There’s cash for carousel but not youth program
One of your readers wrote: “I cannot believe that an organization like the Greensboro Rotary Club would vote to fund such a frivolous $2 million project for, of all things, a carousel.” I can.
Before gangs took hold and crime by children was common, some 20 years ago, the late Ervin Brisbon started a program called “Dream Builders” and Ted Mangum started a very effective youth development program called RELAY. But the city and school system worked against both and supported neither.
While Ervin has passed, Ted still gets no respect or support from Mayor Johnson or others “crying for an end to youth violence.” Visit www.americaschildrelay.com and see if you can understand why the residents of this city can find money for rides but not for children/youth development?
The facts, photos and success of former RELAY participants speak for themselves.
Nichole B. Slaughter
Greensboro
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Well this will give families a place to take thier children and start acting like families . . .
. . . or it could just turn out to be another place for the scum Greensboro at the park to hang out all day and drink, lay around, bum smokes of you, spit on the ground, mug you, anything but gain employment, yell racisim, etc. . . . I HAVE A DREAM now get off MY bench and let me get back to it . . .
Posted on September 2, 2008 10:08 AM
I commend Nichole for her letter. And I support her sentiment, except for a different reason.
Whenever someone steps up and offers to spend their money on a project to benefit our community, they suffer an immediate backlash from those who feel the money would be much better spent on something else. These others don't back their suggestions with their own money, they just back their suggestions with their own insults.
Here's the deal: it's the Rotary Club's money. Let them decide how to use it and be glad- very glad- they're spending it at all.
Posted on September 2, 2008 3:56 PM