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Re: Assault on a Senior Citizen-1/16/2014

What has happened to the Senior is horrible. When we physically bar our Seniors and Disabled members by an unwillingness to accommodate them and deny them their right to participate at a public Community Building, we set the bar very low in Malden. We are beating up on the disabled and Seniors through indifference. One of the reasons that people tried to obtain the city’s permission to make the Oak Grove Community building accessible was that a local community member , a Senior citizen with limited mobility and the victim of a violent home invasion in Oak Grove, found that participation in her local community made her feel safe and cared for. However she found it difficult to access the building. Maybe if we start with the things that are achievable we will have a better community. What do you think?

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