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YOUR Opinion:
How the Township Shuts Out Children
Dispatched by citizen Toy-Ling Washington
I am happy that the people of Hillside enjoyed the Night
Out, but do they realize that there was a group of Hillside residents who
were not invited? Well, they are the children of the Hillside drill team. I
started this drill team because the children of Hillside wanted a drill
team that was not run by town hall bureaucracy, which is destroying the activities for the children.
For the past two years, the children have had to endure the
township's attitude, one that does not allow the children to use the
Community Center, or any of the public facilities or parks other than
the one on Hillside Avenue.
These children
went to a Township Council meeting and were not given any relief. Still they practice rain or shine, but in the grass because they are not welcome in the Community Center. We need to acknowledge that there
are children who want to do more than run after sex and drugs, and
support their efforts to do something positive. But the Township Council will only listen to three residents living next to the Community Center who do not want to hear the "noise" of children playing safely.
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