John Bon Bon Jovie Restaurant: Singer John Bon Bon Jovi’s restaurant slammed by a New Jersey Mayor: ‘… Mentally ill man’
A pop-up restaurant installed by Rock Star John Bon Jovi The Toms River in New Jersey has ignited a political and community firstorm, Mayor Daniel Rodric has claimed that the restaurant is attracting a large number of homeless persons in the city’s public library and creating a public safety issue.
Opened inside in February Ocean County LibraryToms River Branch, The JBJ Sol Kitchen to work Pay-What-U-Can FoodIn lieu of food, “pay it further” or present a volunteer’s option. Bonn Jovi and wife Dorothia’s non-profit JBJ Sol Foundation, the initiative aims to provide dignity and food access to dignity and food by connecting the patron with resources for housing, mental health and employment assistance.
However, Rodrick has repeatedly accused the community kitchen of converting the library into a “day shelter and soup kitchen”, claiming that it ignores the New Jersey and beyond, which has increased emergency calls and there are deteriorating conditions for families.
USA Today said, “Mothers should not walk with their children through big gangs of drunk and mentally ill people.”
The mayor said the library soup is not a place for the kitchen, especially the Toms River High School is located close to South. According to Fox News Digital, he convicted JBJ Sol Kitchen and other non -profit organizations “unheard individuals” and stressed local resources.
Despite criticism, Ocean County Commissioner Jennifer Bechion defended the Sol Kitchen, saying that it is not a soup kitchen and does not provide free food without the effort of the mentor. “Pop-up does not give food for free,” Bechione was quoted by the USA Today, saying that customers are expected to contribute by cleaning or volunteering.
He said that the primary objective of pop-up was to serve courthouse employees, library employees, students and local workers, not to attract the homeless population.
Bonn Jovi and his wife Dorothia dismissed the notion that Sol Kitchen exploited homeless, in a statement by the New York Post, “We don’t get any such funding,” and invited people to visit the Beat Center in Toms River or Library Pop-Up. He said, “We are not here to take people here or forced into shadow.”
Rodrick, who has not yet talked directly to the Bonn Jovi Foundation, claimed that the enterprise has claimed “the right rough on the municipality” and weighing legal action against other non -profit institutions, saying that he has overbred the city with a distant people as North Carolina and Philadelphia.
However, he clarified that his legal team is not targeting the soul kitchen.
Sol kitchen pop-up is scheduled to close on 23 May when its strap ends. The commissioners have not yet decided whether to expand the partnership.
Meanwhile, the debate on homeless and public safety continues to divide the city. While some inhabitants echoed Rodric’s concerns, others, including the restaurant’s patron, say the Sol Kitchen has been an important resource in the difficult times. According to NBC News, the non -profit organization maintains that it is committed to eliminate “through actual solutions” homeless and has already helped build about a thousand units of affordable housing across the state.
