It's an injustice that this should happen. Is there some way I could help or make a small donation?
On 7/22/09 6:23 PM, "Anthony West" <[email protected]> wrote: > Marty has knocked himself out for this community in so many ways, for so > many years. Most people have no idea. > > -- Tony West > > >> 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 30¹s >>> 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 [couldn¹t] 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. >>> > > > ---- > 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>. ---- 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>.
