Morning Read: Feed the hungry
by Brian Mann on October 12th, 2010
The Glens Falls Post Star is reporting that neighbors are uncomfortable with the idea of a soup kitchen relocating to their neighborhood.
“You tell me anyone that would want a soup kitchen in their neighborhood,” said Jerry Dimanno, owner of Poopie’s diner.
Meanwhile, the Utica Observer-Dispatch notes that the need for food is still high.
The National Bureau of Economic Research announced Sept. 20 that the recession is over – and has been since June 2009.
But local organizations that feed the hungry say they still are seeing the effects of that recession, including an increase in the number of working poor and others in need.
Tags: adirondacks, economy
Oh, so it isn’t just the Hyde Museum who are elitists and don’t want “those kind of people” near them? And still there is no discussion about how Glens Falls National Bank, Mayor Diamond, and the EDC conspired to throw the soup kitchen out of their present home.
There is an irony, the people who work to feed the homeless and less fortunate are soon to be homeless.
Out of sight, out of mind. The recession is over. Happy Days are here again.
So if all of this is true, it must be Obama’s fault.
Watch out for the good people. They are the ones who will hang you high just to prove how good they are.
Knuckleheadedliberal: Considering his belligerent diktats about how the building should be used and aggressive tactics he’s ordered, are you suggesting it’s eyebrow-raising that Mayor Diamond spent his own personal money to go to Washington (and bragged about doing so) to lobby for federal money to buy that building?
GF people don’t want the soup kitchen downtown. They don’t want it in a commercial/industrial quarter because of the precious museum there. They don’t want it in a residential area. I think the only place that would be acceptable to provide services to “that element” might be the nearby Northway rest area.
Incidentally, I’ve often been past the old soup kitchen when people were waiting to go in and I’ve often eaten at Poopies. And I can tell you the soup kitchen’s clientele is generally more well-behaved than Jerry DiManno.
The Post-Star article failed to mention that the location for the soup kitchen is only a block away from the Post-Star.
Post Star editorial today supports the location.