Reclaim the Plaza

[The Real Bubba Joe]

Trinidadian wrote:

I'm a 56-year-old woman. I go to the Plaza alone all the time and don't feel threatened or intimidated. I get really, really annoyed at the able-bodied young men hitting me up for money, but not scared.
I too once got the " **** " treatment for keeping my head down and plowing ahead rather than "feeding the bears." I just turned around, looked at him, and asked, "How would your mother feel about all this? She must be about my age. Does she know how you're living?" He was literally speechless.

Well that makes everything OK now doesn't it?

[orneryfish]

Bulldoze the plaza...end of problem

[Josephine Blowe]

You know what would be really cool? Dave Merserve standing at the ATM with a stack of twenty's, handing them out to all the lowlife, smelly scum that panhandle there...and of course, that money is his own. Never Happen. Like all good progs, he only wants to give away other people's money.

Dave Merserve, an egaerious example of a waste of good protoplasm, taking up atmosphere which might otherwise be ulitized by a viable human being.

Hey, Dave, better get down to the City Hall, I am sure that Shane needs a diaper change!

[Cut er down]

Dave, you are really uncool. You are really uncool. You are really really uncool. Now will you go away since I wrote that you are really uncool?

[victory]

Coffeeshops Coming
Willits, CA YOu like so many put out OLD news to attempt to justify your agenda. Holland/Amsterdam officials have gotten fed up up with the "open weed program".
They have been very busy for quite some time shutting down their drug problems.

[ANTIBUM]

Personally I'm Sick of the panhandlers and homeless on the street yes I know their are some that are their not by choice but those are the ones going and working by taking out trash at super markets or local corporate store or doing janitor work and I know a few bums that actually ask is there anything I can do to get some food clean the car wash it help out. then hell yeah Ill buy someone some food if they make an effort to help and as for Dave **** DAVE him and the other Arcata Council Losers (and EUREKAS LARRY GLASS) know where to go

[Buster]

Escort these do-nothings in a fleet of buses to the edge of southern Humboldt, and let them run wild all over Mendo. Yayyyyy!!!

Just don't sent them to Oregon.

[Bah]

Buster wrote:

Escort these do-nothings in a fleet of buses to the edge of southern Humboldt, and let them run wild all over Mendo. Yayyyyy!!!
Just don't sent them to Oregon.

They're on their way right now! By the Millions!!

[Bah]

"YOUR SECURITY: Social Security programs offer help for the homeless"

If you know someone who is homeless, and you want to learn more about how Social Security might help, find information is www.socialsecurity.gov/homelessness .

[Bah]

"You can help us help the homeless. If you know someone who is homeless, visit our Service to the Homeless Web site and look through the information. Tell anyone you know who is homeless or threatened with homelessness to use the Benefit Eligibility Screening Tool, to visit our Service to the Homeless page, and to check out the different types of benefits and assistance they may be eligible to receive. Spread the word about the help available to homeless people." Elsewhere on TS

[auldtimer]

HowBoutThat wrote:

I have to agree with Gerry on that one. I live in Eureka and have lots of poop in my yard (because if you don't have a seven foot adobe wall with glass shards, that means you want dog poop) I don't even have a dog. But lots of people that don't want poop in their yards find their way to mine. I know it's OH SO HARD to pick up poop. And you might mess up your outfit, so I will continue to happily step in it and move it out of the way so that I can garden in my own yard with no dogs but lots of poop. I've never understood this. It's your dog and you don't want to deal with it's poop, why should I? That's O.K. just continue to justify your boorish behavior and blame it on someone else who looks more culpable, like a lowlife.

I have a nice yard in Eureka that dogs avoid. Want to know a secret? Dogs have very sensitive noses. If they smell something unpleasant in your yard, they won't want to poop there. I recommend spreading ground black pepper on your lawn or yard. Another effective strategy is to spray small amounts of ammonia in the middle of the sidewalk surrounding your yard. Ammonia isn't good for your plants.

[auldtimer]

P.S. Once the dogs smell the bad stuff in your yard, they never seem to come back.

[over it]

I lived on the streets when I first hitched out to California. Camped out of town whenever possible. It's really beautiful here. Been around Arcata since '86. It was a great town. Now I own a house because I've worked hard to be able to stay. I am reluctant to go anywhere near the Plaza- it's a pit. It became this way when that idiot Ornelas encouraged these spongers to hang out. Meserve continued the stupid encouragement of these retards. These aren't kind hippie-types or artists. It is a menacing environment downtown-you should go live there Meserve. You pretend you're mellow but you encourage a situation that can only result in violence because you are stupid.

[ARCATA RESIDENT]

I go to the plaza often , I have been asked for handouts but never hassled to the point of calling the police or called names or verbally abused . Just say No as nancy told us thirty years ago . These kids are part of our culture here and sure they are kinda an eyesore , but this is AMERICA and we all have a right to be here. LAND OF THE FREE still means something does it not?

[Giuseppe]

You, mister letter to the editor, are a putz.

[dean]

What business is considering a move to our town? Or anywhere in our state? I'm considering a move out of our town, if the trucks don't start rolling again soon.

[dean]

I don't know why that said Novato, I'm in Arcata.

[X Ferndale Kid]

Just Wait wrote:

Just wait till Obama Care passes. If the beggars don't pay for health insurance, they (or you if you don't pay too) will be thrown in jail.

Again watch a litle more FOX dipstick. Your knees must hurt walking lockstep like that.

Are you kidding me, Santa Cruz CA has Arcata beat 100 times over for panhandlers and the entire town is a cloud of weed smoke 24/7. Arcata ??? get real.. You poor people up there need the news anyway.. Maybe get a new cash flow thing going.

[X Ferndale Kid]

A home is foreclosed on every 7.5 seconds in America now.

[tickleme]

I usually get a fresh apple fritter from Don's donuts for $1.30 and sometimes a cappuccino from a plaza bistro and sip it on the plaza.

And I do carry a few dollars doe the special occasion where someone is begging yet entertaining me or that I see is likely permanently disabled.