The Mayor of Toms River says he wants Jon Bon Jovi’s non -profit restaurant away

The mayor of a city in New Jersey says The non -profit efforts of rock star Jon Bon Jovi and his wife Create problems, but others in the area say that they are not to blame.

JBJ Soul Kitchen helps to serve the needy

The couple founded the Jon Bon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation JBJ Soul KitchenA non -profit joint restaurant that serves the needy with locations in Red Bank, Toms River, Newark and Jersey City.

“Where those who are unable to pay their time voluntarily. Those who can pay, pay their meals and donate to pay it forward,” said Dorothea Bon Jovi in ​​an Instagram video.

In February, the couple opened a temporary pop-up food kitchen in the Ocean County Library in Toms River, and the following month Bon Jovi and his wife celebrated the 200,000. Miles in their restaurants.

A patron named Michael, who fell in difficult times and is unshakable, says it was a blessing.

“It is something you feel from the heart where someone has done something for the community,” he said.

“It’s just a really nice place for us when we are hungry,” said a patron named Devon.

The restaurant makes Toms River a port for homelessness, says Mayor

But the pop-up restaurant could “live on a prayer” if the mayor of Toms River, Daniel Rodrick, has his way.

“I definitely want to disappear and I want the county to stop throwing people in Toms River,” he said.

According to Rodrick, Bon Jovis Restaurant makes his community a port for people with homelessness, claims that non -profit organizations gather people from all over the state and bring them to the community.

“We certainly don’t believe that the library is a good place. The problem was never Bon Jovi. It was Ocean County Board of Commissioners who deal with these non -profit organizations,” he said. “It is a real security concern. These people are not checked.”

Ocean County’s commissioner, Robert Arace, said that the district will not be a Toms River Bus and Bon Jovi’s pop-up in the library.

“He says that the incidents have increased? We have data that you have not increased. It is not a soup kitchen,” said Arace.

The Bon Jovis published a joint explanation last week in which he said: “The JBJ Soul Foundation and the JBJ Soul Kitchen are obliged to end the homelessness through real solutions. We are not here to only move people or force them into the shade. Our foundation has built almost a thousand units of affordable and supportive living space.”