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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting –March 5, 2010 <br /> <br />6. NEW BUSINESS <br /> <br />A. Public Hearing <br /> <br />(1) continued… <br /> <br />place. It’s in a different location. You’re not <br />incarcerated inside, but you are incarcerated <br />on the outside because of the difficulty you <br />have getting a job. Being a felon is almost <br />like being married, except you can’t get a <br />divorce. It’s until death do you part. That’s <br />what happens when you get a felony. <br /> <br />Now there were some things I was going to <br />read, but I’m not going to because I think <br />these guys have done an excellent job. In <br />Timothy’s correspondence one of the things I <br />talked to him about is that we want to get full <br />funding---the same as what we had last year, <br />instead of half of what we had last year. The <br />reason we would like to have that is because <br />we have discovered that what we thought <br />was the problem is nothing compared to what <br />the real problem is and what it’s doing to our <br />community. What it’s going to do to our <br />community. We can put it on the side, but I <br />can tell you this. What we are doing is worth <br />much more than a million dollar building that <br />you might build out here or anywhere else. <br />It’s much more valuable than that. I’m <br />saying it definitely is. One life. But we talk <br />about economic development, but we forget <br />about the human capital that is much more <br />valuable, much more important. But we put <br />it on the back burner. We minimize it <br />somewhat. And I’m passionate about it <br />because I’m compassionate about it. Both of <br />those things are important in order to be able <br />to achieve and to accomplish the goal that we <br />really need to accomplish. So, I can’t say it <br />loud enough, or hard enough, or passionate <br /> 16 <br /> <br />