Posted on 09/04/2023 4:08:42 AM PDT by Libloather
Squatters have taken over a Wyoming city after some left millions of dollars worth of damage to a motel and others left 500lbs of feces in the downtown area.
Casper, the second-largest city in the state, is home to 60,000 residents but now also has about 200 homeless people.
Some have seized various properties that are empty or abandoned, including an abandoned Econo Lodge motel that hasn't operated since November.
Casper Mayor Bruce Knell described the extent of destruction as akin to 'third-world-country stuff'.
'It's like nothing I've ever seen. It's third-world-country stuff happening in Casper, Wyoming,' he told Cowboy State Daily. 'They destroyed everything. It's horrible.'
The motel which had about 300 rooms was already closed due to flooding, was taken over by squatters, who have now rendered it both uninhabitable and hazardous.
The flooding was initially caused last winter after water lines froze and burst, flooding one floor and submerging the electrical switch panel.
That alone caused millions in damage but the squatters have only served to make matters worse.
After the property was foreclosed by the bank, the building was secured and boarded up.
But the homeless group broke inside and have now left hundreds of pounds of human feces which the city has to deal with as part of a cleanup.
'They have destroyed this business,' Knell said to Oil City News. 'It broke my heart to see,' noting how he saw drug paraphernalia and the wanton destruction of furnishings.
'You cannot wrap your head around what happened to that hotel,' he said.
City officials admit they have run out of ideas with how to effectively deal with the growing numbers of vagrants and note that fines and arrests do not seem to be working when it comes to sorting out the problem.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
She always has lived in DC.
You are right. The South of the Border crowd is well housed in nice hotels with room service, cell phones and health care. Paid for by us.
That Econolodge wasn’t too much to begin with — Mrs. BBB333 & I stayed there August 17, 2017 for 2 nights...It was mostly clean but incredibly spartan inside and the pool was permanently closed.
We did meet some very interesting folks from all over the world while watching the Total Solar Eclipse the day.
This situation is a pity for Casper.
It gets windy there. I read Lynn Cheneys book. Speaking of Lynn she’s stayed out of the Liz business. Dick couldn’t help himself.
They left 500 lbs of feces downtown? I’d hate to be the guy who had to weigh it.
Well, they are “Trying it in a small town” and nothing happened.
Yeah but this is a serious deep red state failure. They need to replace the governor ASAP.
I’m glad I’m not the one that l
Had to weigh all that poop.😁
If the criminal, illegal alien invaders all had the same uniform on, we’d look like a nation under occupation. Which we are...
Well, they must have been able to get the feces weighed. They knew they had 500 lbs of it.
While pondering solutions, the old Alman Brothers song, “Whippin’ Post” came to mind.
Squatters who behave as described in the article are not down on their luck unemployed but redeemable folks. They are criminal drug addicts lost to civilization. Solution for the witless mayor:
Gather a posse.
Install a stout whipping post behind the courthouse.
Conduct an old West roundup of squatters and druggies.
Have instant trials with local magistrate sentencing the herd to a choice of a savage whipping or cleaning the motel and anywhere else they have ruined, until they shine.
After completion, drive them several hundred miles away, and release into the wild after tagging their ears.
I doubt there will be a recurrence.
Tater Biden's newest appointments to the Ninth Circuit have turned the appeals court back into the Ninth Circus.
The Lefties on the court are laughing as they torch the West Coast and the adjacent states.
“...we’d look like a nation under occupation. Which we are...”
And whose fault is that? Apathy has consequences!
GLORIA JOHNSON, ET AL V. CITY OF GRANTS PASS, No. 20-35752 (9th Cir. 2023)
Tater Biden’s newest appointments to the Ninth Circuit have turned the appeals court back into the Ninth Circus.
Like an Old West cattle drive?
I like it!
Arrests and fines don’t work. Gee, arrests have immediate bonds set, so they don’t go to court. If they do, fines are not paid. Come on Sheriff McFly. Think McFly, think.
Tent city, high electric fence, land mines. Problem solved.
Probably part of Obama's army that WE pay to fed and quarter..
Make it public, you fool, or shut the f up. Ever hear of social media? Your kids are probably addicted to it and becoming leftists as I type this. Fight back, loser.
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