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Re: Kevin's Post
Interesting, stimulating, thought-provoking
Thanks, Kevin, you said a mouthfull, and you said it quite well. I enjoy listening to an approach, an opinion different than mine, especially one thought out and not reactionary and based on fear but one that is pro-active, even aggressive in pursuing change.
People seem to be so busy and to have so little time these days that it is difficult to get them to sign on to any committment that involves making time for community action. Look at this website for instance: it was designed to give people a chance to be active and to have a voice in their community without even leaving the comfort of their home, without even getting off of their derriere. Yet look at the number of contributors we've had besides myself--a handful! And thanks, to them: I'm not trying to minimize their contributions, but add up the total entries and you will get the picture. Even you, Kevin, I think this is your third or fourth post to the blog.
Greater Camp Concerned Citizens and this website provide great opportunities to get involved in the community and to make a difference in the neighborhood. Now, Kevin, you've issued a call to action as well and given links to even more opportunities.
Now that Mt. Hope crime is down a bit, and the community is undergoing rapid change in demographics, and so many important buildings have been purchased by new owners who are committed to renovations and the physical improvment of property, now just may be the time to look at long range solutions to the social problems that plague a highly visible segment of Mt. Hope's population.
Why aren't the unfortunate junkies shambling up and down Camp Street, to get thir daily fix, in a program of some sort that would help them find their way out of their downward spiral?
Where are the Boy Scouts in Mt. Hope?
Who is doing community outreach to the youths who are obviously involved in drugs and drug dealing, counseling them to the pitfalls that await them down their chosen path? Who is presenting them with an alternative?
Aren't drugs and drug abuse a public health problem? Where is the Department of Health in Mt. Hope, and why don't they have a policy on drugs and their impact on public health?
Thanks for your thought provoking post, Kevin. I hope you get some response from others besides myself. For all those who don't know Kevin, Kevin is the Scout Master of a Boy Scout Troop in South Providence. He not only talks the talk, he walks the walk.
John Twomey
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Posted at November 3, 2005 01:54 PM