[RBS] Plot 425 clarification

[marsha twersky]

Where exactly is plot 425 and 411?  and what if any other plots and their locations will be allotted to the dati leumi community?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: shalom lerner <lerner8 at bezeqint.net> 
Date: Friday, April 10, 2009 15:39 
Subject: [RBS] Plot 425 clarification 
To: Beit Shemesh List <list at shemesh.co.il>, Ramat Beit Shemesh Alef list <rbs at cs.huji.ac.il> 

> Dear Friends, 
> 
> As many of you might have heard by now, the 425 plot was awarded 
> for Bnos Yerushalayim - a girls school which includes many 
> extremist families. I and many of our community put a lot of 
> effort into trying to block this distribution of the land and want 
> to simply share how and why this took place. 
> 
> 425 is located not far from the dati leumi community and it makes 
> no sense for that land to go to Bnos Yerushalayim. Many moderate 
> chareidim agreed as well, since the land was more suited to them. 
> 
> The issue was brought to the city council for a vote last week.   
> Well before the issue came to a vote, I spent extensive time with 
> the Mayor demanding that “Bnos Yerushalayim” be moved to plot 411 
> which is more suited to their community. The Mayor claimed that he 
> tried for many months to arrange for that change but, in the end, 
> he was unsuccessful. 
> 
> It is true that we could have decided to create obstacles which 
> would lead to problems and difficulties for them and their 
> official move into 425. However, we realized that, at the end of 
> the day, even after the long delays, they would receive the land. 
> So, we decided to concentrate on the needs of the dati leumi 
> community and securing our needs. We, therefore, reached an 
> agreement with the Mayor whereby he met with some of their leaders 
> together with me, and told them that he reached an agreement with 
> me that I will abstain with the understanding that the land 
> appropriation for our community will go through without any 
> protest.  In addition the Mayor made it clear  that: 
> 
> 1)The Mayor will not stand for any more violence from their community 
> 
> 2)Just like he is taking care of their needs, he is going to take 
> care of our needs including Orot Banot and other dati leumi 
> projects in the neighborhood and the city. 
> 
> This ensures that if/when they decide to protest the Orot Banot 
> and the plot  next to it, the Mayor is committed to be fully on 
> our side.  
> In the end, the misappropriation of plot 425 is basically an 
> internal Charedi problem which we did our best that it should not 
> be detrimental to  our community. 
> 
> Please feel free to call me at 050-417-6716 or e-mail me at 
> lerner8 at bezeqint.net if you have any questions. 
> 
> Wishing everyone a chag kasher veSameiach, 
> 
> Shalom Lerner 
> 
> 
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