I read the PulseLine in which a contributor said they were not supportive of allocating 80K from the community preservation fund in support of the Domus project to house “homeless” teens on Broad Street. Someone within the Westfield News felt it necessary to “ensure the readers understood the point” that the writer was against “providing homeless high school students a place to live”. Well, I don’t think solicited opinion comments should be subject to ridicule by the newspaper and furthermore, yes, some people, myself included, do not believe that government intervention in every aspect of society is a good thing. That aside, my point here, is that whomever responded from the newspaper to that writer’s OPINION, with ridicule and contempt, was totally out of line and if opinions outside of the paper’s own comfort level are not welcome, let’s change the name of the column from “Pulseline” to “Those who agree with the paper need only contribute.”
Yes, hi. I was reading in the paper Thursday, April 10, page 4, I agree with the person that wrote in, or I don’t know how they did it, but regarding the Doomus project on Broad Street. I agree with that person 100 percent. Doomus should not poke their nose into something that they are not responsible for. It is up to the parents, relatives or whomever should take over these children. I mean, where are the parents? Where are the relatives? Excuse me. We are not responsible for them and Doomus is not responsible for them. Either they should go to the state, where they will take care of them or find somebody else. This is not Doomus’ responsibility. It’s like they’re taking over every single building that is empty and Westfield – wake up! Parents – wake up! If you can’t take care of your kids, find somebody who will. Thank you. I’m sure you won’t print this. Thank you.
Yeah, I’m trying to watch the westfield city council, this being Thursday night. You know, why don’t they get that fixed? You can just about see it and hear it. Why are they wasting their time putting that on the TV and not even knowing what the hell they are saying or see them? Thank you.
