Edmond questions seniors’ meal cuts

FROM STAFF REPORTS Comments 1
Published: November 8, 2009

EDMOND — The city of Edmond is hosting a meeting to discuss the recent cessation of its senior nutrition program. The meeting will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Downtown Community Center, 28 E Main, Room 110.

Set to speak are:

→Edmond Mayor Patrice Douglas,

→Legislators from the Edmondarea,

→Oklahoma County Commissioner Ray Vaughn,

→Edmond Senior Center Manager Gail Deaton,

→Oren Lee Peters, a senior adult served by the program.

Edmond’s senior nutrition program was recently stopped because of budget cuts at the Department of Human Services Areawide Aging Agency.

City officials are questioning why Edmond’s program was stopped entirely, saying about 500 seniors in the area fall below the poverty threshold.

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Why are you complaining, Edmond? After all, Edmond appears to be "ground zero" for hating the government. Or is it that you just don't like the guy with the Arab-African sounding name who is at the head of it? Which of you people put your six year old kid out there to carry signs saying "Nobama" and "Stop Socialism"? OF COURSE we need to help seniors and others who need help with food, shelter, or other basics. Volunteerism is great, but it will never be enough. Now, government help IS socialistic. So are the police and firefighters. These things are not evil. Turn off those screamers on you radio and TV and go help. Your blood pressure will go down.

Mark, Edmond - Nov 10, 2009 at 9:03 am

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