A round of applause everyone!

Everybody give it up for the man who has been taking responsibility for putting a stop to the Youth Center opening in North County. Just like he said...."I'm not going to move to St. Charles <----(mostly white county).....and you're <----(ME) 'just' a young mom, still in school. Plus you haven't told me how you're doing this, we think that its being funded by drug gangster money because you're blood relative to rapper Chingy." ~Greg Porter, 'just' Chairman of the North County Problem Solving Committee.


LOL

First let me start by saying.....Howard Bailey, also known as Chingy has given away tons of school supplies and scholarships under his Not For Profit "Chingy for Change"

Second let me state that I have plenty of relatives that you could have inappropriately identified me as, with more or less success in other fields. You just chose him because he's famous and easiest to give an inaccurate STEREOTYPE.

And on that note, for you to say that I'm young (which is a form of discrimination) and a mother (another form of discrimination Mr. Porter) simply tells me that your "concerns" of my project or not valid and more than likely irrelevant.


Now as a courtesy, I've attended a few public meetings to present to the community, a brief summary of what I'm trying to do. What I've discovered at these meetings is that the fear that the community has for the youth, has allowed a man like Greg Porter to turn them away from any form of progress. So, instead of being open to my concept of "bridging entertainment and education," they immediately began to petition my opening in their community. I can recall the entire group of angry neighbors yelling at little ol' me that its "not my job to make a difference in the youth."



Let me remind you that this too, is my community. So I had the opportunity of running into one of my protesters in the grocery store. She then informed me that she did agree that something positive like what I'm trying to do should be done...."its just that when some of you moved out to our neighborhoods, people's stuff got broken and burglarized."

SO apparently I'd been bamboozled into trying to defend my goals, which where not the real problem. The real problem that they were having with my project is that it would offer a place in the community for the part of the community that they feel has been decreasing their property value. Well ladies and gentlemen, if I don't give them something to do (the youth) they'll find it.....and hopefully not at your house.

Now I do want to say that I do agree that the youth is rowdy, unruly and misguided. That was proven when a teen club opened not far from my property, where police couldn't even gain control. Consequently the club was closed that opening weekend.

So we've identified the problem. Now why is it again that I can't be apart of the solution?


I can....and I will, and Mr. Greg Porter and friends......you will not be able to stop me. As long as I plan to raise my daughter here....I'll continue to be a positive and active force within this community.


Thanx