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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 />enough, or compassionate enough to say that <br />it is more than just important, it’s vital. <br />Literally. It’s vital that we do it, and it’s vital <br />that we fund it, as vital as anything you have <br />on your agenda, is the lives of these guys and <br />the lives of the guys and ladies that are in our <br />program. It’s just as vital, if not more. <br /> <br />So, I can’t express it enough, how vital it is. <br />And I’m there! I know it! There is a writer <br />that says, “There is a quiet plague that’s <br />going on in America.” It’s not just in South <br />Bend, and it’s talking about the punitive <br />incarceration of black people. Because if <br />you look at the numbers you can see that they <br />are all out of proportion. The reason why <br />that’s happening is because America still <br />hasn’t gotten over it yet. We still got the <br />same problems that we always had. That <br />doesn’t mean that everybody is evil or <br />anything like that. I’m just saying that there <br />are some systemic problems that we still <br />have to address and systems have to address <br />them. And they have to be real and honest <br />about the real problems and not just gloss <br />over the problems and go onto the next thing <br />because that’s what generally happens. We <br />go on to the next thing. <br /> <br />When I’m out there, when a guy comes to me <br />and says, “I’ve got to have $15 to get some <br />diapers. I can’t afford diapers for my kid. <br />And I’m going to get some diapers one way <br />or another.” So, I reach in my pocket and <br />give him $15, because, I would rather give <br />him $15 than to have him go out here and rob <br /> 17 <br /> <br />