It is a SHAMEFUL Day In America Today

Homeless help

National Veterans Homeless Support Inc. helps homeless veterans and other homeless people. Call 888-787-6847 or visit
National Veterans Homeless Support Inc.

TITUSVILLE -- — Police have cleared out 11 homeless camps throughout the city in a push to remove people who are trespassing on private property.

Titusville Police Department and fire officials say the camps are a safety hazard, and a growing problem in the city, partly resulting from the increased unemployment.

But George Taylor Sr., founder and president of the Titusville-based National Veterans Homeless Support Inc., said he is concerned about the efforts to clear out local homeless camps.

He said he is documenting what happened and will consult his organization's legal advisers to be sure procedures were properly followed.

"This a veterans' town and this is a veterans' county, and they will not get away with it," Taylor said.

Titusville Police Lt. Jeff King, a patrol division official who supervised the detail that cleared the homeless camps, said the increased safety concern necessitated the effort.

King said police in recent months had to respond to some fights at the camps, as well as incidents of harassment of the public or public intoxication by homeless people.

The increase in homeless camps "seems to be more of a problem than I can ever remember," said King, who has been with the department for 16 years.

In addition, Titusville Fire Department Battalion Chief Scott Gaenicke said officials traced at least two wildfires this year in wooded areas of the city -- one near Garden Street and the other near South Street -- to homeless camps.

Taylor said his group monitors about 85 homeless camps in Brevard County, including about 25 in Titusville. Those 25 camps have about 70 to 80 residents, with more than half of them military veterans, Taylor said.

King said the police department "identified some trouble areas owned by individuals or businesses" that were suspected sites of homeless camps, and contacted the property owners to see if they wanted the camps cleared.

Locations where the property owners didn't want the homeless camps removed were not disturbed, King said. People who lived in the homeless camps that were targeted received warning of trespassing before the camps were cleared, he said. After issuing the warnings, police returned to see if the homeless people had left and if their personal items were removed.

King said any items found at the 11 sites -- like reclining chairs, tents and barbecue grills -- were cleared out by crews from the city's Public Works Department, under police supervision.

Two law enforcement officers from the Florida East Coast Railway assisted in the detail, which included homeless campsites near railroad tracks, he said.

King said most of the cleared sites were off State Road 50/Cheney Highway, State Road 406/Garden Street and U.S. 1, as well as near the site of the former Sand Point Plaza, just north of downtown Titusville.

J.R. McGovern, whose business is located near the Sand Point Plaza area, said he could see both sides of the issue. He is aware of the safety issue, noting a brush fire earlier this year in the woods near his marine dealership, Mosquito Lagoon Outfitters, may have stemmed from a homeless camp.

But McGovern said he also is sympathetic to the plight of homeless veterans. As an active member of the Titusville Patriots Tea Party organization, McGovern said he plans to work with other members of his group to come up with ways to help the homeless.

Taylor said he was at an out-of-town veterans' convention when the police visits to homeless camps occurred. On Monday, he was working on alternative living arrangements for the homeless who had been displaced.

Contact Berman at 321-360-1016 or dberman@floridatoday.com

It is a SHAMEFUL Day In America Today

Shame on so called Americans that turn their backs on true Americans that put it ALL on the line to protect our liberties & freedoms, then have to come home and fight for their very survival in the land of plenty for the land they so much that they were willing to pay the ultimate sacrifice. Shame on the Politicians that allowed their few belongings to be destroyed, defaced and buried under the land they fought so bravely and gallantly for. 

There is a reckoning that our veterans & fellow Americans will wage for their brethren, Lord be willing. Shame on the politicians that have no compassion & empathy for our first defenders & kick a veteran when their down then through them into the streets & under the bus. Is it only popular to say, "Support our troops" when they are in uniform, then strip them of their dignity when they return & face life's adversities. I wonder how much that "Raid" operation cost tax payers, and how many homeless veterans it would have fed if the would have use those funds for the greater good. Shame on the politicians that can sleep tonight knowing what they have done, as the lay in their cushy warm designer bed sipping on their VSOPs. Shame on the heartless politicians that have no conscience. Election day will be our reckoning for those that wave an American flag in a parade, climb on their proverbial soap boxes to read their carefully scripted & composed double talk, cheer for our troops in harms way for popularity sake, then turn their back on them when they have now way

God Bless America, God Bless our Troops & God Bless Our Homeless Veterans. Let us pray for our homeless heroes & let us pray that the Lord soften the stony hearts of those that forget our homeless heroes, that they realize the errors of their ways.

I hope that each of you that here about this atrocity, will immediately got to www.NVHS.us and pledge $1 a month for a year for their March to a Million campaign to eliminate homelessness for our Veterans in Florida. Our register for one or more legs of the World Record Ride, be sure to mention that you NVHS referred you so that that portion of the funds raised goes to them to help our homeless heroes. God Bless You and Thank You for your support.

Will you allow them to stop you?

Will you allow them to stop you?

 

My Grand dad used to say

" All the devils in Hell can't stop you

 if you want something badly enough."

Is there something you want to

accomplish badly enough to suffer for?

 

Nehemiah 4:11

And our adversaries said,

They shall not know, neither see,

til we come in the midst among them,

and cause their work to cease.

 

 

In God We Trust.

AngelOfMercy

Cowgirls GIt-R-Dun Guinness World Record Benefit Motorcycle Ride "The Mother of ALL Rides"

As a non-profit, Florida corporation established on February 10th, 2011, we are well on our way to making a difference in the lives of Victims of Domestic Violence, Breast Cancer Patients, and  Homeless Veterans through our fund raising efforts of The Cowgirls Git-R-Dun World Record Ride. 

It was the tragic death of one of our own Cowgirls that motivated us to action. On July 31st, 2010 Brenda L. (sunnie) Ahrens was strangled to death at the hands of her abusive boyfriend. She planned to escape the next day  when she was to receive her disability check. He got her check! We had her convinced to get out, and it was only money that could have made a difference. We vowed never to let that happen again.

Now, it is our goal to raise one million dollars for each of three causes. It will take the collective efforts of hundreds to organize the ride and the participation of thousands of riders to complete at least one "Leg" (the average distance of 250 miles, between one check point to another along the route). With Your help, we will Git-R-Dun!

We are currently seeking promoters & coordinators (we will train, and you will be generously compensated  for your efforts by our sponsor, without taking away from the causes). We are also interested in helping any ride clubs or organizations that need to raise funds for their organization by referring their members and others to the ride.

We are also seeking additional corporate sponsors, volunteers, ride captains and ride sisters.

This ride is a very ambitious undertaking of historical proportions and we are depending on  the participation of good-hearted  people like YOU, to make it a reality and touch and change countless lives.

Please visit our ride page for all the details of the ride. If you have any questions, concerns or inquires, or would like to participate as a rider, promoter, coordinator or volunteer, please feel free to call us at 321-926-6156 or email us at TheRide@CowgirlsGitRDun.com

Be Ever Ready To Give Account

Be Ever Ready To Give  Account

 

Be Ever Ready To Give An Account

of your faith and knowledge.

Always stand for what you stand for

and never waiver.

Be true to yourself;

and all that you represent.

Show your faith even in adversity,

So that others may desire faith and

Salvation because of

what they see in you.

 

1 Peter 3:15

But sanctify the Lord God

in your hearts: and be ready

always to give an answer to

every man that asketh you a

reason of the hope that is in

you with meekness and fear.

 

In God We Trust.

AngelOfMercy

You Are What You Eat!

You Are What You Eat!

 

Have you ever heard the old saying

"You are what you eat"? 

 Have you ever considered that

 to mean spiritual food as well?

Have you ever considered that you put

out for the world, what you take in?

Be careful what you eat, naturally

and spirtualy speaking. 

It Becomes who and what you are.

 

John 11:37

If I do  not the works of

my Father, Believe me not.

John 11:38

But if I do, though ye believe

not me, believe the works: that ye

may know, And believe that the

Father is in me, and I in him.

 

 

In God We Trust.

AngelOfMercy

You have to "put in" to "get out"

You have to "put in" to "get out"

And the more you give the more you

will get in return.

So give all you can give,

Do all you can do,

And do those things with a happy heart.

 Remember...

 God Loves a Cheerful Giver.

 

Ecclesiastes 11:1

Cast they  bread upon the waters:

for thou shalt find it after many days.

 

In God We Trust.

AngelOfMercy