By Lori Emerson Santa Monica
Blah, blah, blah. How boring, how repetitive. Here’s another transient (in this case a gang of them), that has/have landed in Santa Monica, the land of endless homeless services and support, at the detriment of anyone with anything invested in this city. (SMDP, Community profile of Cancer Alucard, May 24, page 1).
True to his name, he is one of thousands of “cancers” on our community. There is nothing special about Mr. Alucard, with one exception. He has admitted to everyone that his greatest goal in life is to manufacture his “drug of choice.” This kid is but a trailer and a few chemicals away from starting his own drug lab. As for the marriage he is entering into, (with five other people), geez, how “special” must his fiancé feel? He is just another whack job, plaguing our streets, malls, parks and day centers. Just another bum (or group of them), wanting something for nothing, and truly believing they deserve it. I won’t ramble on.
Rather than (continuing to) bash yet another system sucking “gang of thugs” he hangs with, it seems more appropriate to challenge the Santa Monica Police Department to keep an eye out for these people, and check them for narcotics. Put them in jail, put them on a bus, continually “dog” them, so they don’t have a moment of peace, just like us residents that try to walk the streets, raise children and run the businesses of this city.
Residents and businesses have to, as they say, “get the vote out.” For the umpteenth time, the City Council needs to go! Residents and registered voters of this community need to “back” and vote in council members that have a true stake in this community, not a bunch of carpet-bagging liberals with agendas that have nothing to do with what is truly good for this community.
P.S. Mr. Cancer, we are California natives, and have lived in Santa Monica most of our lives.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 3, 2004. Read the original PDF.