Living With Pride halfway house lacks support to stay put

Consider yourself called "whatever!"

Boyle Fan wrote:

Let the openly gay alderman Tunney find them a place. No one wants a halfway house next to them plain and simple. I don't care if it is gay or straight. I pay the city a small fortune in property taxes and King Rich needs every dollar. Say what you will, call us whatever, but my tax dollars along with those of many residents keep this city moving. Do not spit in our face by forcing halfway houses on us. I applaud Celeste for standing up and fighting this. I am sure she took heat for complaining.

Have you ever lived next to a so-called "halfway house"? What if it were a "black halfway house"? Or filled with Muslims?

Yeah, whatever.

Boyle Fan wrote:

Let the openly gay alderman Tunney find them a place. No one wants a halfway house next to them plain and simple. I don't care if it is gay or straight. I pay the city a small fortune in property taxes and King Rich needs every dollar. Say what you will, call us whatever, but my tax dollars along with those of many residents keep this city moving. Do not spit in our face by forcing halfway houses on us. I applaud Celeste for standing up and fighting this. I am sure she took heat for complaining.

So, "hah" how many halfway houses are next door to you?

Hah wrote:

Consider yourself called "whatever!"
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A halfway house for ex cons was proposed next door to my house when I was a kid. The neighbors all complained and petitioned but it was allowed. About twenty years later they wanted to add a room to the house to allow for two more offenders. I was older attended the meeting that was held for a zoning variation. There were actually 2 people there that were opposed and it was based on the fact that the guys might get cars and it would jam up the parking on the street. There were about twenty other people there, most for a different matter being put forth about something entirely different. Those people started to voice their views of the halfway house, how well run it was, how it had not resulted in crime in the area, how the guys staying there were respectful and not drunken and disorderly etc.In the end the organization got their permission to expand and quite a few accolades from their neighbors.
Everytime one neighborhood says no it means another will probably end up with it. What makes some people more special than others.
We all pay taxes it is a worn out comment. Other money, not directly out of the pockets of the citizens also goes into these types of things.

They went through the process wrong but it does not mean that should be used as a way of shuffling them along. They deserve a fair hearing.

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