http://veterans.lohudblogs.com/2008/04/17/the-new-rochelle-armory-debate-where-do-you-stand/ A blog about veterans affairs Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:24:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.5 http://veterans.lohudblogs.com/2008/04/17/the-new-rochelle-armory-debate-where-do-you-stand/#comment-387 Jim Murphy Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:42:51 +0000 http://veterans.lohudblogs.com/2008/04/17/the-new-rochelle-armory-debate-where-do-you-stand/#comment-387 Aurelio opens the discussion of affordable housing for returning vets. In addition, Echo Bay Redevelopment might be considered if there was a guaranteed percentage of jobs (say 25%) and job training for returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with union oversight. Armories are a symbol of the past and possibly too expensive to keep... but a relevant park and a memorial to our soldiers is a good trade off if our returning vets are part of the solution. Montrose should be re-habbed by retired veterans teaching the trades to Iraq and Afghanistan vets... same reasons. It would also be a major help to young vets upon their return. Aurelio opens the discussion of affordable housing for returning vets. In addition, Echo Bay Redevelopment might be considered if there was a guaranteed percentage of jobs (say 25%) and job training for returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with union oversight. Armories are a symbol of the past and possibly too expensive to keep… but a relevant park and a memorial to our soldiers is a good trade off if our returning vets are part of the solution. Montrose should be re-habbed by retired veterans teaching the trades to Iraq and Afghanistan vets… same reasons. It would also be a major help to young vets upon their return.

]]> http://veterans.lohudblogs.com/2008/04/17/the-new-rochelle-armory-debate-where-do-you-stand/#comment-320 Aurelio Orlandini Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:21:05 +0000 http://veterans.lohudblogs.com/2008/04/17/the-new-rochelle-armory-debate-where-do-you-stand/#comment-320 I think that the best way to honor the dead, is to help the living.Young veterans who, upon returning home after serving their country, are trying to get back to a productive life and older veterans who are struggling in a sagging economy on fixed incomes. Provide them with affordable housing and a park where all can sit and contemplate the lives of those of us who paid the ultimate price for the freedom that we all enjoy. I think that the best way to honor the dead, is to help the living.Young veterans who, upon returning home after serving their country, are trying to get back to a productive life and older veterans who are struggling in a sagging economy on fixed incomes. Provide them with affordable housing and a park where all can sit and contemplate the lives of those of us who paid the ultimate price for the freedom that we all enjoy.

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