When I got to Norlin Library shortly after 8AM, the weather was unremarkable. Overnight at my campsite, I heard a few raindrops hit my tarp; so few that I didn’t even note what time it was by my $10 Wal-Mart wristwatch. Leaving Norlin about 9:40AM, it was snowing and the grass was almost covered. I’m now at George Reynolds Branch of BPL, which is still relatively peaceful due to an absence of the more obnoxious bums. No doubt these characters are at the Main Library sharing their aroma, if not their wisdom, with BPL Director Valerie Maginnis — http://missionviejodispatch.com/people/mvs-ex-librarian-upsets-boulder-community/ — Of 4 comments following this article, 3 are negative in re Ms. Maginnis. I fear we’ve only begun to see the controversy this woman is going to continue to generate, none of it for good reason. I just wish she’d institute some rules of conduct for BPL patrons, similar to those at public libraries in Seattle, WA and Los Angeles, CA; enforcement of these would end most of our bum problem in this public venue, anyway.
Occupiers celebrating a judge’s ruling need to understand something: Boulder PD will be sure now to be more careful and abide by this, even as they continue to arrest or ticket illegal campers and/or trespassers who are in apparent violation of the law.
Too bad this fool didn’t give herself a stiff shot of pepper spray; let’s hope she receives appropriate psychiatric care.
I must admit I’m pondering leaving on my trip around the American West, courtesy of a friend who will buy my Greyhound Discovery Pass, about the beginning of April rather than May 1st. This is because the “90 Day Wonders” at Boulder Shelter for the Homeless are worse than ever in my experience (since 2008). I especially despise Snot Man, who spends at least an hour between 6AM and 8AM bent over a sink in the men’s restroom, hacking and coughing and blowing his nose while admiring himself in the mirror. Where do these people come from? And why are they here in Boulder, CO? Who is telling them to come to our fair city? Why does the local homeless/shelter services industry continue to blindly support them, at the expense of Boulder County’s own homeless residents? So many questions, no good answers from those in authority. Bottom line: More Homeless People = More Money.
If I had any feelings, they might be hurt by the fact that Boulderites donated expensive tents and other camping gear to Occuposers (including PJ Jentsch, apparently a trustafarian from the Boston, MA area), but my appeal via Facebook for a shed or barn to use as shelter from rain and snow received no response from anyone. WTF?


