Springfield Community Meeting - 11/05 @ 7pm

[fsu813]

Just wanted to make sure everyone is aware of this, since there wasn't a thread about it.

SPAR will be a hosting a community-wide meeting at thier building on Main Street this Thursday evening.

I'm assuming that it will be open floor most of the time, as no agenda has been set.

Hope everyone can make it.


This was the announcment:

Neighbors have voiced concerns and favor a special meeting to give them time to put issues on the table and to help with solutions to those issues. There will be a "Town Meeting" here at the SPAR building Thursday at 7:00 P.M. This special meeting was not on schedules previously sent out, so be sure to tell your friends and neighbors and ask them to come with you. There is a lot of excitement from people who have heard about our community and want to live here, and many people are voicing their willingness to be involved and do what they can for Springfield. Come on out and lets make some plans for how we can have a crime free, fun filled, peaceful, beautiful community!

[Springfielder]

Got this email this morning...I wasn't aware that this is about the rooming house issue

Remember the Community Meeting tonight at 7:00 P.M. at SPAR (1321 N. Main St.). The issue is a concern over the growing number of rooming houses in the Historic District. Please come and invite friends and neighbors.

SPAR Council

SparOffice@sparcouncil.org

[fsu813]

Well I certainly hope other topics are discusses too....that's for sure.

[sheclown]

God... me too. 

[sean]

This could be rather amusing.

[02roadking]

Hell, I'm doing happy hour prior to the meeting.

[fsujax]

I have been following all this Springfield talk and never have said anything, but I may go tonight to have my say. It should be fun!

[02roadking]

Oh yeah,

There will be an agenda which will be given out tonight.
Here is a quick run down:
A review of what is being done about illegal rooming houses currently
Open discussion from community of issues in their area?quadrant These will be documented
A consensus on which are major issues to address- priority
Next action steps.

[fsu813]

Sounds good.

[Springfielder]

Seems that the meeting was nothing more than spar showing their vindictive side and their campaign efforts against rooming houses...including a petition (aka, sign in sheet) that everyone was asked to 'sign in' It would seem that they did little more than to verify exactly what several of the other posters here have claimed.

[soxfan]

When we walked in, Louise was telling everyone to sign in. When they passed the "sign in" sheet around the room to get the people who didn't sign when they walked in, we found out it was an actual petition. Some people scratched their names out and others just didn't sign it. That was very sneaky!! During the meeting, I could not believe what I was hearing when Gerry Troy tried to help some people who have a home that they host proton beam patients during their recovery. He tried to say that they were doing a good thing and not what the neighborhood was against because they were doing a good thing for good people. That really pissed alot of us off and actually turned my ample stomach. I actually felt slimy for living in this neighborhood with someone who would say something like that in public. To me, it sounded like, because they are recovering from cancer they are good people. But, because Joe and Gloria's guys are recovering from drugs and alcohol, they are bad people. I, and most of the people I know and call friends, don't feel that way. I was proud of my friend Kim for speaking to this point and calling him out.. Nice job, Kim!!! Shortly thereafter Gerry backtracked on what he said, perhaps realizing the damage he'd just done to their cause... Perhaps if we just give cancer to Joe and Gloria's guys the uppity side of the neighborhood would feel differently about having them here... The meeting was pathetic and really showed me an uglier side of my neighborhood that I did not realize was really there..

[Dark Knight]

Excellent summary Soxfan , that is what I heard too .

[sheclown]

Actually, my favorite part of the meeting was afterward.  We were talking with people when Joe said "we have to go."  I said goodbye and we walked outside.  Once on the sidewalk, Joe said "Eva Ayers came over and told me that Claude and Louise said I had to leave.  They said that I'm not welcome there and had to go."

Of course, no damage was done and I appreciated the fact that they waited until the meeting was over.

It was a very disturbing meeting.  Encouraging neighbors to spy on neighbors is rather appalling, perhaps a video of neighbors making videos of each other could make America's Funniest Home Videos.  Whaddya think?

[Springfielder]

That's the kind of vindictiveness and appalling behavior/attitude that turned me away from renewing my membership. I've known this about them for a long, long time and tried to tell others about it...but sometimes people have to find out for themselves, and they did last night. Spar showed their true colors, and it's sickening, at best!

[Dan B]

Keep talking like that Matt, and I will sign an affidavit about what sorts of awful things are happening at your house.