In my not-so-humble opinion, this woman is the epitome of everything that’s wrong with those of the “entitlement” mindset. She is a “Katrina survivor” and is complaining about the subsidized apartment she has. Anyone else notice anything particularly interesting about this photo?
From nola.com:
…Activists staged a protest on the steps of [New Orleans] City Hall, saying procedural snags, as well as extra costs for utilities and security deposits, put those options out of reach for many poor people. Furthermore, some alleged “slum” conditions at those properties, and they have said they don’t trust housing officials to make good on promises of mixed-income redevelopments that will welcome the poor.
Federal Department of Housing and Development officials said the local public housing supply outstrips demand. Currently, 1,762 public housing units are occupied and nearly 300 are available or within weeks of being ready at eight Housing Authority of New Orleans complexes and at scattered housing authority sites.
Another 802 public housing units across the city are being repaired and will be put to use in the coming year, housing officials said.
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Regardless of the conditions, many former public housing residents avoid privately owned apartments because they typically face utility and deposit expenses not charged in public housing.
Sharon Jasper, a former St. Bernard complex resident presented by activists Tuesday as a victim of changing public housing policies, took a moment before the start of the City Hall protest to complain about her subsidized private apartment, which she called a “slum.” A HANO voucher covers her rent on a unit in an old Faubourg St. John home, but she said she faced several hundred dollars in deposit charges and now faces a steep utility bill.
“I’m tired of the slum landlords, and I’m tired of the slum houses,” she said.
Pointing across the street to an encampment of homeless people at Duncan Plaza, Jasper said, “I might do better out here with one of these tents.”
Jasper, who later allowed a photographer to tour the subsidized apartment, also complained about missing window screens, a slow leak in a sink, a warped back door and a few other details of a residence that otherwise appeared to have been recently renovated.
Did you happen to notice the hardwood floors and ginormous big screen TV? Of all the unmitigated gall of this woman. Susidized rent, a place that appears nicer than most taxpaying apartment dwellers (including myself), a huge TV, and she has the audacity to complain? Good Lord, there are so many deserving people that would thank their lucky stars to have a place even remotely close to as nice as that.
Complaining about having to pay a deposit? And actually pay for her own electric bill? You’ve gotta be kidding me. Oh the horror. I work two jobs, in addition to this website, pay taxes, and don’t have a TV anywhere near as big as that, yet my tax dollars are forcefully taken from me, and everyone else, to give to ungrateful people like her. Does no one else see a problem with this?
Helping people that truly need help is very commendable, especially during the holiday season. Charity for the truly needy is a wonderful thing. On the other hand, continuing to contribute to the delinquency of ungrateful people like her who feel they are entitled to free stuff, and then have the gall to complain, is total complete flat out bovine excrement.
Apparently, here’s this woman again (yes, reportedly it’s the same one) “expressing her displeasure” at the New Orleans town hall meeting.
“Talk to a man” huh? Yeah, watch the following video to see how nicely Sharon Jasper “talks” to the man.
In the following video, it’s the woman yelling “I will not be treated like a slave!” and “Back up and Shut up! Shut up, white boy! Shut up, white boy!” at a guy sitting there for the town hall meeting. (hat tip: MM)
Click here to watch the video from the town hall meeting.
There are so many people out there who are physically unable, for whatever reason, to take care of themselves and truly are deserving of help. This ungrateful obnoxious woman, on the other hand, is everything that’s wrong with the leftist entitlement mindset.
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