ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, April 2, 1995                   TAG: 9503310033
SECTION: HORIZON                    PAGE: G-1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: TOM BOYLE, Union Hall
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NOBLE INTENTIONS

I am proud of our country and the city of Roanoke for all its noble intentions and energy to make things better, but your report shows vividly how these intentions turn sour when we always (or very often) see the problems through the eyes of the people in power rather than the people we are supposedly trying to help. We cannot re-create these lost neighborhoods and communities, as much as I wish we could, but hopefully, this powerful and courageous article will help us from repeating its mistake. If we look at the problems of the poor and the "less powerful" and try to feel as they feel, we will move more slowly perhaps, but always with more compassion and wisdom! 


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