
Elizabeth Whitehouse
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What do you suggest?
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Glad you liked it.
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Quite irrelevant but very funny, a comment from some time in 2016: Look on the bright side of life. If either one (Trump or Hillary) should become President it will mark the first time an oligarch moves into public housing vacated by a black family
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Yes. We need both, it is not an either/or situation.
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I get that. My point was that a farm with a 25 year life span is not much of a farm. Solar panels last longer than 25 years, but with reduced productivity. So, perhaps the "farmers" need to look into a phased in replacement.
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The life span of a farm is 25 years? What kind of farm is that?
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Elmira's Homeless Problem Superthread
Elizabeth Whitehouse replied to Twin Tiers Living's topic in Local News
You obviously know more about local conditions than I do. How do the homeless fit into that picture? -
Elmira's Homeless Problem Superthread
Elizabeth Whitehouse replied to Twin Tiers Living's topic in Local News
What happened to innocent until proven guilty? You want a person to languish in jail for weeks or months until they get their day in court. Even if they are ultimately acquitted, their lives will have been disrupted and possibly ruined. Research shows that very, very few people fail to turn up in front of the judge. Obviously, there are circumstances when you do not want the person free pending trial - repeat offenders, violent crimes, and possibly no fixed address. -
Elmira's Homeless Problem Superthread
Elizabeth Whitehouse replied to Twin Tiers Living's topic in Local News
Actually, I never locked my house. -
Elmira's Homeless Problem Superthread
Elizabeth Whitehouse replied to Twin Tiers Living's topic in Local News
I have addressed this issue elsewhere, but I can say it again. I did not offer incarcerating the homeless as a solution; but I did say that if a person vandalizes public property they should be arrested whether they are homeless or not. Bail was established to make sure that people turned up in court. But it had become the situation that if you could not make bail, you languished in jail until your court appearance - weeks, months, even years later. Our recent Governors have felt this was an injustice. Their reforms have limited incarceration while waiting trial for petty crimes. And not every person arrested is "back on the street in a few hours". Those who commit more serious crimes, or who a threat to society, are locked up. -
Elmira's Homeless Problem Superthread
Elizabeth Whitehouse replied to Twin Tiers Living's topic in Local News
I got my information from the Star-Gazette. And, yes, the County does put families up in motels. I very much doubt that they would put men and women into a dormitory. -
Elmira's Homeless Problem Superthread
Elizabeth Whitehouse replied to Twin Tiers Living's topic in Local News
Yes. As I said in a previous reply. -
Elmira's Homeless Problem Superthread
Elizabeth Whitehouse replied to Twin Tiers Living's topic in Local News
It is true that the Southport facility closed, and vandals don't need a supermax prison. But there is the jail. Bail is to make sure that the person shows up in court to answer charges. I doubt that homeless people would be released as there would be no way to find them again. At least they would be "housed" until the trial date! -
Elmira's Homeless Problem Superthread
Elizabeth Whitehouse replied to Twin Tiers Living's topic in Local News
In early 2023, it came to my attention that there were 28 Republicans running for the Legislature and 2 Democrats. I thought that there should be more choice. So I put in an offer on a little house, changed my voter registration and began petitioning. I moved in as soon as the plumbing was fixed and lived there for a year. But I had nothing to do, and only one friend in the city so I moved back to Corning. -
Elmira's Homeless Problem Superthread
Elizabeth Whitehouse replied to Twin Tiers Living's topic in Local News
On the one hand you ask me to give solutions; on the other you tell me to butt out. I know very well that Elmira has huge problems with drugs and homelessness. There are few easy solutions. One that comes to mind: arrest those who destroy property.