Saturday, October 31, 2015

Stinginess in Surf City

Random House Dictionary defines the word  Parsimony as people who are stingy, niggardly, and thrifty. Guess who I am describing? No not you, but Huntington Beach. I am thoroughly pissed!
   I have graduated my first fourth months inside Thrift City. It is Halloween today, and Surf City's will trick or treat as Uncle Scrooge, remember him from the Charley Dickens,  Christmas Carols. Like Scrooge, Surf City is ever quick to rob the people and place extra money into their own coffers.
   Why two days ago, Thrift City removed another five meals from the Rodgers Center. These robber barons already forgot to place air conditioning into the building; so on hot days, old people like me stay home or visit the library...could you wait a second, somebody is pounding at the door.... 
    That was only the Manager Owner Helen of the Five Points Senior Center. She advised me that  residents are complaining that I have been making too much noise in the library. Now she is the same one at the  who told me to use "graphite on the door" to unlock it. Their the stingy ones who disconnected the AC in the same library. Many apartment owners like the Helen's exemplify Parsimony; and I am paying $1,600 a month. 
   Already parking meter rates have gone up another quarter each hour. And with the Pacific Center now completed, finding a parking place will be impossible; Beach Blvd is already a sea of cars, made worse by even more structures being built. Main Street has been a sea of ditches and gulches.
   At a meeting the other day inside the Central Library, a resident complained that her rented mobile unit had gone up from $700 when she moved in to $1,600. Another example of Parsimony. Even
Verizon became a member of the Thrift  City ; They charge a leg and an arm if you return their equipment early.
   Of course their rail line transportation stinks. Both San Diego and Los Angeles have great trans portion. To travel the 29A bus to the Metro Link  takes one hour and a half with thirty stops in between. The purple bus in L.A. takes thirty minutes with seven stops to get to the underground rail system. Soon he Expo line will take passengers clear to Santa Monica Beaches.
   But today is special. It was when my Grand Daughter Olivia was born in Long Beach. She will be five years old. I dread the fact she will have to contend with a Parsimonious government that promotes polluted air and busy streets.
   Got to go now. Chabad on Warner Avenue, Bolsa Chica  Synagogue is playing the best tune in town. The psalms have played for over three thousand year.  o


 Cruisin' George says: Bet on God, you'll cash a winning ticket every time -- and the good news is there is now co-pay. Remember that spirituality works with your body to make it impervious to disease.   Don't forget Del Mar racing begins this week. My Mom Edith always bet the one and six, since my birth day was the 16th o August.
 
     

1 comment:

  1. The best place to be is at their beaches. It is free to watch the surfers ride a big wave to shore.

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