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The Next Secret Meeting
The next secret meeting won't be so secret.
The meeting will be held at 6:30pm, Monday, July 16, at 199 Camp Street at the MHNA.
These meetings were supposedly set up to address the events of the June 10 riot in Billy Taylor Park, where city workers from the DPW were assaulted and 4 policemen were also assaulted and sustained minor injuries, Camp St. was closed illegally, and improper permits were used or proper permits were not pulled to use the park. Drugs and alcohol were in wide use and the streets around the park were used by drug dealers to ply their trade.
At the meeting I attended, the 2nd, none of the above concerns were addressed. The debate was framed by a decidedly left wing, liberal, Socialistic/Marxist approach to the community's problems, blaming the ills Mt. Hope suffers from on society, framing law breakers as victims, and framing new residents as the problem, even claiming that new residents have driven out long time Mt. Hope residents.
At the first meeting I heard that the Police were verbally attacked for their response to the incident. I heard that the people who support effective policing, the people who oppose drug dealing in Mt. Hope were under-represented as none of us were told about the meeting.
We were also under-represented at the 2nd meeting.
If the people who wish to live a peaceful life in Mt. Hope, free from drug dealing, vandalism, litter, and undue noise, do not speak up at these meetings the police and politicians will only hear the voices of those people who want no law enforcement in Mt.Hope. Those people who want no law enforcement may be few, but they are loud and obnoxious.
I have a copy of the Police Report, #2007-00068036, copies of the DPW guidelines and permit application, as well as those from the Parks Department, if anyone wishes to reference this material. Click the link below or use the comments tab if you wish to obtain copies.
We're still looking for comments from those who attended the last meeting who may be able to share their experience in writing.
Here's the contact link Mt. Hope Community Website/Blog or use the comments tab, below this post.
Posted at July 8, 2007 06:31 PM