Are you kidding? He'll spread his trash in his neighbor's yards,
we all know that Jimbo has his back, (so the security is covered)
and as far as fires are concerned, the missus picks up a half-keg
once a week so he can just put it out his own damned self.

And I think the nursing/personal care home idea is a bit far fetched

It's crazy far fetched. How many available rooms are we talking about? There's probably a waiting list already, not an ICN conspiracy afoot to toss the old timers and fill the nursing homes with them. Damn, I wish I had some of what Otto is smoking..

-- Edited by Art Gordon at 13:30, 2007-06-08

I'm sure this will come as no surprise to anyone, but I think some of what Otto says has merit, furthermore, while y'all are over there surfing, check out Nobody's post on the subject. I can't speak for anyone else, but my taxes are thrown right into my monthly mortgage payment, which I believe is the way alot of people may be paying them. This led me to the same disturbing questions, like who is this administration really targeting with this new policy. There are alot of Seniors in Scranton, living on a fixed income who just got hit, along withalot of othersin Scranton, with a 25% tax increase, that they are going to have a truly rough time handling. Some of you are fortunate to have good jobs, but the Senior Citizen, living on a fixed income, collecting S.S., or the guy stocking shelves at the local supermarket, trying to bust out a living and support his family, well this new policy along with the 25% tax increase is going to absolutely cripple them, and they very well may lose thier homes. Some of those folks could very well be our parents, grandparents, or siblings.

IMO, I would say that at least 50% of your city is compromised of Senior Citizens, and folks who are working just at, or just barely above minimum wage, are we going to stand up and fight for these folks, or just sit by, and one by one, watch them lose thier homes?...Jimbu15.

You're prabably right Art. God your smart!

Nobody's going to lose their home over this. The council basically voted for a law that says if you don't pay your taxes they'll charge you a fee for it. Add those fines to the tally - the people in question won't pay those either.

As it stands now they can take your house for not paying your taxes, there's nothing new - no more teeth added to the mix. Just a bigger bill that the people who aren't paying will continue to not pay.

Everybody's getting their panties in a wad over nothing.

The mayor was given "front money" Art. Remember the front money the Pension manager gave to "save the city"? It had to be paid back. Doherty spend the money and now we pay it back.
WTF?

I want you bad. I must have you. Sell my house, sell the car, sell the kids, I'm never coming home. XOXOXO

-- Edited by Art Gordon at 16:15, 2007-06-08

Dammit, that was vulgar -- Lus, you better take away my privileges because the F N G's might be offended.