Proving once again that the state has no interest in helping people, the state of Delaware is attacking a pastor who would dare attempt to help the homeless. Pastor Aaron Appling of Victory Church West in Dover is being threatened with a $100 per day fine by county officials for allowing a 21-year-old homeless woman to live in an RV in the back of the church property.
Because Appling didn’t go through the right channels of extortion and get his own property approved by the government to do with it what he wishes, officials are promising to extort him.
According to NBC Philadelphia, Kent County officials sent Appling a letter stating his church isn’t zoned to let homeless people stay on the property. The letter warns that if the church doesn’t act quickly, they could be fined $100 a day.
To be clear, a fine is backed by the threat of violence from the state for non-payment. If Appling continues to be a good Samaritan by providing a woman with shelter and refuses to pay the $100 per day fine, he will receive a visit from armed agents of the state demanding payment.
If Appling refuses to pay the extortion fees to these armed agents, they will attempt to kidnap and cage him. If Appling resists his kidnappers, he will have violence enacted against him, and he could be legally killed.
Alexis Simms, a 21-year-old homeless mom who is battling lupus, has nowhere to go — and, the state is attempting to take the only thing she has positive in her life right now — pastor Appling’s kindness.
“We want to stand up for her,” Appling said. “Because there is nobody else to stand up for her.”
Because the state needs to have a piece of red tape and a related fee declaring the church property a ‘campground,’ Simms could soon find herself back on the street. Again, to be clear, by ‘rezoning’ Appling’s own property as a ‘campground’ nothing actually changes. This is simply a means by which the state can collect money from its citizens.
According to NBC Philadelphia, while county officials said the church can apply for re-zoning to make the land a campground, Appling says it would be too expensive. He’s hoping the church and the county can reach a compromise before the fines begin.
Helping a homeless mother is not the only ‘crime’ the church has been accused of either. Last month, Appling announced a plan to build multiple tiny homes on his property to provide shelter for those in need. And, again, their good deed was quickly swatted down by the bureaucratic hand of government.
The good news is, the church is showing no signs of backing down. Instead of paying the fees, they are seeking to change the law entirely to put an end to such a tyrannical practice. We wish them luck in their endeavors.
“We have to choose at some point in time as believers who we’re going to stand for and help,” Appling said. “We’re not against them we’re just choosing we need to help this person more than we need to be pleasing to you.”
#1: GrandIsland To: Deckard (#0)
GrandIsland posted on 2016-10-11 20:26:11 Reply Private Reply
#2: buckeroo To: GrandIsland (#1)
buckeroo posted on 2016-10-11 22:38:51 Reply Private Reply
#3: nolu chan To: Deckard (#0)
No, they are going to advising him that he could be fined $100 per day if he does not apply for and obtain a zoning change. He wants to do it without paying for a a zoning change.
Numbnuts also wants to start a tiny housing project for the homeless in violation of zoning regulations.
If he wants, he can close his church and run for political office. He cannot hide behind the church to violate the law. He can do what he wants in an area zoned to do it.
nolu chan posted on 2016-10-11 22:50:09 Reply Private Reply
#4: Deckard To: buckeroo (#2)
That's how cops like FireIsland think. Anyone not a cop is an animal.
Sick, twisted bastard.
He really doesn't understand the concept of helping those in need.
Deckard posted on 2016-10-12 08:31:18 Reply Private Reply
#5: GrandIsland To: Deckard (#4)
Shut your yella bias pie hole. I don't play favorites or have an ounce of hypocrisy. It is you that views potheads as above others, such as LE.
GrandIsland posted on 2016-10-12 21:22:47 Reply Private Reply
#6: GrandIsland To: buckeroo (#2)
You are such a WEAK, liberal tree hugging bitch.
Animals will allow themselves to become dependent... Humans are high enough on the food chain to understand the concept and not succumb to the same... unless you've been PUSSIFIED by libtard thinking your whole life... or was it all the drugs that caused you to feel sorry for something not self sufficient?
GrandIsland posted on 2016-10-12 21:27:20 Reply Private Reply
#7: buckeroo To: GrandIsland (#6)
buckeroo posted on 2016-10-12 21:32:53 Reply Private Reply
#8: GrandIsland To: buckeroo (#7)
Yes, douche bag... unless you can provide me proof that any one ANIMAL either domestic or wild, in our history, that worked a 20 year job and paid into the privately owned retirement system. Last I checked, retard, animals don't work. They sit around and wait until a douche nozzle like you feeds them and picks up their shit from the yard.
listen, retard. What makes them animals and us higher on the food chain is the fact the WE CAN UNDERSTAND DEPENDENCY... unless you're a weak libtarded fool. Like yourself. Then you either are an animal, or just as fucking stupid.
You are either part of the problem... Or part of the solution. You decide. A helpful hint... Check your "feelings" at the door before you decide.
GrandIsland posted on 2016-10-12 21:44:24 Reply Private Reply
#9: buckeroo To: GrandIsland (#8)
Thanks, in advance ... your pal,
buckeroo
buckeroo posted on 2016-10-12 21:57:31 Reply Private Reply
#10: GrandIsland To: buckeroo (#9)
Yes, when you show me an animal that works a 20 year pension job 40+ hours a week, without weekends or holidays off... dick head.
GrandIsland posted on 2016-10-12 22:36:11 Reply Private Reply
#11: buckeroo To: GrandIsland (#10)
buckeroo posted on 2016-10-12 22:43:57 Reply Private Reply
#12: Deckard To: GrandIsland, buckeroo (#10)
Deckard posted on 2016-10-13 10:20:41 Reply Private Reply