| TheEmbracedRPG | Date: Tuesday, 24-Sep-2013, 10:44 PM | Message # 1 |
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| Most people would probably not think of the New Life Evangelistic Center in downtown St. Louis as a hotel, but that’s the kind of permit
Reverend Larry Rice needs to run his shelter, which is why downtown residents have convinced the city`s Board of Public Service to revoke it.
The hearing, being held as the result of a petition from the majority of residents living within 408 feet of the center, began with
testimony from a St. Louis police officer who said he has responded to fights at the center, seen drug deals there, along with shelter
residents drinking and urinating in public— all things that are grounds for revoking a hotel permit under the law.
Among those residents testifying was a woman who wants to remain anonymous because she says she was the victim of an assault by one of the shelter`s residents.
It is expected that the expulsion of such a large group of homeless into other parts of the city will contribute to a direct rise in crime in those areas.
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