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Editorial: Toilet trouble: City doing its best to deal with public defecation but root cause remains
Santa Cruz Sentinel ^
| 07/23/2013
Posted on 07/24/2013 11:51:15 AM PDT by artichokegrower
It's a basic human act, and it says a lot about society -- and the state of homelessness in Santa Cruz in the year 2013 -- that a discussion about keeping people from doing it in public places is even warranted. But here we are.
The problem: An increasing amount of human waste is being found along the San Lorenzo River levee and in downtown-area open space. People relieving themselves in public spots is apparently a growing problem in the city, one that has residents who regularly walk the levee path and business owners along Front Street -- many of whom have back doors that open to the levee -- absolutely fed up. Who can blame them?
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: headlineoftheyear; homeless; publichealth; santacruz
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Welcome to another liberal paradise Santa Cruz, California
To: artichokegrower
“Gonna lay down my burden....down by the riverside”
-sorry.
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posted on
07/24/2013 11:53:08 AM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: artichokegrower
The “root cause”? For poop? Umm...
To: artichokegrower
Welcome to America in the age of Obama. Citizens have to deal with all kinds of shit every day both literally and figuratively.
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posted on
07/24/2013 11:55:26 AM PDT
by
detective
To: artichokegrower
50 - 60 years ago Santa Cruz was another of the Central Coast jewels. I used to go to the beach there (it was a lot warmer than Carmel) quite a lot as a child. It was even good into the mid-60’s until the hippies ‘discovered’ it.
Another lost bit of the old California.
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posted on
07/24/2013 11:57:13 AM PDT
by
x1stcav
("The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.")
To: artichokegrower
Couldn’t happen to a nicer city.
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posted on
07/24/2013 11:58:50 AM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
To: artichokegrower
Drove my Chevy to the levee and ... this is defecated to the one I love:
Yu Stin Ki Pu.
sorry sorry sorry
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posted on
07/24/2013 11:59:34 AM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: artichokegrower
But, but, but...”the one” was elected...”this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on Earth.” The people that voted for “the one” aren’t suppose to be behaving like this...He gave a speech, he said so. Why oh why are his voters behaving this way...
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posted on
07/24/2013 12:00:05 PM PDT
by
areukiddingme1
(areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
To: artichokegrower
Is it the same type of people who turned the indoor stadium into an open toilet during Katrina?
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posted on
07/24/2013 12:00:08 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(4 election)
To: artichokegrower
Santa Cruze is a Liberal Hippy Hotspot.
They don’t mind poopy. “It’s all about feedom, Duuuude!”
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posted on
07/24/2013 12:00:43 PM PDT
by
Tenacious 1
(If the government told us to expect rain, I'd schedule an outdoor wedding.)
To: artichokegrower
:: many of whom have back doors that open to the levee ::
To: x1stcav
The least the perps could do is to wipe themselves with the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
And send the result to the White House.
To: Billthedrill
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posted on
07/24/2013 12:02:10 PM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: artichokegrower
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posted on
07/24/2013 12:03:08 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: P.O.E.
I’ve always wondered what that line in the song meant...
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posted on
07/24/2013 12:03:09 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
To: artichokegrower
Public defacation in rivers are very common in certain 3rd world nations.
Why should CA be any different? Wait till they start doing their laundry in the river downstream from where they poop.
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posted on
07/24/2013 12:03:51 PM PDT
by
353FMG
( I do not say whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
To: artichokegrower; Kartographer
Prepper ping. Santa Cruz human waste problem from homeless - how many more homeless if TS(literally)HTF? Got a potty that works without running water? Have enough toilet paper for maybe a year? Have toilet paper to give to family/others? Want to live in Santa Cruz, California?
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posted on
07/24/2013 12:03:54 PM PDT
by
Marcella
((Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.))
To: artichokegrower
I wonder if eventually these liberal cities will learn why in saner times the bums were kept moving along? Public health would even be worth a “beat down.”
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posted on
07/24/2013 12:05:21 PM PDT
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
To: artichokegrower
Oh. My Bad. With a title like that - I naturally thought this was another Detroit thread.
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posted on
07/24/2013 12:06:32 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: artichokegrower
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posted on
07/24/2013 12:06:44 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
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