Elections are coming!
The campaign season has started and I’ll be out checking who’s naughty or nice. I think that Celina Reyes deserved being in my column for several weeks for the way she’s handling her candidacy.
For example, she works for LCW and holds neighborhood meetings as part of her job where she displays her campaign materials.
The photo belongs to the parking attendant next to Lawrence City Hall. I spoke to him about campaigning for her during work hours to no avail.
Do you think it’s appropriate?
Elders need not apply
At times, I hear people say, “I hate to get old” but the truth is that the alternative is worse. As it is, I’m fighting old age by keeping as healthy as possible because having medical needs is the worst that could happen to an elderly person, particularly if he or she must depend on someone else. If it’s the government, God help us!
I have a friend that has been going through a lot for years as a result of government negligence. Perhaps she has not been fighting the way I would but, her situation has deteriorated due to health issues. Then, I read this posting on her Facebook page:
“I reached out to GLCAC to see if Project Senior was still available for the elders. After several weeks I received a phone call from Anthony at GLCAC. He advised me that ‘there is no money for the seniors. All the grant money is being spent for ESL.’
“Let that sink in ……..
“I think they’re hoping I die soon.”
These are some excerpts of Peggy Clark’s page. I am revealing her name because she made these comments public and they broke my heart.
“According to my doctor regarding my coma in February, he said, ‘You are one lucky girl. You scared the hell out of us.’ I proceeded to tell him I was waiting for my kiss from Prince Charming to wake up,” she wrote in her usual sense of humor.
“I feel a bit of hypocrisy in my world. The Mayor and company were so upset when his stadium was trashed and extremely and overtly off the wall with Columbia Gas and the damage they caused. I’m a broken record BUT my yard, pool and house was and still is being damaged by water runoff. The city was asked to just remove the damage PERIOD!! Not replace what we had. I was told to be ‘patient these things take time’. I forwarded everything they requested, etc. sometimes they got ‘lost’. I have official documents from IS inspectors stating the cause. We were taken to court for over a year by the city for a ‘sanitary code violation’. HAH!!” She continued writing.
“Anyway engineers were sent to see if the City could do the demolition. Of course they did not do it. Then I was told the cost was too high and the City had no money. The estimate was supplied by Kidder Contractors and was IMO reasonable. We had 150K invested in our property including repairs from water runoff. Don’t have the money either. They are waiting for me to die but I’ll be some people’s worst nightmare.”
Peggy needs assistance and with the response she has been getting from various social service agencies and this administration, I dread the thought of losing my independence because the “system” is not available to help the elderly.
