Coming at It Sideways

I still maintain affixing curare-tipped nails and spraying anthrax is the most effective method of shooing marginal folk along.

I think y'all should rent the movie Soylent Green and see how we are gradually heading toward that futurist nightmare. (The movie came out in 1973)

Yeah I agree with Bill, $50,000 down the drain. They might as well just give it to the homeless people (aka human beings.) Some of them would make good use of it.

Draxor, When did you find out that you are not human? You might want to rejoin the human race by trying to find your heart. Your "joke" about poison is not funny. Try re-reading Shylock's questions in "The Merchant of Venice".

To me this is typical Santa Barbara stupidity; throw money at something instead of thinking through whether or not it even makes any logical sense.

It's really not going to do anything unless magically having all the homeless facing the other direction makes them invisible.

And I really resent the tired idea of having to make everything clean and neat for tourists. Our city is a tourist destination. I get that. But it's not Disneyland. It's a real city with real people and real problems, just like any other. I'd much rather see the focus on helping people and taking into consideration what is good for the people who are here first. Then, things will fall into place for those who visit.

Richardkg: When did you find out you lost you sense of humor? I'm guessing right about now. I was making a point, absurd as it may have read, but one nonetheless completely lost on you.

I have never dumbed down anything I have ever written, thus I shall not begin with you, poor Richard.

Therefore, sir, I shall, without your permission, retain my oftimes selfless membership in humanity, expressing myself as I see fit, unfettered by the concern that those whose hat size exceeds their IQ may not get it.

Funny, the name "Draxor" sounds like the name of a cyborg/robot.

Draxor: are you making any subtle reference to Richard Saunders' almanack? (sic)

Fifty thousand dollars could go a long way on a lot of worthy projects. This is not one of them. It is a non-fix for a non-problem. If you don't believe panhandlers you are free to not make financial contributions to them. Ditto, Hotchkiss & Francisco & the Puppet - our so-called "fiscal conseratives."Next election time they;ll come round panhandling campaign donations.

Fact is, one can walk the whole length of State and not be asked for a plug nickel. Homelss people are in every city, every county, every state, despite the self serving lies of Hotchkiss & Francisco. Tourists are not the least bit surprised to see them, at all.

To be fair, there are occasionally obnoxious individuals on State, but as often as not, they are on their way to take a seat on the Republican dias at City Hall, and, when they panhandle, they expect a stack of C-notes. And it is for drugs, their drug of choice, political power.

As the old saying sez" Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Or shoud it read: Absolut. Yeah so drunk on power, they have $50K to throw down the drain on an idiotic furniture reshuffle. Santa Barbara's Republican Tammany Hall. Who was it that said that history repeats itself, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce? I can't wait to see Michael Self puffing on a Cuban cigar while driving one of her eight cars - or maybe she'll round out here collection by aquiring a 1933 Mercedes?