Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Dallas City Council and You

Well, I decided to do something I have been talking about for a while. A
couple of weeks ago the city of Dallas started issuing warnings to
people who are feeding the homeless outside of the local mission. If
they gave tickets it would be a $2000 fine. Anyway, this whole law is
wrong on many levels, so yesterday I called the Dallas City Council's
office. I will now be speaking next Wednesday morning at the Dallas City
Council meeting to get them to rescind their homeless ordinance. I just
can't stand back and complain and not do anything. That is not my style.
I hate complaining, I'd rather remedy the situation. So next Wednesday
morning I will take off in the morning, go to city hall and give a 2
minute speech to them about rescinding the ordinance. It will probably
be fruitless. My hope is to use pure reason to show that the effects
they intended to happen as a result of this law are not happening. I
will probably be the last person to speak at the meeting since I am a
resident of Carrollton instead of Dallas. I might not get a chance to
speak, but at least I will try. Anyways, just wanted to let you know so
that you can pray for me on Wednesday April 5th to say the right things
to get them to change their minds. Wait, this post wasn't funny...
Here's a joke.

Thought of the Day
A doctor and a lawyer were talking at a party.
Their conversation was constantly interrupted by people describing their
ailments and asking the doctor for free medical advice.
After an hour of this, the exasperated doctor asked the lawyer, "What do
you do to stop people from asking you for legal advice when you're out
of the office?"
"I give it to them," replied the lawyer, "and then I send them a bill."
The doctor was shocked, but agreed to give it a try.
The next day, still feeling slightly guilty, the doctor prepared the
bills.
When he went to place them in his mailbox, he found a bill from the
lawyer.


Comments:
Hey you are taking your ques from me! Its good to be active - you never can tell just when your voice might help turn the tide of ignorane. Good luck. If it goes anything like the Murphy city council that I went to about the school trail, there will be a whole bunch of people on the roster bringing up all sorts of issues...
Mr. Turkentine
 
I'm sorry. I simply don't have the pity for these folks that you do. If it were me, I'd be doing stuff for people with diseases or neglected kids. I suppose any good cause is "good", but it would burn me up to go feed these people every week and not see them trying to change. That's just me, though. If it makes you feel better, go talk to Dallas, but I fear what you said is correct. When they find out your from Carrolton, all they will hear coming from your lips is wah wah wah wah wah. Good luck with it.
Peety
 
You really should go and see it for yourself sometime Peety. While there are some people down there that are not trying to improve themselves, there are many others who are making it the best that they can. Many of them have jobs that pay to little to afford housing, There are lots of poor people not necessarily homeless people that we help. Many of them lack the education to get a better job. Many of them have mental problems which limit their job abilities (programs for the mentally ill have dramatically been cut over the past 10 years). But I would say that many of the people down there have simply lost hope and that is what we are offering. If we help just one person each time it is worth it. Its just a fraction of our time and money but it could save someone's entire life. I hope you will have a change of heart.
Mr. Turkentine
 
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