Supporting the troops means taking care of veterans too

While Taylor Texas can put out something like this,,,,,,

Adopt A Unit at Fort Hood Project

The City of Taylor and the City of Hutto adopted the 4th Infantry Division's Combat Aviation Brigade Battalion 1/4 Avn at Fort Hood. These two cities agreed to support the Central Texas Fort Hood Chapter Association of the United States Army (AUSA) and it's "Adopt a Unit" Program during their deployment to Iran in 2008/2009.The troops returned home from their most recent deployment to Iran in June, 2009 and were welcomed home with a special event sponsored by both cities at the Old Settlers Association facility in Round Rock on June 27. For more information on the program contact Jean Johnson at 352-5448 or the Taylor Chamber of Commerce at 365-8485.
Visit the website at http://www.forthoodausa.org/ for additional details on these programs and how you can adopt a unit of your own.
Letter from Lt. Col. Brian Bennett, July 15, 2008.
Letter of appreciation from Major General Hammond, July, 2009.
Contact Information
Taylor Chamber of Commerce
1519 N. Main StreetTaylor, TX 76574
512-365-8485

it also looks like they do not take it to heart when it comes to taking care of veterans as well.

Veterans for Common Sense Fights Discrimination Against Veterans in Taylor Texas
Written by Claire Osborn
Saturday, 10 October 2009 22:35
Taylor residents oppose proposed veterans center in their neighborhood

October 11, 2009, Taylor, Texas (Austin American-Statesman) — A California company wants to convert an empty facility formerly used as nursing home into a trauma assistance center for as many as 88 female veterans, including those who have been sexually assaulted by fellow soldiers.

But some Taylor residents say they don't want the facility in their town.

"It would put veterans in a situation where they are going to a town that doesn't want them," said Cherri Wolbrueck, co-owner of a Taylor bookstore. She talked about her opposition after attending a zoning board meeting where representatives of the company — Center Point Inc., based in San Rafael, Calif. — spoke.

Wolbrueck lives across the street from the proposed facility where veterans would live. She said she fears that veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder might attack residents in the Buttermilk Hill neighborhood.

"They can have an episode where a flashback transports them back into a combat situation, and they can perceive anyone as a threat: an elderly person taking a walk around the neighborhood, or a child on a bike," she said.

Laura Lambe, the executive vice president of Texas Center Point Inc., which would operate the facility and is a subsidiary of the California company, said the veterans who would be served at the facility would not be a danger to the community.

"We are not dealing with people who are threatening," Lambe said.

"We have a moral obligation to help veterans," said Paul Sullivan, executive director of Veterans for Common Sense, an advocacy group based in Washington. "Veterans are the kind of neighbors we want, and it's safe to be around them."

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Not wanted in an American neighborhood? Really? This must mean as long as they are risking their lives some place else, they are welcome, but when they dare to come home needing help, they are no longer welcome. This is a town in dire need of an education on what war does and what kind of people the troops are. They risked their lives for the same people that do not want them in their neighborhoods!