BRING YOUR CONCERNS, QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
TO THE MEETING OF THE VOTERS
Thursday, OCTOBER 29
6 PM
Barnstable High School
Topics
1. Background Check 2. Bans 3. Business 4. Church 5. Contributions 6. Education 7. Elderly/Seniors 8. Emergency Responses 9. Fire Department 10. HAC & Catholic Charities 11. Hearing 12. Hours of Operation 15. Length of Stay 16. Location 17. Mental Illness 18. NIMBY 19. Open Meeting 20. Place of Origin 21. Police 22. Population 23. Program History 24. Religious Exemption 25. Schools 26. Security 27. Sex Offenders 28. Solutions 29. Substance Abuse 30. Tax-Exempt 31. Town 32. Triage 33. Workers 34. Youth

Information / Questions / Solutions about…

3. Businesses
# 1
IS IT TRUE…
…that the McDonald’s, only a block away, was frighteningly attacked and property damaged by a man claiming to be Satan, whose current address is “the Winter Street homeless shelter.”
Yes, see the Hyannis News article in the “In the News” section.
At times the shelter will claim that those in the community are not staying in the shelter. However, people are coming from everywhere hearing about a free bed and meals.
# 2
IS IT TRUE…
…that one business, near the Winter St. shelter, had to hire a security person for the morning, from 6 am to 11 am, seven days a week, to handle the influx from the shelter?
We will invite this manager to attend the Open Meeting of the Voters.
# 3
IS IT TRUE…
…that this business near the Winter St. shelter has had overdoses in the bathroom?
We will invite this manager to attend the Open Meeting of the Voters.
# 4
IS IT TRUE…
…that this business has had to implement no trespass orders?
We will invite this manager to attend the Open Meeting of the Voters.
# 5
IS IT TRUE…
…that the manager of this business went to the shelter and was told by staff that the challenges were not “their problem”?
We will invite this manager to attend the Open Meeting of the Voters.
# 6
IS IT TRUE…
…that another business serving children had a man who was incontinent come into the business needing a bathroom, and that this Neighbor In Need came out fully exposed?
We will invite this manager to attend the Open Meeting of the Voters.
# 7
IS IT TRUE…
…that a church near the shelter has had to lock its doors during Sunday morning worship because of violence from a Neighbor In Need?
We will invite this pastor to attend the Open Meeting of the Voters.
# 8 (continued)
IS IT TRUE…
…that some Neighbors In Need choose to ride for hours in the Regional Transit Authority B-Bus in order to be off the streets?
Reported by a B-Bus driver to a NANN member. We will invite this driver to our Open Meeting of the Voters.
# 9
IS IT TRUE…
…that family businesses, like the bowling alley and the carousel, are no longer on Main St.? Did this happen because families were less likely to come because of the sometimes frightening presence of some Neighbors In Need?