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UH
I AM A LITTLE CONFUSED, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T GET THIS.
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THE STREET.I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE BOOK THAT A SOUP KITCHEN.
YOU CAN EITHER COME INTO THIS GATE OR THE CYPRESS GATE PEOPLE.
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WE'RE VERY BUSY, UH, TO BE, UH,
I JUST SAID THAT PAST 18 MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
FIRMS ABOUT PEOPLE COVERAGE, JUNE 22ND OF LAST YEAR TO SPEAK TO WHAT I CALL THE PERSON TO ANSWER THE
I ASKED THE FIRST
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I HATE BEING ON ONE SIDE, UM, ISSUES.
I SPEAK FOR ALL THESE THAT SAY THAT MANY OF MY FRIENDS OUT HERE.
WELL, HERE ON MY HAND, HE SAID,
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I DON'T WANT TO SEE MY CHURCH AND THREATENED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.JUST IMAGINE ALL PROJECTING FEARS.
I WAS SITTING IN THE DOOR SCREEN.
SO I DROPPED
SHE SAID, I'M FROM VIRGINIA BEACH.
I SAID, I CANNOT LET YOU, BUT IF YOU WOULD GIVE ME THE CAR, WHICH WAS PARKED CURB JUST 20 MONTHS WHERE I WAS STANDING, SHE WAS STANDING AND THE TRUNK WAS THE FIRST THING HE SAID, OH, I JUST CAME BACK FROM THE GROCERY STORE.
OH, I DIDN'T FINISH BRINGING IT IN WITH HER.
I SAID, EXCUSE ME,
AND SHE SAID
NO, SHE HAD BROUGHT THE GROCERIES.
SO I OFFERED HER APPLE JUICE, WHICH SHE ACCEPTED QUESTIONS, DEMANDING PERSONAL ITEMS, REPEATING HER
READY TO WALK THE GUN IN MY HOUSE.
SHE SAID TO TAKE ME TO PATCH YOU, TO ASK YOU TO TAKE HER, TO PACK THE CAR
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EAST FRONT STREET AND DROVE STRAIGHT TO THE HOUSE OF A FRIEND AND I CALLED THE POLICE.SO THEY SAID THEY WOULD SEND SOMEBODY DOWN WITH
AND SO, WITHOUT TRYING TO REACH ME AND THIS MAN SAID PERMISSION TO STEP INTO THE BLIND, UM, SAID, I NEED SOME MONEY.
I SAID,
AND I TOLD HIM, IT'S NOT THE MONEY YOU CAN'T.
WHEN HE CAME DOWN LATER, HE WANTED SOME MORE, BECAUSE YOU NEEDED TO GO DOWN THE STREET AND I'M GOING TO THINK HOW Y'ALL HELP THAT SITUATION.
BUT THEY TOOK HIM TO THE STREET.
I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE HIM OR HER, I GUESS
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AND HE TOLD ME NOT TO GO ANY FURTHER.AND I WAS FRIENDS WITH THIS GUY.
THEY SAY, HE SAY,
I'M THINKING FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE HOMELESS SHELTER, THEY DON'T NEED TO BE IN AN AREA WITH THE PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, BACK IN MY
AND THEN SHE WENT ON TO SAY
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AND
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT FROM MY EXPERIENCE, MY POSSESSIONS AND THE NUMBER TWO YEARS, PROBABLY, UH, HALF THE PEOPLE WE
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HAVE IN OUR SHELTER, UH, HAVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE.UH, THE OTHER DIVIDE BETWEEN EITHER JUST, UH, HAVING A YOUNG GIRL, 30 YEARS OLD AND TO CHECK AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE FOLLOWING THEIR KNEES, PAY THEIR, AND SHE'S NEVER HAD ONE PROBLEM WITH ANY PERSON.
AND, UH, THEY'RE NOT THAT FAR PEOPLE, UH, ARE PEOPLE.
UH, MOST OF THEM ARE COMING FROM THE MS CENTER, UH, GET IN MY PROGRAM IN THE GRADE TO THE END TRIGGER WITHIN TWO TO THREE MONTHS, YOU CAN INCREASE THE, OR REMAIN CALM AND WAS GENERALLY GETTING A JOB.
AND THEY HAD TO MAINTAIN THAT JOB AS THEY INCREASE THEIR INCOME, THEIR MORE ABOUT THEIR UTILITIES UNTIL THEY PAY.
AND THEN IT GOES INTO THEIR
UH, THEY ALL HAVE, UH, IN HER DIFFERENT THERE'S DIFFERENT.
SO BASICALLY THEY'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE PROGRAM OR TO THEMSELVES AND CRACKERS, AND WE CAN FIND OUT THE SHELL.
AND I JUST, I KNOW THAT THE RIVERSIDE, UH, PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE
I MEAN, I'M SORRY,
AND SO THEY HADN'T NOTICED, I'VE SEEN, AND THERE'S A VERY HIGH POWER OF ATTORNEY TO, THROUGH THE CRASH.
AND HE, HE LOST, HE WAS DOWN AND OUT AND SLEEPING IN THE STORE BEFORE, UH, HE CAME THROUGH THE SHELTER AND HE'S NOW, UH, OUT AT BARK AND A FULL-TIME JOB AND LIKE WASHING CAR.
IT'S VERY CONVENIENT FOR SOMEONE WHO'S, UH, HE'S TRYING TO GET BACK
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TO THAT'S PURPOSE, A LITTLE BIT BOISTEROUS OR DEMANDING ABOUT THINGS, BUT ALL IN ALL PEOPLE BEEN VERY APPRECIATIVE OF OUR EFFORTS AND PARKS AND, UH,SO I TOLD HER
PEOPLE WALKED TO THE
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UH, I REALLY DON'T LIKE THIS BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE KID KIDS, BUT I FEEL THAT AT THAT POINT, MY DEEP CONCERNPEOPLE CAN ALSO BE HARMFUL BECAUSE THEY'RE DEPRESSED AND YES, THIS
TO HAVE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO
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COMING BACK.PASTOR, PASTOR
THE PEOPLE THAT WE MINISTER THROUGH, THE SHELTER, SOUP, KITCHEN DOGS, THEY HAVE INSURANCE
THEY SEE PEOPLE, SOMEONE TO TAKE SOME TIME TO, UH, SHOWED THEM SOME TIMES.
AND I FOUND NO
AND WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH THE SHELTERS, UH, JOBS ARE SO MUCH LESS TO KNOW THAT
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DID A PIECE IN THE SEVEREUH UM, AND, UH,
WE SIT DOWN, WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
WE'RE GOING TO LIVE IN THAT HOUSE.
WE'RE TOO OLD TO CLIMB THE STAIRS.
AND WE LOCKED UP AND WITH MEDICINE AND WORK, ONCE WE CALL AN UNCLE CALL THE POLICE AND HE GETS THE HELP NEEDS TO BE OKAY.
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I JUST GOT RID OF TWO SISTERS THAT WERE RUNNING A COCAINE OPERATION NEXT DOOR.AND I HAVE NOT GIVEN THE OTHER PERSON WHO HAS MOVED SINCE THAT DAY.
BUT IN HERE, THIS IS A WORKING CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S BEEN A BACK AND I HAVE WONDERFUL NEIGHBORS.
WE TREAT, WE TREAT EACH OTHER LIKE THAT.
WE WANT TO PUT A MILLION DOLLAR HOMELESS COPS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS BAD WHEN DRUGS THAT'S AGONY, YOUNG CHILDREN COMING IN WITH SCRAPING, MAKING A MESS OUT THERE.
AND I'M STILL NOT SURE PEOPLE
AND TRUST ME WHEN YOU'RE OUTSIDE WITH YOUR NOTES AND YOUR MOM AND THAT'S, I CAN MAKE RCS FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
AND THEY HAVE A SYSTEM THAT WORKS.
IF IT'S NOT BROKE, DON'T FIX IT.
SO NOW WE'VE GOT ANOTHER 60,005 AND A HALF BACK BECAUSE
IT'S NOT CLOSE TO THE UNEMPLOYED.
IT'S NOT CLOSE, CLOSE TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
HOW MUCH MORE CAN MINE AT THIS POINT.
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WHEN IT COMES TO THE SAFETY OF NEIGHBORHOODS, PASSAGE AREAS MUST BE CONFIRMED.THE SHELTER IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE 24 HOUR OPERATE.
THE TRANSPORTATION IS A PROBLEM.
HOW ARE THEY GOING TO GET
THE SUITCASE DOES NOT HURT THE WEAKNESS THAT MONEY MAY OR MAY NOT TAKE FOR ABOUT HOW WOULD THEY GET TO ANY OF THAT? WHAT BATHROOMS IS ALL BUILT WITH THEM.
THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WILL IMPACT YOUR NEIGHBOR IN A DAY.
I ASKED WHY THE NEIGHBORS POSSIBLY DECREASE THE POTENTIAL
I ASKED HIM
I THINK, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY I THINK JUST BEING ABLE TO SAY ALL THE SHELTER PROBLEM RIGHT NOW, ANYBODY ELSE SAY LIKE THIS HERE, RIGHT NEXT TO THE BUS STATION, UH, GOT THE PHOENIX HOUSE.
YOU GOT THE SOUP KITCHEN FACILITIES THAT ARE RIGHT NEXT, RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
SO THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED.
THIS WAS A CHRISTMAS VACATION.
SHE WAS SPENDING CHRISTMAS WITH HER.
IF YOU GOT KIDS
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AT THAT TIME, I DIDN'T REALIZE ANYTHING, BUT A FEW MINUTES LATER HE'D HAD A HEART PROBLEM.FROM THAT DAY, THEY PASS PASSING OUT CHURCH.
SO THE PERCEPTION, YOU MENTIONED THE FACT THAT SOMEBODY CAME TO THE DOOR AND CAME AND SHE TOLD ME, OKAY, I'M NOT A NERVOUS PERSON.
I'M NOT, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO GET THAT.
NOW HERE, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING ELSE BEING PLACED, LIKE RIGHT NEXT DOOR, RIGHT IN THE BACK.
AND YOU SAID, WHEN YOU GOT UPSET, THEY HAD A MEETING, UH, MR. GEORGE
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY.
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HE TOLD ME
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I DO NOT BE RELEVANT PROPERTIES.CONTINUE TO PAY
IT WAS THERE CONTEMPORARY
SO BEEN BUILDING THE SAME PATTERN.
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UH,AND, UH, CONTACT ME ABOUT DOING THIS.
AND MY JOB WAS TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER OR NOT THE, OF JOINING THE CROP NOW ASSOCIATED WITH THAT REQUEST.
I, UH, POSSIBLY DID THIS KIND OF WORK.
UM, HE GAVE ME THE NAME OF WAS PROFESSOR
AND SHE SAID, AND SHE REFERRED ME TO THE LADY WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL SOCIETY WHO LOVE TO TALK TO, AND, UM, HER NAME WAS
AND I PERSONALLY CALLED THE LIBRARY STAFF AND I CALLED THE LADY