If it wasn’t for Linda’s sign I would have never thought she was homeless. Can you picture this woman sleeping outside on a bench by the Santa Monica Library?
Years ago she moved to the San Fernando Valley with her boyfriend looking for work. He was a union welder for 30 years. The work ended and because of health issues they ended up homeless.
Together they have collected unemployment benefits, food stamps, Social Security and disability payments but now they’re separated so she has to resort to panhandling to make ends meet.
My hometown station, FOX Chicago, recently dared to question what is perhaps America’s most sacrosanct institution: the public library. Are libraries a waste of taxpayer money?, the station asked, managing to irritate people on both sides of the aisle.
You know they’re on a no-holds-barred offensive on big government when they go for your local library. When the internet is everywhere and paperbacks are cheap, who needs a library anymore?
FYI, FOX Chicago. Not everyone has home access to the internet. I know, it’s a surprise, given the hoards of people navigating downtown Chicago in Brooks Brothers suits with only their iPhones as company, but much of the city and the nation still doesn’t have internet access.
Among Chicagoans, 40 percent of people don’t have regular access to the internet. Of those, 25 percent have no access at all. In a time where people’s wallets are getting thinner, the internet can be one of the first things to go.
Take a look at this riveting investigative journalism:
If it wasn’t for Linda’s sign I would have never thought she was homeless. Can you picture this woman sleeping outside on a bench by the Santa Monica Library?
