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This is unbeleivable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:12 pm
by $parechange
http://blog.nola.com/updates/2007/12/ho ... urplu.html


New Orleans Times-Picayune

YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS ONE!!!!!

This is TRUE!!! And she is upset that she has to 'make do' ...
Sharon in her Section 8 home!

Sharon Jasper has spent 57 of her 58 years dedicated to one cause and one cause only, and has nothing to show for her dedicated servitude ...
She has lived in Section 8 housing all but 1 of her 58 years. It was a legacy passed down from her parents who moved into Section 8 housing in 1949 when she was six months old. She has passed the legacy down to her children, but fears they may have to get jobs to pay for the utilities and deposits.
She laments about her one year hiatus from the comfort of her Section 8 nirvana, 'I tried it for a year -- you know, working and all. It's not anything I would want to go through again, or wish on anyone in my family, but I am d@mn proud of that year.'
Sharon was moved out of her St. Bernard housing project after hurricane Katrina and into a new, yet albeit, substandard quarterage. As can be noted from the above photo of her new Section 8 home, it is repugnant and not suitable for someone of Sharon Jasper's seniority status in the system. 'Don't be fooled by them hardwood floors,' says Sharon .
'They told me they were putting in scraped wood floors cause it was more expensive and elegant, but I am not a fool -- that was just a way to make me take scratched up wood because I am black. The 60 inch HD TV? It may look nice but it is not plasma ... It's not a plasma because I'm black. Now they want me to pay a deposit and utilities on this dump. 'Do you know why?'
She has held her tongue in silence through the years of abuse by the system, but it came to a head at the New Orlean's city council meeting where discussions were under way about the tearing down of the St. Bernard projects. When a near riotous exchange between groups opposing the tearing down of St. Bernard and groups wanting the dilapidated buildings torn down and newer ones built, Sharon unleashed verbal hell with her once silenced tongue. The object of her oratory prowess was an acquiescent poor white boy in attendance. The context of her scathing rebuke was, 'Just because you pay for my house, my car, my big screen and my food, Medical needs. I will not be treated like a slave!' and 'Back up and Shut up! white boy Shut up, white boy!
Recapping from the log of the city council minutes; Sharon repines, 'Our families have been displaced all over the United States. They are being forced to commit crimes in cities they are unfamiliar with. It is a very uncomfortable situation for them. Bring them back, then let's talk about redevelopment.'
Sharon directs the reporter's attention across the street to Duncan Plaza where homeless people are living in tents and states that, 'I might do better out there with one of these tents.' She further lamented her sentiments about her situation, 'I might be poor, but I don't have to live poor.'

Any wonder why this country is in the shape it is? Maybe we should all just chip in and get her the plasma TV she so richly deserves!
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Remember to pay your taxes - Sharon needs your help -
Spread the Wealth!!!

Re: This is unbeleivable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:30 pm
by imaposer
You're right. It is unbelievable. I don't see 95% of that post in the link.

Re: This is unbeleivable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:48 pm
by katie
imaposer, you are right, it was probably "enhanced" by one of his sources ;)

However, I do note this blog was written in 2007, and had an interesting part waaaayyyyy down toward the end of it, and it goes.....


Obama weighs in

The latest of many sidewalk protests drew support from presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., who wrote an open letter to President Bush on Tuesday asking him to step in and delay the demolitions. Obama said he favors mixed-income neighborhoods, but not at the expense of poor families.

"No public housing should be demolished until HUD can point to an equivalent number of replacement units in the near vicinity," Obama said.

Quigley and other critics called HANO dysfunctional and noted that one of its rules -- a requirement that the agency attempt to reach people that previously lived in a public housing unit -- can cause a delay as long as two months for a family trying to return.

But HANO spokesman David Jackson called that a bogus issue, saying efforts to reach any former occupant of an apartment are made before it is fully repaired and available.

Activists also said an empty HANO unit might not actually be available to a family if it isn't the right size or isn't equipped for disabled or elderly members. Jackson said he's not aware of those complaints, but he conceded that large families needing multiple bedrooms could face a snag.


:-w If the size ain't right???? LOL, we had 10 kids and 2 adults in a 2.5 bedroom house.... (actually the .5 came from the end of the kitchen... had to eat in 2 shifts...) I wonder what they mean by large families...... /:)

Re: This is unbeleivable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:24 pm
by FasterThanYou
Jeff, you been cutting and pasting emails again? =)) =)) =)) =))

Re: This is unbeleivable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:39 pm
by re3too
FasterThanYou wrote:Jeff, you been cutting and pasting emails again? =)) =)) =)) =))
Yeah and he/she wasn't wearin' no helmet! =)) =)) =))

Re: This is unbeleivable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:39 pm
by Dolphin
So funny, so Sad, And way to much truth to this situation