NANN will select 60 questions from the following to bring to the Open Meeting of the Voters, and will allow each respondent 2 minutes to answer the question, in “Comments to the Public.” They will have the question in advance and so, should be able to be succinct.
Let us know the questions you would like to most have answered. Go to the bottom of the Home page and give us your contact information and comments in the Stay Informed section.
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?