Bums and Politics
I'm tired of all the bums. They're everywhere in San Diego these days. They've become a huge problem, from a health risk stand point, to a stressor on the state and local economy. The real scary thing though is how many of them there are that we don't see. They live by the tens of thousands, and in increasing numbers, in the arroyos and canyons. They descend on the city from their encampments and I don't just mean downtown and the beaches. Every community now has a growing collection of bums on their street corners. I know this because I make the rounds in San Diego as a musician and through other employment. Trust me when I say the problem is growing. Why is this? Granted there is no other place in the world i'd rather be a bum than San Diego, but after twenty years of residency the alarming increase in homeless populations points in a more obvious direction than just the warm climate...yes it's because of bad politics. In case you live under a rock...