I'll Have the Scallion Pancakes, Please
The St. Pete Times obviously wore its Captain Obvious pajamas last night with an editorial urging progress on Central Park Housing Village. I'm not sure what the point of the editorial is, since of course something needs to be done about that scumlot. The problem is that every obstacle listed in the editorial still exists, and, ultimately, when you burn off the political residue, the core of the issue is that nobody wants to sink a bunch of money into knocking down and rebuilding public housing when downtown lot prices are skyrocketing.
So, what if we didn't have to? For starters, I don't particularly want a bunch of city and county funds poured into Central Park. The place is a sh*thole. I want it burnt to the ground and redeveloped as shiny condos. Further, the five hundred families that the editorial is so concerned with are also the genitors of rounded-up cirminals including over 60 drug dealers about two months ago and about 80 gunrunners back around Christmastime. Do the math here, people, both in absolutes and proportions. Look into the regulations about how families lose eligibility for public housing. That's a lot of undeserving m*therf*ckers living for free. No wonder HUD didn't want to cash out to us on that one.
I do understand, though, that poor people need to live somewhere, so I'm wondering why LISC hasn't stepped up to the plate. Isn't that the whole point of LISC? LISC just published their Winter 2004-5 Florida Update, too. I would suggest you take a look at that update, think about how much money is being spent in Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa compared to actual housing need, and then read their investor's report. Doesn't it seem clear that LISC needs to develop a financial plan with the City, maybe go to bat for some cashola for us? This kind of sh*t seems so obvious to me that I'm thinking maybe there's some major fact I'm missing. Either that, or I need to be Mayor.
And in other charming Central Park news, at the NW corner of Nebraska and Henderson, a dilapidated Victorian sits waiting condemnation. Today, I noticed some enterprising family has come up with a way to offset all those fees for when they are finally hit with their walking papers. On the porch hangs a large cardboard sign: "Chan-Wah Chinese Food. Good for You. Apt. 2, Knock on Back Door." Oh yeah, I know where I'm having lunch tomorrow.
So, what if we didn't have to? For starters, I don't particularly want a bunch of city and county funds poured into Central Park. The place is a sh*thole. I want it burnt to the ground and redeveloped as shiny condos. Further, the five hundred families that the editorial is so concerned with are also the genitors of rounded-up cirminals including over 60 drug dealers about two months ago and about 80 gunrunners back around Christmastime. Do the math here, people, both in absolutes and proportions. Look into the regulations about how families lose eligibility for public housing. That's a lot of undeserving m*therf*ckers living for free. No wonder HUD didn't want to cash out to us on that one.
I do understand, though, that poor people need to live somewhere, so I'm wondering why LISC hasn't stepped up to the plate. Isn't that the whole point of LISC? LISC just published their Winter 2004-5 Florida Update, too. I would suggest you take a look at that update, think about how much money is being spent in Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa compared to actual housing need, and then read their investor's report. Doesn't it seem clear that LISC needs to develop a financial plan with the City, maybe go to bat for some cashola for us? This kind of sh*t seems so obvious to me that I'm thinking maybe there's some major fact I'm missing. Either that, or I need to be Mayor.
And in other charming Central Park news, at the NW corner of Nebraska and Henderson, a dilapidated Victorian sits waiting condemnation. Today, I noticed some enterprising family has come up with a way to offset all those fees for when they are finally hit with their walking papers. On the porch hangs a large cardboard sign: "Chan-Wah Chinese Food. Good for You. Apt. 2, Knock on Back Door." Oh yeah, I know where I'm having lunch tomorrow.
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