political semantics

so i got a letter in my mailbox from andy spano yesterday. he is a county executive here in westchester.

the letter was addressed to residents of my town letting us know a few facts about the county's homeless policy. you see, a homeless man murdered someone here last month. he had been brought into our town on a bus from a shelter a few miles away. every day the bus takes people from the shelter and drops them off in the town and then brings them back to the shelter (if they want to go back) at the end of the day.

andy spano's letter was intended to clarify this policy. he says that the county is not bussing people INTO town everyday. he says the county is in fact bussing homeless people OUT of the town every night.

how 'bout them semantics.

i hope his next letter will detail the things the county is doing for people once they are in the shelter. job counseling, mental health care and substance abuse treatment programs might be a better use of our tax money than a bus service to the galleria.