Costa Mesa Homeowners Put Wrong Values First

The City Council in Costa Mesa are mulling the idea of allowing low-income housing for homeless folks to be built in the area.

As many as fifty people could be helped by the proposed facility - until now, Costa Mesa has had nothing like it.

And the response from local homeowners?...

'It could pose a safety risk and hurt home values, they said.'

These self-absorbed fiscal myopics wouldn't last two weeks on the streets. But they're happy to let everyone else stay marooned on the curb, as long as it means their own homes don't lose value.

Homelessness on the Rise, SNAP cuts adding pain

A new survey says more than 20,000 people are homeless, in LA alone. Over 2,000 of them are under 15.

The SNAP / Food Stamps program is due to be cut by more than $4-billion, and the recent Budget deal by Congress means millions of people who have been unemployed for more than a year will lose their benefits right after Christmas.

So it's about to get a lot worse.

To be faced with a problem I know we can fix, and still be denied the means to even vaguely address it is frustrating to the point of incoherence...

Our Veterans Deserve More Respect

We couldn't agree more. To reward those who risked their lives to protect this nation with a park-bench and hand-outs is unjust and a national disgrace...