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Press-Telegram Coverage of Schroeder Hall Homeless Center
By Mike Kowal | August 22, 2008
Paul Eakins with the Press-Telegram wrote a story about our efforts to get the Long Beach City Council to change direction on the proposed Mentally Ill Homeless Center related to the Schroeder Hall Army Reserve property.
Read the Eakins/Press Telegram Story Here:
http://www.presstelegram.com/search/ci_10260404
Now the Press-Telegram Editorial Board has taken a position in favor of the Mentally Ill Homeless Center in Friday, August 22nd’s edition in its main OpEd Feature:
http://www.presstelegram.com/opinions/ci_10270021
While we welcome the exchange of ideas presented by the Press-Telegram and the free publicity the newspaper is providing us, we need to set the record straight.
Councilmember Gerrie Schipske made the motion to place a Mentally Ill Homeless facility 384 feet from the Art and Craft Manor neighborhood in the 5th District. She did so after briefly reviewing staff recommendations and without the benefit of a public hearing from the community.
If not Councilmember Schipske, then who should be the person most responsible for this project advancing to this stage?
We at Neighborhoods First are a non-partisan political action and information organization dedicated to protecting and improving Long Beach neighborhoods. We are a broad-based, citywide organization with members from every council district and represent the views of all parts of our city. We are not a narrow, single-issue group.
We encourage all Long Beach neighborhood residents to pay close attention to this latest controversy. Tomorrow, your neighborhood may be next to be sacrificed on the alter of political expediency.
The City’s need for a new police station doesn’t have to mean the destruction of a safe, vibrant neighborhood.
Mike Kowal,
Neighborhoods First
Topics: Council Action, Homeless Center, Uncategorized |