Comments on: Feed the hungry, just not here http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9331 I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:23:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Fleck http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9331/comment-page-1#comment-24879 David Fleck Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:47:53 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9331#comment-24879 I found this creepiest of all: <blockquote>...because Glendale has a prescriptive ordinance, it's unlikely churches would have regular, on-site meal and worship services for the poor and homeless."<b>If it's not written in the ordinance, it's not allowed</b>," Pickering said.</blockquote> I'll bet every single resident is in violation, then. I found this creepiest of all:

…because Glendale has a prescriptive ordinance, it’s unlikely churches would have regular, on-site meal and worship services for the poor and homeless.”If it’s not written in the ordinance, it’s not allowed,” Pickering said.

I’ll bet every single resident is in violation, then.

]]> By: fillyjonk http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9331/comment-page-1#comment-24877 fillyjonk Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:04:19 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9331#comment-24877 I keep thinking about this. In my town, the "soup kitchen" is in a decommissioned school, nearest to the part of town where its clientele would be likely to live (Yeah, we have a poor side of town). For a lot of the people, it's within walking distance, which is important, as it serves a number of people who don't seem to own cars or who seem to have sufficiently severe disabilities that driving would not be possible. You want to have the resources where people can easily get to them; not stuck way on the outskirts of town where, presumably, the "nice" people don't have to see them but the people who use them have to take three buses and then walk a half-mile to get there. There would be a lot of rage - and not just on the part of the place's clientele - if the local politicians tried to pull some kind of thing like this. (A possible protest? Have the homeless/hungry show up at the home of the activist/planner who brought this down to ask him if he can spare a few pieces of bread). I keep thinking about this. In my town, the “soup kitchen” is in a decommissioned school, nearest to the part of town where its clientele would be likely to live (Yeah, we have a poor side of town). For a lot of the people, it’s within walking distance, which is important, as it serves a number of people who don’t seem to own cars or who seem to have sufficiently severe disabilities that driving would not be possible. You want to have the resources where people can easily get to them; not stuck way on the outskirts of town where, presumably, the “nice” people don’t have to see them but the people who use them have to take three buses and then walk a half-mile to get there.

There would be a lot of rage – and not just on the part of the place’s clientele – if the local politicians tried to pull some kind of thing like this. (A possible protest? Have the homeless/hungry show up at the home of the activist/planner who brought this down to ask him if he can spare a few pieces of bread).

]]> By: McGehee http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9331/comment-page-1#comment-24864 McGehee Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:19:05 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9331#comment-24864 I set up <i>my</i> church to evade property taxes. The zoning exemption was just icing on the cake. I set up my church to evade property taxes. The zoning exemption was just icing on the cake.

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