Fire destroys man's food, clothing

Published on Saturday, May 17, 2008 An Akron man featured in a recent Beacon Journal article about violent crimes against the homeless has again been targeted.

[THE BRICKSLAYER]

maybe he's just lazy and he'd rather live under a bridge that get up and earn a paycheck, maybe he's the one that really has it easy. lenny the king of easy street.

[THE BRICKSLAYER]

i'd find a bridge in dixie lenny, it warmer down here.

[Jonn Q Public]

Maybe the ABJ will track lenny and report which bridge he is under next. That way people won't have to drive all over akron looking for him next time to set his stuff on fire. Thanks again, ABJ, keep up the good work.

[GRANDMA D]

Jonn Q Public wrote:

Maybe the ABJ will track lenny and report which bridge he is under next. That way people won't have to drive all over akron looking for him next time to set his stuff on fire. Thanks again, ABJ, keep up the good work.

JOHN Q PUBLIC...Here I thought you were going to say people wouldn't have to drive all over Akron to help Lenny. Why am I not surprised?

[Moved]

GRANDMA D wrote:

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JOHN Q PUBLIC...Here I thought you were going to say people wouldn't have to drive all over Akron to help Lenny. Why am I not surprised?

...figures that "GRANDMA D" didn't pick up on the sarcasm. My guess is that "GRANDMA D" also fell hook, line, and sinker to the fear platform of the Bushinator. There should be an age limit of government officials, say 55.

[Moved]

oh, and anybody even using AOL anymore is inconceivable. What a dinosaur.

[Hussein]

Moved wrote:

<quoted text> ...figures that "GRANDMA D" didn't pick up on the sarcasm. My guess is that "GRANDMA D" also fell hook, line, and sinker to the fear platform of the Bushinator. There should be an age limit of government officials, say 55.

Or the Marxist philosophy of Curious George, the Monkey eating a Bananna...

Obama 2008

[smalltown_girl_a llgrownup]

Why doesnt the city commit resources to folks like Larry giving them a hand up instead of a hand out? Help them find a decent job for a decent wage and a decent place at a decent rate to live. Dont bash Lenny,'but for the Grace of God' there go any one of us.

[Stelo]

THE BRICKSLAYER wrote:

i'd find a bridge in dixie lenny, it warmer down here.

I find that you are a very IGNORANT PERSON, just like in the rest of your post. Get a life jack a$$

[Whatever]

smalltown_girl_allgrownup wrote:

Why doesnt the city commit resources to folks like Larry giving them a hand up instead of a hand out? Help them find a decent job for a decent wage and a decent place at a decent rate to live. Dont bash Lenny,'but for the Grace of God' there go any one of us.

Obviously, Lenny doesn't want the help. If he went to the homeless shelter, that's where he could start building a life. No, he wouldn't be able to drink or use drugs or come and go and he pleases, but he could start getting treatment for any health/mental health/mental retardation issues he has, figuring out what benefits he might be eligible for, get him hooked up with vocational rehabilitation, put him on the lists for subsidized housing...and from there, he could find a job, etc., etc. Yes, it is work, but if that's what Lenny wants, Lenny could have it.

[Whatever]

Of course, I should add, that it is reprehensible that Lenny has been victimized, and that issue is without argument. Preying on a homeless man and his few meager items? Pathetic.

[THE BRICKSLAYER]

Stelo wrote:

<quoted text>I find that you are a very IGNORANT PERSON, just like in the rest of your post. Get a life jack a$$

kiss my white azz

[kathyd]

The Beacon Journal called attention to Lenny, so the punks attacked him. That's terrible. Nothing gives those thugs the right to do that. Those thugs need to find some other way to use their energy.

[concerned citizen]

smalltown_girl_allgrownup wrote:

Why doesnt the city commit resources to folks like Larry giving them a hand up instead of a hand out? Help them find a decent job for a decent wage and a decent place at a decent rate to live. Dont bash Lenny,'but for the Grace of God' there go any one of us.

It isn't and shouldn't be the task of city gov to give people jobs and housing.

[what a shame on U ABJ]

kathyd wrote:

The Beacon Journal called attention to Lenny, so the punks attacked him. That's terrible. Nothing gives those thugs the right to do that. Those thugs need to find some other way to use their energy.

could not agree more. next time how about issuing a map quest along with these type of sad articles. ABJ did all but that

[Ma Kettle]

MAYBE the man just wants to be LEFT ALONE!!!! I know I have tried and all you nosey people just don't know how to leave things be. You think people got to be doing something! You just can't get it through your heads that sometimes there are people that are happy being just what they are instead of on that treadmill.

THE BRICKSLAYER wrote:

maybe he's just lazy and he'd rather live under a bridge that get up and earn a paycheck, maybe he's the one that really has it easy. lenny the king of easy street.

[Ma Kettle]

I admire the ABJ for the 'concern' for people. The last lady that was reported on was living out of her car in a parking lot. She is now living in an apartment through the Akron Metropolitan Housing which is usually has COVETED apartments for their own. I know, I've tried before to get housing and waited for two (2) years and gave up. I had to go homeless because 'their own came first'.

Jonn Q Public wrote:

Maybe the ABJ will track lenny and report which bridge he is under next. That way people won't have to drive all over akron looking for him next time to set his stuff on fire. Thanks again, ABJ, keep up the good work.

[Ma Kettle]

AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN, MAYBE HE JUST WANT'S LEFT ALONE!!!! GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK HEAD! THERE ARE THOSE OF US WHO JUST WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE, MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!!

smalltown_girl_allgrownup wrote:

Why doesnt the city commit resources to folks like Larry giving them a hand up instead of a hand out? Help them find a decent job for a decent wage and a decent place at a decent rate to live. Dont bash Lenny,'but for the Grace of God' there go any one of us.

[Ma Kettle]

END OF THE WORLD: 2012

Hussein wrote:

<quoted text>
Or the Marxist philosophy of Curious George, the Monkey eating a Bananna...
Obama 2008

[Ma Kettle]

DUHHHHH-Read the Article Blond to the Roots! It WAS happening, which means it had been happening BEFORE the article was written.

God, people can't even read anymore!

kathyd wrote:

The Beacon Journal called attention to Lenny, so the punks attacked him. That's terrible. Nothing gives those thugs the right to do that. Those thugs need to find some other way to use their energy.