Comments on: MI: Township trying to evict ministry operating transitional housing for sex offenders.

By: no hope

no hope — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 01:04:10 +0000

In reply to nk.

Got a response

The Township has pursued action against the home on Brownell Street due to a zoning violation. Halfway houses are not a permitted use within the R-3 zoning district. Please let me know if you have any more questions.

Thank You,

Matt McKernan

Assistant Planner

Gaines Charter Township

616-499-2053

By: nk

nk — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 01:20:41 +0000

There are 9 Departments to send this to.
Might as well send them all of them.

Fire department need to know it is NOT safe for those homeless to be outside trying to keep warm with a fire going.

water and sewer department needs to know that it is better for RC to have a place to stay and not pee outside

You get the idea.

By: no hope

no hope — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 17:19:53 +0000

Sent a comment to 3 different departments, you can only type 150 characters or less so i made it short and sweet lets see if they respond in the mean time lets send a letter of encouragement to a real church in Living Water Ministry in hopes their true godly actions spread to other cities and parish’s

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 16:32:08 +0000

So typical…let’s not give anybody a second chance. I can almost guarantee that some busy body housewife caught wind of this place and got her friends all riled up…maybe, just maybe most or all of these guys can fight the uphill battle facing them and find some kind of redemption in the form of productive lives. I’m pulling for these guys and hope the people running this place can withstand the public onslaught that inevitably comes with all things “sex offender”. Redemption is entirely possible…I know because I have built a incredible life with a wife, kids, and a career. As much as society wants to use the terms registrant, offender, and predator…that does NOT define us unless we let it..stay strong everybody and maybe say a prayer for these people who are trying to put their lives back together..

By: B.Webb

B.Webb — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 16:19:55 +0000

Done.

By: Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN (Ret)

Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN (Ret) — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 15:57:48 +0000

I submitted my comment but the only problem I had with the form is that they ask which office you want it submitted to. I chose the “supervisor’s office”. I hope that was the right place to send it.