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REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 12, 2013
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<br />PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR
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<br />COMMENTS REGARDING THE CAR WASH ON LINCOLNWAY WEST, SOUTH BEND
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<br />Rev. Greg Brown, 1238 Diamond, South Bend, Indiana, Veronica Flowers, 501 S. 32 Street,
<br />South Bend, Indiana. Mr. Brown advised that the car wash on Lincolnway West in South Bend
<br />was purchased out of a tax sale, and some youth have been working out there and I have been
<br />working with the youth out there on the west side. A party was out there a shooting was out
<br />there everybody seen it in the media. Temporary order was signed by the Chief of Police and the
<br />City Attorney, a restraining order only one could enter the building with Ms. Flowers. Went to
<br />court on Friday, in front of Mr. Gammage, and he lifted it up, so I took some folks out there to
<br />clean-up and by evening they were surrounded by police, seven of them, said there was no
<br />communication between Teachman and them. Had them out there and Ms. Flowers has a heart
<br />monitor on. My thing before the City Council Board is that it seems like its different rules for
<br />different things. We have these other families that are standing behind me, right next door to
<br />their house $350,000 paid for a strip club, but they were offered a lot less than that. And I stand
<br />before the City Council Board asking that we get some rules and some guidelines, we give tax
<br />rebates for this, people are trying to better this community and work in this community and it
<br />seems like there is some shields put up, some different rules being played with. And we are
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<br />watching, were really watching the 14 floor because we aren’t getting any answers. Went to
<br />Mayor’s Night Out and talked to the Mayor about it, and he says come back to the City Council
<br />Board. So we started at the bottom and now we are here. I’m going to continue to watch, I’m
<br />going to continue to come, you know how I end it, If I can’t wake you up (slams hand down on
<br />podium) I’m going to shake you up.
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<br />Veronica Flowers, 501 S. 32 Street, South Bend, Indiana, speaking in regard to 1804
<br />Lincolnway West, South Bend, Indiana, a property that I purchased through a tax sale that she
<br />bought from the City with the intent to use as a car wash to create some jobs for less fortunate
<br />people that get turned down for jobs that they are not eligible for because they have a felony or
<br />criminal backgrounds. My intention was to try to help people like myself; I have a felony record
<br />that I have been given by the City of South Bend, and it seems like I am being make a mockery
<br />of some type. Here is a copy of the court order that took place in the court room. There is a
<br />statement in here in regard to that I was told when I left the court that everything was complete
<br />and I could go back and operate as a car wash. I was out of town when this took place at a
<br />funeral for 92 year old uncle. I got a phone call telling me in regard to the person that I had that
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<br />was going to help me run the car wash, on the 13 of last month, sat on my front porch and died.
<br />So, that person I no longer have to help me run the car wash. His family had no money, I really
<br />had no money, he’s sitting there at the funeral home with no money to embalm him, and so I
<br />have to get $2,500 dollars to get this man put away. So, somebody said you could rent to us, so
<br />the person that sent in this paperwork for (inaudible) I rented the place to him. When I get it
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<br />back, I’ll get a release, just get the money, and get the man put away. On the 21 when the
<br />incident took place, the shooting, whoever it was out there in front, went on a shooting spree that
<br />night and a young lady lost her life and two other people were shot. (Inaudible) They called me
<br />and I went down there and sign some papers for them to go in and do an investigation. They told
<br />me if I fight it, that they could get a court order, may take a few hours, but I said no, you don’t
<br />have to do it, I will sign the release and you can go it and do whatever you have to do. After I
<br />left there about 6:15, I went home and I fell sick. I don’t know what happened and my doctors
<br />don’t know what happened. It was my heart and I stopped breathing, and all I wanted to do is
<br />create some jobs and have a better life and come out of poverty for myself and anybody else.
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