I was born and raised here in Naples Florida , hunting , fishing , and having a healthy respect for our environment. Also having the utmost respect for the fellow residents of this beautiful state. I was born in 1992 December 15, I know I know, you're thinking what do you know about respect for your elders young man ? Or respect in general ha ha let alone hunting or fishing? Well I know thing or two and a couple of those things are that no matter how someone treats you if their disrespectful or they cop an attitude or you just don't like the way their face looks , doesn't justify disrespect , violence , or harassment, it takes more of a man not to lose his temper and control himself , than it does to attack someone. No what is this have to do with the hurricane ?and the shelter at Palmetto Ridge You ask?
Well palmetto Ridge high school opened their doors to lend a helping hand to medically needy people / and regular evacuees ,who had to evacuate during hurricane Irma , Mr.Bremseth The principal slept at his desk in his office for 12 days. Making sure the shelter was running tiptop shape, and supplies were being brought, distributed evenly, and the special-needs evacuees getting all the special care and attention they need .
Seems pretty amazing , that a high school principal and a bunch of volunteers will pull together and risk their lives and their families lives to help people they don't even know ! That is the America I know and love .
This next part of the story doesn't even sound like the America that I know, after the storm passed and the shelter cleared out at Palmetto Ridge teachers and staff decided to go around and pick up and clean up the campus ,to there other disappointment and shock they found feces smeared all over the bathroom in writing, children's artwork was destroyed and ripped off the walls, hallways with bulletin boards with different teachers names on them for their classrooms ripped off there doors , countless lockers ,countless desks , chairs , and even smart boards that are only supposed to be written on with a special marker, well the shelter guest decided to write on them with permanent markers destroying thousands of dollars worth of equipment , that will come out of whos pocket ? Oh yeah our pocket , it just goes to show you that no matter how much you can help A person you never know what their true intentions are even if you are lending a helping hand , people will still take advantage every chance they get . Even if the don't need the assistance or food stamps they will still go apply and get what the can , they get as much assistance they can get and it creates a cushion that they can use to pay for vehicles and rent and whatever else the need , in the mean time they get $500 to $700 in food stamps and wic benifits , I'm not speaking in generalities, most people use their government assistance for the right things to take care of their family, but the majority of people who are illegal imagrants, drug addicts, or who are in the criminal element of society use their government assistance to sell to get drugs or pay bills .
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