Harold Nicholson - property vs. people

In our materialistic society, property values routinely undermine purely human values - and common decency. A sickly 59 year old Warwick man -living on $568
in SSI payments ( monthly ) - is SENT TO JAIL for not painting his house - there goes the neighborhood ! - after being warned by the inspector.

OK the law must not be mocked. But too often the judge if not the majestic LAW - is an ass !

Did any of those oh so friendly Warwick neighbors give a thought to HELPING Harold Nicholson of Abbott Avenue ? Or did they just follow the precept : " Drop a dime on thy neighbor! "

God forbid that property values in the neighborhood decline by .01 percent.

I note that this very sick man must pay car insurance every month. The city of Warwick should make it possible for more of its residents to dispense with their cars, especially people like Harold Nicholson, the sick and the elderly.

In Warwick you can not catch a bus to the capital city of Providence after the early evening hours. This is a ridiculous RIPTA bus schedule.

Would it not be better for Nicholson to be able to get around on a $35 monthly RIPTA bus pass ?

Would it not be better for THOUSANDS of Rhode Islanders? Then they can afford to paint their houses.

Of course it escaped the attention of our legal system - of Judge Joel Gerstenblatt! - that the poor and sickly Harold Nicholson might be DEPRESSED. A major symptom of mental depression is lack of volition, an inability to get things done.

Where would we all be - if we depended on the KINDNESS OF STRANGERS ?