Homeless- a PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD !

         " That stinking derelict is going to give the whole city

    of Cranston hepatitis , " I said to myself at the McDonald's

    restaurant  near the Cranston Public Library.  Was it illegal

    to refuse service to this animated crud ? I wondered as I

    watched in horror as he lingered  -zombie like -  at

    the self-service counter , filthy hands stained with dried

    urine and feces - touching everything the  customers will

    touch .

             It is hard simply to be sympathetic to homeless or

    the neglected mentally ill once they pass the sub-human point.

     These are creatures out of H.P Lovecraft - not the kind


      Dickens !

               I will not appeal to liberal compassion here - just

    rational self-interest. Let us take  better care of these

    unfortunates. Let none of them - for our own sake - FALL THROUGH

    THE CRACKS !

           Again on the Reservoir Ave. bus I encountered the decomposing

    man. And suddenly ALL the windows on the bus were opened, faces

    grimacing.

         "  Watch your hygiene, Sir " I pleaded with the fellow -

    ridiculously . His face had IMH written all over it. But

    will that esteemed Rhode Island institution claim him as

    one of their own ? Or should will just scold him : Get a job !