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Neighbors In Rancho Cucamonga Aren’t Dying To Have Funeral Parlor Move In
CBS) ^ | July 15, 2012 10:51 PM | Art Barron

Posted on 07/16/2012 7:28:05 AM PDT by BenLurkin

RANCHO CUCAMONGA {California} (CBS) — A Rancho Cucamonga neighborhood wants to fight a proposed business attempting to move in.

A proposed funeral home, they say, shouldn’t be near their homes.

The proposed funeral parlor would be built smack in the middle of several new developments in this San Bernardino County neighborhood.

Art Barron, reporting for CBS2 and KCAL9, said residents are worried about their property values.

And some, frankly, don’t want to live that close to dead people.

Wendy Sandoval told Barron, “We are not happy about this at all.” She showed him a petition signed by residents who are decidedly against the funeral parlor. “Don’t want it, don’t want it, don’t want it,” she said, rattling down signatures. “We’re hoping that the councilmen and the mayor of our city will get involved and not allow it to affect the residents who pridefully live in this area.”

Plannng Commission Chairman Luis Munoz has tried to assuage the fears of some residents explaining there will be no embalming or cremating done on the premises.

Either way, dead bodies don’t bother resident Shirley Gaskins who doesn’t understand all the fuss. She shrugs, “So what? Some people have a hard time dealing with death. The idea that it’s going to be in the neigh-bor-hood. Dead things. In the neighborhood. Ooooh.”

The new business would sit just north of a post office and across the street from Etiwanda Gardens.There’s also a wedding and banquet hall close by. None of these businesses have upset the neighborhood.

A meeting is planned for July 25th at City Hall. That is where Planning Commission members are considering granting a conditional use permit to Service Corporation International., a Texas-based firm that specializes in funeral homes.

But not if the petition signers have their way. Resident Joseph Russell is firmly against the funeral home moving into his neighborhood. “It’s just not part of our community. It’s not a good fit,” he says. “So we’ll do whatever we can (to fight it.)”

Some residents told Barron, if the grant goes through, they will just consider walking away from their homes and letting them go into foreclosure.


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1 posted on 07/16/2012 7:28:11 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

good for them! and next I hope they vote to ban death, ‘cause that’ll learn ‘em...


2 posted on 07/16/2012 7:48:11 AM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: BenLurkin

This is crazy. My hometown has 2 funeral homes right smack in the middle of houses. What are the dead going to do to them? I know of 2 here that are in with houses. They better worry about some of the living.


3 posted on 07/16/2012 8:11:32 AM PDT by MamaB
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To: BenLurkin

This is a joke, right?

Why would a duneral home be a bad fit for a neighborhood? Are the people in this neighborhood exempt from death?


4 posted on 07/16/2012 8:20:08 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Jim from C-Town

They just wanna keep the walkers away....

5 posted on 07/16/2012 8:27:48 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: BenLurkin

Pride of Cucamonga!


6 posted on 07/16/2012 8:39:36 AM PDT by frithguild (You can call me Snippy the Anti-Freeper)
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To: BenLurkin

Maybe they’re afraid of the unsavory zombie element roaming their quiet neighborhood streets.


7 posted on 07/16/2012 8:43:53 AM PDT by bgill
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To: bgill

And the possibility of the home attracting this unsavory element;

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2905752/posts


8 posted on 07/16/2012 8:49:11 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: bgill
No, it's unbelievable that anybody anywhere near Sacramento would leave their doors unlocked.
9 posted on 07/16/2012 8:59:54 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Crazy, huh. Just wait until Uncle Joe tips his mocha latte over into granny’s casket. Or maybe it’s the poor economy. I know of a funeral home that is also the local florist so you go there to plan your wedding flowers and pick up your prom date’s corsage.


10 posted on 07/16/2012 9:00:16 AM PDT by bgill
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To: BenLurkin

Doesn’t stand a ghost of a chance.


11 posted on 07/16/2012 9:43:07 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: BenLurkin

This small business faces stiff resistance, but has the neighbors dead to rites.

12 posted on 07/16/2012 9:58:13 AM PDT by Jonah Hex ("To Serve Manatee" is a cookbook!)
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A proposed funeral home, they say, shouldn’t be near their homes.

Could be worse...they could have an Obama 2012 office opening in their neighborhood.

13 posted on 07/16/2012 10:21:17 AM PDT by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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To: BenLurkin

I wouldn’t have a problem living next door to a funeral home or a cemetery. At least the neighbors are quiet.


14 posted on 07/16/2012 11:34:18 AM PDT by Fast Moving Angel (A moral wrong is not a civil right: No religious sanction of an irreligious act.)
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To: BenLurkin

Nothing will wreck the peace and quiet of a suburban neighbourhood quite like dead bodies and solemn professional businessmen. /sarc


15 posted on 07/16/2012 4:39:42 PM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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