Debbie,<br> <br> Dan Carscallen was trying to block disabled children from entering the neighborhood.<br> <br> He went to the CUP meeting, stood, and testified on the record as being a neighbor of the proposed site and why he opposed it. <br> <br> I agree, he did not spit on the disabled kids, or say that he hated them, or picket them. He did not say, "I hate disabled kids." And I am sure he loves disabled children. But he didn't exactly want them living next door did he?<br> <br> He did oppose them. And yes, you are correct that not all the other children that were at the facility were disabled, but it is if not the only, certainly is one of the few preschools that accepts and is trained to care for disabled children here in Moscow. <br> <br> The excuses that you present;<br> <br> 1) The parking issue<br> 2) Turning around in the street issue<br> 3) The noise factor<br> <br> Were not legitimate factors until AFTER the move because we did not know
what the parking, turning around issue, and noise factors would be. <br> <br> Him and his neighbor threw 100 excuses at the meeting as to why they didn't want the facility there. None of them made any sense. <br> <br> Second, parking, turning around, and noise is going to exist in any neighborhood. Why is mine and Dan's neighborhood any different? There is in fact more parking and less traffic on that non-through street then most others. To say that a day care for disabled children cannot go into our neighborhood because it is noisy, adds traffic, and people turn around in the parking lot, is to say that they belong in no neighborhood at all. <br> <br> The rest the people in the neighborhood, and many of my co-church members felt the same way that attended the meeting. Why do you think they all cheered when the board passed it.<br> <br> We went through all this before, the same excuses when we tried to put the group home for Milestones on the 6th Street,
just one block away, as well as the other two houses. <br> <br> Best,<br> <br> _DJA<br> <br> <br> <br> <br><br><b><i>Debbie Gray <graylex@yahoo.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Donovan,<br>I attended the exact same CUP hearing that you<br>attended wherein you think Dan Carscallen was "trying<br>to block disabled children from moving into the<br>neighborhood." I have read similar comments from you<br>about the same thing and I have to say the following:<br>--Nobody was trying to prevent disabled children from<br>moving into his neighborhood.<br>--The CUP hearing was whether to grant a conditional<br>use permit (aka CUP) to the daycare/preschool known as<br>Turning Point, an organization who that provided<br>services to special need kids. However, the whole<br>clientele are not special needs kids. The kids there<br>have a wide range of abilities and needs. I
think I<br>have an expert opinion on this because both of my<br>children have attended Turning Point at its various<br>locations over the past 6 years. <br>--Dan Carscallen and OTHERS expressed their<br>reservations about whether a large-scale childcare<br>operation was a good fit for their neighborhood<br>--Parents of Turning Point children and OTHERS<br>expressed their support of Turning Point (I would have<br>but was busy wrestling with my then 3ish year old<br>daughter who was running in and out of the hearing<br>like a crazed monkey. Nothing new there.)<br>--Dan Carscallen's and OTHERS' main concerns seemed to<br>be 1)Noise concerns; 2)Parking concerns; 3)Traffic<br>concerns and 4)Safety concerns for the daycare<br>children and the neighborhood<br>--The CUP was granted but there were difficulties with<br>the landlord thinking she could also have renters and<br>many other issues that the neighbors were quick to<br>bring to the attention of the city (and I don't
blame<br>them one bit)<br>--One thing very obvious about the CUP hearing was<br>that everyone thinks child care operations are great,<br>but nobody wants to give them a home. Where should<br>these operations be housed? What zoning IS appropriate<br>for them? What facility that would be in an<br>appropriately zoned area would be a good facility FOR<br>a childcare center? <br><br>These are the facts. Nowhere in the CUP meeting nor<br>any time when dropping my daughter off or interacting<br>with the staff did I notice Dan Carscallen picketing<br>against disabled children, he never slashed my tires<br>for daring to drop off a child, no foul substances<br>were smeared on my automobile window, etc. etc. <br>I don't know how he feels about the childcare<br>operation now but I hope that his and his neighbors<br>concerns are now in the past.<br><br>This is just one example of your version of events<br>that really destroys your credibility. <br><br>As for the name calling incivility
that is running<br>rampant here on Vision2020, you are just one obnoxious<br>voice in a field of plenty. But maybe you could be the<br>first to step back and try to regain some civility in<br>your correspondence.<br><br>Debbie Gray<br><br><br><br>--- Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 @yahoo.com=""><br>wrote:<br><br>> Danny C. (AKA Area Man),<br>> <br>> I can see you are still hot under the collar from<br>> me pointing out that you went to City Hall to block <br>> disabled children from moving into the neighborhood.<br>> That will be a real vote getter in the 2007<br>> election, hey? <br>> <br>> Best,<br>> <br>> _DJA<br><br><br>__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com <br><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br> serving the
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