AZ - Church ordered to stop feeding homeless
For the past year, a bus has given rides to the church to hundreds of people from their spots among bushes, in alleyways and the barren hillsides overlooking the city. The church says they get bused back after the breakfast.
Morris says some have stuck around and have urinated in yards or broken into cars.
One homeless man took up residence in an alley behind Kevin Swatich’s home. Police found that the homeless man was keeping child pornography in an electrical box and was a convicted felon.
“What I do know is myfamily was put in present danger by a predator who attended this breakfast,” Swatich told the Phoenix Board of Adjustment last month.
Frank says it was an isolated incident that happened months ago. She says if any homeless are hanging around the neighborhood, residents can’t possibly know whether they attended the breakfast.
“It doesn’t make sense that they would leave here, where there’s a bathroom, and go urinate on someone’s yard,” she says.
After receiving a complaint from neighbors, the city cited the church in July and ordered it to stop the breakfast. The Board of Adjustment denied the church’s appeal last month. The first federal court hearing is set for March 24.
In the meantime, the breakfasts continue and, several attendees say, so do misunderstandings about homeless people.
“The neighborhood should come down and find out who we really are,” said Robert Oswald, 53, who has been homeless for seven years and chooses to live on a nearby mountain. He said the church has helped him stay off drugs and alcohol.
Kenny Moe, 53, said church members helped get him off the streets and kick his 30-year drug habit.
Now he attends the breakfasts to support people still in need.
“This ministry is not about food, it’s about giving people hope,” Moe said.
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Morris says some have stuck around and have urinated in yards or broken into cars.
One homeless man took up residence in an alley behind Kevin Swatich’s home. Police found that the homeless man was keeping child pornography in an electrical box and was a convicted felon.
“What I do know is myfamily was put in present danger by a predator who attended this breakfast,” Swatich told the Phoenix Board of Adjustment last month.
Frank says it was an isolated incident that happened months ago. She says if any homeless are hanging around the neighborhood, residents can’t possibly know whether they attended the breakfast.
“It doesn’t make sense that they would leave here, where there’s a bathroom, and go urinate on someone’s yard,” she says.
After receiving a complaint from neighbors, the city cited the church in July and ordered it to stop the breakfast. The Board of Adjustment denied the church’s appeal last month. The first federal court hearing is set for March 24.
In the meantime, the breakfasts continue and, several attendees say, so do misunderstandings about homeless people.
“The neighborhood should come down and find out who we really are,” said Robert Oswald, 53, who has been homeless for seven years and chooses to live on a nearby mountain. He said the church has helped him stay off drugs and alcohol.
Kenny Moe, 53, said church members helped get him off the streets and kick his 30-year drug habit.
Now he attends the breakfasts to support people still in need.
“This ministry is not about food, it’s about giving people hope,” Moe said.
read full article here
Posted by Knucklz at March 4, 2010 1:28 PM 
Categories: Government, Bill Of Rights, Economy, Conspiracy
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Categories: Government, Bill Of Rights, Economy, Conspiracy
Tags: revolution repression economy depression government
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