Personal responsibility for pet-owners or parents - what an insane concept. Personally, I'm up for euthanizing HUMANS involved in perpetrating any violent crime; melee or no melee. Sure would save on all those hot meals and cots in the prisons. Ironic that the state/city/county can't scrape up enough dough to house the homeless who have kids and jobs - but stab someone with a blunt instrument and you've got a home for life. Or, like the 'dude' in the recent Skyway News article, move here from the 'bay area', hang out with your girlfriend for awhile and, if your luck runs bad, you can get a check and a free bus ride home. It's a rather pathetic state er, city of affairs. Nearly all the people interviewed when asked why they were homeless stated that they moved here. I wonder why. Sure isn't the weather. And how does moving somewhere make you homeless? Did someone force you onto the Greyhound? Ever read a newspaper? Heard the term housing crisis? I've moved 13 times in my 30+ years and it'd be a cold day in heck when I'd just move someplace without a plan. Research the job market, the cost of living, the availability of a place to live. I think most of the people cited in the article are in denial not only due to their addictions, but in neglecting to have a plan. Is planning so anal? Life doesn't happen to you, you sort of carve a path as you go. And to try to tie in to the recent uproar with relation to pre-fab housing, I doubt any one of the folks interviewed would mind living in one, provided it was warm and cozy in the winter months. Even tony East Hampton has numerous mobile home communities i.e. trailor courts. I'd rather have trailor courts than families camping under bridges. But that's just me. The opposition to pre-fabs reaks of legislated socialism. Since when do people care whether their neighbors have a place to store their lawnmowers? Mine's in my backyard last I checked. And further, since when is owning a full array of yard implements a prerequisite to buying a house? Do you have to have a snowblower too? A trash compactor? Digital cable? 2.5 SUVs in the driveway? Who makes up these rules anyway? Don Imus said it best: UPTIGHT WHITE. I don't obsess over the turnover rate of my house on a daily basis. My investment in my home is the time I've spent in it, not how much I've spent on it. But then I'm no land baron. JHarmon Cleveland
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