jesus of Nazareth"
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So which of you 2 bozos is going to volunteer to put it in YOUR community?
Pretty sure both comments are by the same bozo.
Hello Fellow New Yorkers,
My name is Joseph Tavera and I am the executive organizer of "For The People of New York City", a community congress and campaign for the people of New York City on The Real Issue, Real Solutions and Real Life in New York City. For The People was formerly a community campaign for a NYC mayoral candidate (now conceded from the race) and has, since then, strove toward becoming a civil and activist group, reinventing itself really.
Some invitees of this event have brought this matter to the group's attention, and so to my attention. Though I am a avid advocate for the homeless, hungry and unemployed of this city, I must say, with good reason, that this homeless shelter project by Samaritan Village, though admirable, seems to be poorly done.
According to what has been told to me of this neighborhood, there seem to be more cons than pros to having this site here. For example, with a lack of convenient public transportation, a lack of nearby supply stores and establishments, like food markets and such, the presence of a nearby school environment housing students of early childhood ages, the setting of a mostly middle-to-upper socioeconomic class composing the neighborhood, a lower homeless and/or low-income population, and a small-business-driven local economy, a homeless shelter project seems not only impractical, but also ineffective toward the aim of fighting homelessness and poverty and unnecessary for the local community...especially, when the Glendale community could use the space for another small business of sorts or perhaps a branch of a chain store, like Chase, Starbucks, Fair Trade, etc.
It seems to me that Samaritan Village may want this space because (1) it is there for the taking, which is understandable but possibly foolish and rash, and (2) to invoke social awareness from those who are in a position to assist in the fight against our city's homelessness and poverty, which is again understandable but also rash because many are already "aware" (however, many people do continue to ignore, wrongly accept and/or normalize homelessness and poverty).
Therefore, I am in support of those in opposition of this project and do insist that Samaritan Village coordinators reassess their project and see it through more properly.
I am open to any comments on my perspective of this issue. AND, if anyone would like to talk about this in the Facebook Group of For The People of New York City, please do hesitate to do so. All are welcome!
Sincerely,
Joe T.
[Link to FB Group]
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ForThePeopleNYC/
[Link to FB Page]
https://www.facebook.com/ForThePeopleNYC
Theres' no people of color in Glendale? Hmmm
There is a sizable Asian and Latino population in Glendale.
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