L.A builds a temporary homeless shelter — with a $700,000 deck

[MrGompers]

Originally Posted by tamajane

No, government, they always go overboard Spending our money on unnecessary crap.

They built some kind of career training school that is free for low income kids in my area. It was really expensive, huge and fancy. It isn't a real college but they call it a campus. It is a lot nicer than the local community college which is expensive, I suppose the high tuition pays for the other fancy resort school.

Taxpayers were not pleased but the liberals said it is good for the poor kids' self esteem to go to a school that nice. Usually this type of free training center is put in existing vacant buildings but these low income kids get two basketball courts and a swimming pool on their "campus".

The place looks pretty empty most of the time. W-A-S-T-E.

Holy Cow stop the presses. You're telling us that low income kids get to play basket ball and go swimming ?


Maybe they should have installed some sewing machines so the kids could make clothing instead (for free).

[tamajane]

Originally Posted by MrGompers

Holy Cow stop the presses. You're telling us that low income kids get to play basket ball and go swimming ?


Maybe they should have installed some sewing machines so the kids could make clothing instead (for free).

Guess who doesn't? Middle and working class families paying expensive tuition at the community college.

The government place isn't a real college, it's a free resort for inner city young adults paid by taxpayers who got their quiet suburb chopped up and of course some the students have been arrested for assaulting each other and vandalizing the area.

[LordSquidworth]

Originally Posted by rstevens62

I think they are getting ripped off if a 7000sqft deck is costing them $700K!!

Should be like... $175,000... on the high end.


That's a $100/sq ft. Outrageous.