The Observation Deck

sharon kinsella wrote:Jimmy, my goddess, I never said anything about them making racist comments. They're not going to. Toe, to toe dude, you really want to do that?

sharon kinsella wrote:You're on. It's not what they say, it's what they do. You and I have both often been the only white person in the room. Sometimes it's wonderful. Back in the 60's and 70's, being a white girl that weighed 90 pounds, it was sometimes scary until I found I was actually very safe in those rooms. Much more so than in rooms filled with a bunch of white men, frankly.

sharon kinsella wrote:It's what people do. The proof is in the pudding.

When you're out over at Tri-C, talk to folks about Lakewood, see what you get told, one on one with folks. Keep your ears open and opinions to yourself. See what you hear. Of course you're a big ol white dude, I don't know how much you'll get told,, but try it.

sharon kinsella wrote:But Black men never physically assaulted me, white men did. So there it is.

Jim O'Bryan wrote:

dl meckes wrote:Sorry, I didn't realize I was glossing over anything. "Re-entry programs run by the Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries" means that these are people who need a lot of help to get from wherever they were to a more stable place.

Usually this means former offenders, but includes people who have been homeless, who have been addicts, who have been in the foster system or the juvenile justice system, etc.

This housing initiative did not slip into the Hidden Village building in the middle of the night, unbeknownst by anyone.

That was my point.

Sharon

For the record, Mayor FitzGerald was NEVER mentioned in the lawsuit. Major Tom George
was, Ed Favre was, building department was, police department was, the CITY WAS. All
because a landlord who is white, who lives in Beechwood, or works out of Beechwood, did not like the fact that the city, where he broke laws, was asking him to fix property and
make it safe for the tenants.

Mayor FitzGerald worked with the federal task force on this, and they rarely do not find
some amount of guilt. When Ed was waiting for deliberating he even called and said to me,
I am not sure how it will happen, but this department nearly always finds some form of
discrimination. They found none.

AT NO POINT did the city hassle black, brown, green, blue people. Over what they are
being sued for. This is a person being served citation for violations and calling rape, errr
racist. In my book, there is a special place in hell for those people.

Go to Parma, here is a city 15 years later after being declared racist that is still dealing with the stigma. Those residents that were, are now way over the top with their hatred because the government came in and MADE THEM... No organics. Meanwhile the city is so tied up they are just getting back to functioning normally.

When a person is branded "racist" it take on crazy dimensions. But when a city is branded
racist in court, it is a nightmare this city does not need, nor do we deserve.

This is exactly why I never brought this lawsuit up.

DL

No but the building department nor planning or the mayor new about it from what they
have said.

From what I have been told we can pretty much ignore your first three reasons for where
these young adults come from


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You know this gets into a whole different older discussion.

Morally, what does this city owe the county and the region?

Some of us have been watching various charity groups fill some of the rentals around here
with case studies for years. Why does this city have to be the dumping ground?

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sharon kinsella wrote:Gee, you found a black couple at the Art Festival and they were from Lansing. Speaks volumes to the issue.