Posted on 04/24/2021 8:59:34 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Oscars are a day away and are already coming under fire. The city of Los Angeles is being accused of hiding the homeless as Hollywood prepares to toast itself ahead of Sunday’s 93rd Academy Awards ceremony. One man told local news he was told to either move or have his things demolished.
The celebrity-studded ceremony is being held at Union Station in Los Angeles, an area bedeviled by homelessness. But on Sunday, the homeless will not be seen anywhere near Union Station, according to a report by Fox 11 Los Angeles.
“They came to us about a week ago saying that we had to move by Friday, 6 p.m. because they were trying to clean up for the Oscars and they told us if we didn’t move, they were gonna just demolish our stuff,” DJ, a man living in a tent in LA, told Fox 11. “They forced us to go to the Grand Hotel on 3rd and Figueroa and they kicked everybody out of Union Station so it looks better for the image.”
Andy Bales of Union Rescue Mission — an organization dedicated to helping the homeless through food, shelter, education, counseling, and long-term recovery programs — told Fox 11 that anytime there is a big national event, the city tries to sweep the homeless under the rug.
“We shouldn’t be about putting on a good show, we should be about doing good for our brothers and sisters, our neighbors who are suffering on our streets,” Bales said.
Los Angeles city council member Kevin De Leon denied the claims, saying that “while the 93rd Academy Awards are being held at Union Station this year, and despite irresponsible rumors, NO unhoused residents are being forced to relocate.”
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If a Republican mayor tried this the MSM would go ape-excrement.
Republican mayor of LA. Ha ha, that’s a joke.
In 1996 the City of Atlanta offered free one-way bus tickets
to anywhere in the U.S. to all of the homeless people
to make the city look nicer for the Olympics.
BLM is missing a big opportunity to really wake up the woke. How cool would it be if hundreds of BLM supporters crashed the Oscar ceremony which is broadcast live and grabbed the microphones, lecture the assembled woke elite celebrities, and then sit down with them.
This is hard to believe. And Union Station just a few blocks from LA County jail. They care so much they pushed all the homeless out! Everything Hollywood does is phony, even their awards ceremonies, where these narcissist constantly back slap each other. They’ll make sure the backdrop looks real nice, free of homeless and other undesirables.
I’m all for BLM going after White Liberals.
BLM is missing a big opportunity to really wake up the woke. How cool would it be if hundreds of BLM supporters crashed the Oscar ceremony which is broadcast live and grabbed the microphones, lecture the assembled woke elite celebrities, and then sit down with them..............................................................................and then move into the wokesters homes after the ceremonies. These wokes are going to be screwed when BLM says “hey I saw your supportive social media posts, reparations start now I’m moving in”
Whereas you and I have made no such equity commitment.
RINO Dick Riordan was during the 90’s. Seems like forever ago.
That might actually get me to watch for a few minutes
With popcorn of course
1984 Democrat convention san Francisco. The late columnist Herb caen suggested the homeless be bused to the wine country warehouses where they could be served the finest stuff as a reward.
Heh
[The city of Los Angeles is being accused of hiding the homeless]
I seem to recall a scene in “They Live”...I think it was also Los Angeles(?).
Oh, please, someone tell me how I could care less about the Oscars. It doesn’t seem possible, but I am desperate.
The Soviet Union used to have trucks roaming Moscow to pick up drunks and cart them away out of site - didn’t want any foreigners reporting on streets full of passed-out drunkards.
It is time we reassert our; pardon my using what that one worlder’s call a cussword, sovereignity, and consider applying resciprocity. Give the the same treatment an American gets in Mexico The Demorat party ignores what any any citizen of America gets in Mexico .Illegal or legal enty by a Gringo ?No Mexican tax money goes into free legal assistance, paid motel rooms for sneaking in, or subsidized living as well as free medical assistance all not being paid at the expense of the average struggling working tax paying Mexicans .
.Our border with Mexico has always been contentious not only with smugglers but on ocassion with Mexican bandits and military using Mexican Claims ,Allowing potential hostiles to the US property ownership to happen in those states could lead to serious problems in the future. There are constant claims that crop up by Mexican politicians that some of our southwestern states are Mexican territory.
.What Yahoo and CNN and the alphabetical swill mills won’t report this; Here’s aMexican Senator who recently said Mexico should take back states;
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-mews/3754791/posts Mex House speaker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3756257/posts
Worse yet Huge ammounts of taxpayers funds are being given to illegals through taxes which are being passed on to our children’s children along with jobs which should be going to black Americans property ownership by illegal (another word banned ) is used in states which Mexico has previously claimed espcially Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and of course California .That could be used to support any reclaiming effort should regime changes in Mexico arise . Our border with Mexico has always been contentious not only with smugglers but on ocassion with Mexican bandits and military problems which General Black Jack Pershing put down.
What never gets mentioned is that 2nd class treatment Americans get in Mexico in all of this Our allowing the hordes illegally entering the US through the Mexican border and granting them rights American cannot recieve in Mexico even when legally migrating there. We have avoided recognizing and dealing with the 2nd class treatment that American citizens get which is in their constitition while legally residing in Mexico.That includes denial of voting privileges but employment, and land ownership in their name.
.It’s time we consider illegal entry by any person who is a non Mexican citizen illegally entering the United States through the US Mexican border a defacto Mexican citizen with limited Mexican constitutional rights subject to their laws while transiting. As well as any Mexican citizen entering illegally exempting those who do so legally and meet US citizenship requirements.
. If we applied that reciprocal policy . Would that continue ? By.prohibiting and strictly enforcing existing laws prohibiting any illegal entrant employment, voting, and land ownership privileges fully enforced these problems would drop loke a rock. .In other words Once we remove the incentives to Sneak into this country before expulsion no job no voting no landowning this stuff would stop.
Wow, I can smell the poop and piss after seeing those photos!
So, if the Oscars will cause the bums to be swept away, then every city should bring in the Oscars. Each week in every city all 52 weeks per year. Sweep, Sweep, and keep Sweeping.
I live here and I wish the oscars were every day. All over the city. It is absolutely disgusting what is on the streets and sidewalks. Forget ever walking. It’s too dangerous in many ways. It’s indescribable. Leaving incompetent people to camp helplessly in public does them no favors. They need help and protection. Freedom is pointless on those who are not able to comprehend it.
The Oscars? I thought they did them in February.
The Cinderella and a Drunk MacGyver episode of the tv show “Mom”, the character Jill played by Jaime Pressly rolls down the window of her limo and while holding a glass of champagne yells out to the homeless she sees that they are going to a charity event to help them...... then rolls the window back up.
The homeless can be seat fillers while the celebs head to the restroom to snort some coke.
Maybe the celebs have taken them into their mansions?.....
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