CM PRESS # 751

EARTH INVADES! NEWT ALSO WANTS A PERMANENT MOON BASE

There should also be a permanent base on Mars.

We already have the technology to make both bases relatively self-sustaining so long as those going there use every part of the Buffalo.
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WHAT TOO MANY GOODY TWO SHOES MISS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS


"[He] liked the freedom of the streets...."  That's a line in the above story about one of the guys who was murdered recently.

Our guess is if you ask the right questions of many homeless people, you'll get the same answer about freedom.

This is important because it seems as though many do-gooders think all the homeless people want to have homes. Some do. But many don't want a settled life. The problem is that some do-gooders lump all homeless people together as though they are people who want to live like settled people. In so thinking, the do-gooders often come up with the wrong solutions to what they consider a problem.

We're reminded of how in Europe many countries have for hundreds of years tried to "solve" the Gypsy problem [called Travellers in Ireland] by providing homes for Gypsies and by giving them ordinary jobs.  Most Gypsies don't want the homes and trash them; and they don't like the ordinary jobs.

A similar world view is held by many homeless people.

What we have in America is a homeless sub-culture of people who have chosen a different life style--one that settled people might not find attractive, but which appeals to those who value their personal freedom--no mortgages, no bills, no demands on their time, and the company of others with a similar outlook.  A better name for them might be New Hobos, New Gypsies or New Travellers.  

Many of them are military vets who are alienated and who have a hard time readjusting to civilian life.

Whatever they're called, they're here to stay, and we should expect their numbers to rise as more and more troops leave military services.
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NEWPORT COUNCILMEMBERS UNDER INVESTIGATION

Recently, the CM PRESS called on the Costa Mesa City Council to form a standing Westside Revitalization Committee, composed of ordinary citizens, to bring suggestions to the City Council.

Newport has its own versions of such a committee.  The problem is that Newport has put a couple of its Councilmembers on their committees and now the FPPC is looking into whether they have a conflict of interest as they seem to have pushed for changes to areas where they own property.

Costa Mesa should avoid a similar situation, and it would if it formed the Westside Revitalization Committee as suggested by the CM PRESS.  That is, no Councilmembers or Commissioners on the committee--just ordinary citizens.
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RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN CANADA

Winston Blackmore has 21 wives and at least 47 children.

Expand always; contract never.
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