Posted on 03/09/2006 1:27:54 PM PST by Coleus
northjersey.com has the editorial posted as well as two letters to the editor today. I don't know how to put them on this site or even if I can do so using the library computer. thank you for posting the second article.
If anyone would be willing to help me by emailing the Record just to request a follow-up-I'm not asking anybody to stick up for me, just to keep the interest in the story alive. The Judge made it very clear that I will be treated differently once the media losed interest.
I can only imagine what your house looks like...If you want to keep your house like a dump...go live in a place that has no rules. SHE LIVED IN A COMMUNITY WITH RULES. And they gave her chances and offers of help. SHE DID NOTHING. It sounds like there may be some mental illness involved here. (Her, not you, although. granted, I don't know you well enough yet) Sounds like this will be a blessing in disguise for her.
The lady went to some kind of training to learn how to do her own home repairs and apparently reroofed the home;I do not call that doing nothing.
It seems some would make lack of wealth a crime.
I believe strongly in the "man's home is his castle" principle and am saddened by how the walls have been battered down by the busybodies of the nation.
Yes, I agree. Something is very rotten in Mahwah. There was an editorial and a couple of letters to the editor since the original articles appeared. You can see them at Northjersey.com in the Bergen Record, just search under my name-Samantha Moor
I can't post from the library computer because the right click is disabled.
Pleas email the reporter Allison Pries at The Record just to ask her to follow-up and delve deeper into my side of the story. You see I was in jail when the first story was written and the people she interviewed had a vested interest in twisting the truth. They sent the police to break into my house without a warrant and while there, they assaulted me.
I am so afraid all the time. What will they do to me next?
>>>I can't post from the library computer because the right click is disabled.
Oh yes you can :)
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I've not read the rest of this thread because I'm working on a few others.
Have you spoke to a lawyer?
Thanks for the help I'll try it as soon as I can.
I have an appointment with a lawyer tomorrow. He lives in a nearby town and expressed anger about what happened.
Come back and update us about what the lawyer says.
I will add you to my prayers.
Thanks for the spiritual encouragement, I served as an ordained minister for twenty years and really love the Bible.
While in jail I prayed and did what is called a "walking meditation."
I just learned that the Mayor has told the people who had called to volunteer to help me that their help would not be needed. There doesn't seem to be an end to their treachery.
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What do you mean? Do most FReepers cheer for government intervention in neighborhood issues? Besides, the woman is flat broke, and the condition of her home is the fault of a contractor. Maybe there was a better solution to this than fining her for money she didn't have and throwing her in jail.
I don't know why you resurrected a five month old story..but since you did....did you notice this quote:
"The town building inspector was very, very nice," Hirsch said. "We genuinely tried to help her. But she doesn't have any money, so what can she do?" When Moor was arrested Tuesday, she called another lawyer, Hirsch suspects, because she owes Hirsch money. "Had she called me, I would have helped her anyway," he said."
There are organizations, churches, neighbors that would have helped her. Even the guy who she owed money to would have helped. Unlike you, I believe in the goodness of people to help their neighbors...but the owner needs to ask for help...needs to swallow a bit of pride. In my experience, people like her don't want help..they want to live in their squalor, whether to seal their victimhood or because of mental illness. Sounds like she had plenty of opportunity to try to work things out. If she can't afford to live where she lives, she needs to move...for not other reason, than her own sake. I don't think that's cruel, I think that's compassion.
There are organizations, churches, neighbors that would have helped her. Even the guy who she owed money to would have helped. Unlike you, I believe in the goodness of people to help their neighbors...but the owner needs to ask for help...needs to swallow a bit of pride...
D'oh! You're right. My bad. I'm a victim of my own drive-by reading on this one. (Didn't even look at the date) :-/
You're a real pice of work, Hildy.
Actually I did read the story It does not say she didn't even make an attempt to try to work things out, it merely says she didn't appear in court after they started giving her fines she couldn't pay Big difference. Since that is the case we have no evidence that the town would have worked with her.
If they can't physically take care of their homes or can't afford the $10 it would take to hire a kid to do it, then they can't afford to be homeowners.
Moor's troubles started with a dishonest contractor who tore apart her house and walked away with her money, according to Ian J. Hirsch, a Hackensack lawyer who used to represent her. The contractor was fined in Mahwah Municipal Court, but that didn't help Moor, Hirsch said. "The house stayed the way it was," he said. "The scaffolding stayed, there were shingles in the yard.
If you think some kid could fix that for 10 bucks you are delusional. And WE all have to wonder - did you read the story?
Here, here. Live next door to a slob for awhile and your views on the situation definatly change. Here in my town (Kingman, AZ) my house is rather lowend but neat/tidy. For many people on this block it seems like junk cars are considered high yard art. What the heck, I chose this town, its on me
YOU LIVE IN KINGMAN????? I live in Bullhead City!!!! I know about junk in the yard here!!! It's crazy!!!! We live in a Condo on the river, so we don't see it from where we live, but just drive through town...
Actually, it sounds like THAT neighborhood sort of grew around her.
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