This is terrible. Marty is losing his home? I guess I missed the article. I don't think anyone deserves to lose their home, but certainly not Marty Jim
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Karen Allen<[email protected]> wrote: > For those of you who may not know him, Marty Cabry is the older white > gentleman who works for Jannie Blackwell as her Zoning point person (among > other things). You've probably seen him at Zoning Board hearings, or > representing Jannie at community meetings. > > Marty had been sick for a number of years and had to take an oxygen > tank everywhere until he had a full lung transplant about 2 or 3 years ago. > But before that, one of his children was born with a debilitating disease, > and has been confined to a wheelchair all of her life. She is in her 30’s > now and still lives with him. The front of his house had to be reconfigured > to install a wheelchair ramp for her, although the ramp didn't appear to be > in the photo included in the online version of the Inquirer story. > > It's very unfortunate that Marty hasn't been paying his real estate taxes. > But it isn't a situation where he is a deadbeat trying to game the system or > his job. For the last 30+ years he and his wife struggled to raise and > support a severely handicapped child, and in his later years he himself > suffered from a debilitating health problem. > > But in spite of all of that, Marty has also been a very tireless worker for > Jannie, and he very likely puts in 10 to 12 hour days. Even when he was > really sick, I often saw him come to our community meetings, having just > come from one meeting and probably on his way to another one. Some of those > meetings ran until 9 or 10 o'clock at night. And in spite of any bad press > that she may have gotten for doing it, Jannie Blackwell repaid that > dedication by trying to help him, instead of simply turning on him or > throwing him under the bus. > > I'm really sorry Marty's going to end up losing his house. I'm also sorry > that the Inquirer couldn't give the same attention to his personal struggle > as it did to the fact that he was a city employee who didn't [couldn’t] pay > his property taxes. If anything, Marty is a perfect illustration of what's > wrong with the current health care system, where medical expenses can force > people onto the street. > > > > Maybe this story reveals flaws in the current health care system or with the > real estate taxation system. But the story does not reveal a flaw in Marty's > character, which the Inquirer story tried to imply. -- Jim Cummings ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
