Boonville looks to sell old academy

[Deborah]

When Brown Schools was looking to open a facility in Florida the residents held a town meeting and protested. Couldn't hurt. Go to the council meeting and give a presentation.

[Anonymous]

write to the boonville missouri police they are supporst to to checks on on who buys the property. the police chiefs name is Jim. This is the e-mail adress for the boonville mo police.:
bpd@undata.com
Let them know the truth about WWASP and Mr. Hilton.

[Anonymous]

They will listen to facts with supporting evidence. That's it.

Forget the rest, they won't read it and the ones who may have good evidence to back up their claims will be lost in the shuffle.

Hysteria is not the answer. You just lose credibility.

Regroup, folks. Too many calling, faxing, and e-mailing without some true evidence to back it up is not going to help.

[Anonymous]

If you are going to do a presentation at a council meeting then I suggest you have your evidence to back up what you say.

It's a good idea if it is done well, professionally, calmly, with strong supporting evidence.

Evidence would include names and telephone numbers of people willing to testify that were victims of or witnessed abuse or neglect at the hands of the people involved, signed, sworn, notarized affidavits of those with a story to tell, and so on.

[Antigen]

I would also suggest that you approach it from the pov of the community more than the individual victims.

Most likely, these guys are selling these folks the same ol' bill of goods they always do. "We'll bring jobs and commerce" Ask the people of Treasure Beach, Jamaica or Bonners Ferry Id how these types of programs have actually delivers on those promises.

Generally, the jobs available to outsiders are long hours, low pay and not at all secure. The well heeled students are not permitted to go out and spend their parents' money in the community and their parents only rarely come to visit and buy a hotel stay and a couple of meals. Every run away attempt requires law enforcement attention. The town's reputation gets muddied by all the weird stories coming out of the new place. All in all, it's just not a good deal for area development or for the heart and soul of the town.

That's what the city council is going to care about. Not saying you should keep silent on the abuse complaints. Just that you should also make time to include the part of the story that addresses the town's self interest.

There is not a "fragment" in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.
-- John Muir

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