This is what Champaign mayor Jerry Schweighart had to say about Safe Haven’s recent move to St. Mary’s Catholic Church.
“They’re bound and determined to make an issue of it; otherwise, they’d move to Urbana.”
So, people are losing their jobs and being evicted; they have no place to go…and this is how the city’s mayor responds? I like Rev. Tom Royer’s take a little better.
“Just because they have no address does not mean that they are not part of our community.
Just because they have no bank account does not mean they have nothing of value to share with others.
Just because they have no roof over their heads does not mean they have no dignity.”
(Quotes taken from: http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2009/08/13/eastern_champaign_church_takes_in_tent_city_residents)