Reply #55: yes i am but it's the same deal for large areas of coastline [View All]

[pitohui]

jesse jackson tried the bussing idea you suggest, it didn't work, no one took the bus

it's a chicken or egg problem, there is no housing since the housing units were destroyed, but if there is no labor to rebuild, then there is of course not going to be enough houses rebuilt

many many many many workers are in trailers, i even see tents around, but mostly in trailers, because there is just no housing

if people want to come and do something useful, there is opportunity here, if people want to come and sell drugs here or otherwise exploit our misery by hiding out from criminal charges, i got no use for them whatsoever, that said, i didn't exactly run any background checks on anybody, the first guy who actually showed up and started working got the money, i suspect the guy i hired had a serious health problem (okay, i'm pretty sure he was a crackhead) but i had to have another pair of strong hands, he provided them, and i would hope he did use the money to get to the next job site where he was offered a larger job -- if he smoked it all and the mechanic took his truck, i got no control over that

you just do what you can and hope for the best at some point