Right-wing class warfare in Paducah

Imagine if you can the uproar that would result if this story was about the poor trying to keep the rich out of their town - instead of the other way around.

In Paducah, Kentucky, right-wing activists are circulating a petition to keep a homeless shelter out of their city. One woman said of the proposed shelter, "You don't feel safe with all kinds of creatures around."

"Creatures"??? Did Andre Bauer make that statement using a pseudonym???

Strange. We never get a choice when some developer wants to build an upscale subdivision or luxury high-rise in our community - even though we have reasons to oppose these projects that have nothing to do with class warfare. These developments often damage the environment or the economy, yet they get rubber-stamped. But look at all the red tape and right-wing petitions that materialize if somebody wants to build a homeless shelter. In fact, the law has to be changed just to build it: Laws in Paducah don't currently allow homeless shelters - but I bet you they allow wealthy subdivisions.

It's kind of like what's going on now in some suburban townships just outside Cincinnati. Rich residents are trying to keep Section 8 housing away, and Hamilton County even refused to obey an official order that gave the green light to the new homes. But I don't remember poor neighborhoods within the city being able to do anything about upscale developments that often displaced them.

The news in Paducah though isn't all bad. After reading about the homeless being called "creatures", some folks there plan to circulate a petition that would allow the shelter instead of forbid it.

(Source: http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/local/Proposed-homeless-shelter-causes-uproar-in-neighborhood-134357213.html)