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mr x
Chicago, IL
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you have to be kidding me -- he lives on the street by choice and wants the city to pay for his damaged laptop? ridiculous. shouldn't his homeowners insurance cover that? oh, wait...
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Anonymous
River Forest, IL
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Why is this news, let alone front page news? Is it that slow of a news day? And what exactly is he protesting?
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Doris
Greensboro, NC
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Miz wrote: What does he mean the city should "fess up or pay up?" He doesn't even know what he's protesting any more. He claims he started protesting because the YMCA tampered with his mail but now says he'll move if the city pays him for the things that were stolen while he voluntarily lived on the street for 10 years? So he's mad at the YMCA or mad at the city? If he had office space, why would he have any mail sent to the YMCA? If he's mad at the YMCA, he could have sude them 10 years ago. If he's mad at the city, I'd like to know why he thinks they're liable for him being so careless as to not lock up his belongings. If someone robs me, I file a police report and call my insurance agent, but I sure as heck don't blame the city of Naperville.
I can't park my car on the street between 2am and 5am, but this transient can park his tent there 24/7? The longer he lives on the street, the farther away from reality he travels. He needs to be arrested so he can get mental help through the legal system and get back on his feet. Anyone who voluntarily lives like this for this long is mentally unstable enough to make me cross the street when I walk by him. On top of that, he is abusing the consitution and making a mockery of people who have actual important issues to protest. People have real issues to struggle with every day and this guy is mad because the YMCA didn't give him his mail and a punk stole his computer? Get a PO Box and get out of the street. He could have rebuilt this business of his 10 times in the time he's spent "protesting." Shame on you! You need to find a church!
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mr x
Chicago, IL
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guess what, poindexter, if he caused harm to someone else at church, or even threatened anyone, the church, which is essentially a business, is within their rights to ban someone. where would you rather worship -- where you feel safe or where you feel threatened? church does not equal free-for-all. Mary wrote: What kind of a church would BAN someone?? I don't think Jesus BANS anyone who seeks Him, so why should a so-called "Christian church"? God's love is open to all, no matter who they are and personal differences should not BAN anyone. Frankly, I find this more troublesome than a man who chooses to live on the streets.
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Jeff
Glendale Heights, IL
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What is he protesting? Gainful employment? Getting ahead in life? Simple questions the reporter should have asked.
He was living in a YMCA while supposedly running a business? Didn't that bring up more questions for the reporter to ask? It will never fail to anger me when the able-bodied, healthy, and competent sit on their behinds and refuse to do even the life-affirming work that the illiterate, handicapped, and mentally-challenged would do anything to be able to do.
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Jeff
Glendale Heights, IL
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If you live on the street how can you possibly demand "reparations" for any of your belongings being stolen?
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Absyrd
Winfield, IL
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That woman who moved to Naperville so she wouldn't have to see any homeless people is a snotty princess and I hope that she has a chance to sometime walk a mile in someone else's shoes. As a matter of fact, I hope circumstances force her to walk a mile in SCOTT'S shoes! Poetic justice!
People, it isn't against the law to be homeless and possibly mentally handicapped. Don't read so much into his words or 'demands' and for goodness sake, don't thrust your own values and expectations on someone who slept on the street last night while you were wrapped up in your 800-thread count Macy's sheets.
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Hardliner
Homer Glen, IL
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No doubt he is one of the many walking the streets with undiagnosed mental illness of some form or another. However he is also dumb like a fox. Funny how he hasn't set up his protest shanty at 63rd and Halsted or in Robbins. You want to know why? Because instead of receiving money and sympathy from guilt ridden upper middle class white people he would get the s.h.i.t. kicked out of him and rolled on a regular basis. This guy is just another lazy con artist. I wouldn't give him the sweat off of my balls.
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“Salukis..in the twilight zone”
Since: Dec 07
DuPage County
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Please wait...
Doris wrote: Sounds like a cool guy, exercising his rights. Whoever doesn't like it should shove it! Doris, we'll make sure he has your address so he can relocate to the sidewalk in front of your home. After all, it's his right!
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Maurice
Houston, TX
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join the crowd wrote: what is a c note? C note =$100 bill (c, century, 100...)
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wiseguy
Medinah, IL
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join the crowd wrote: what is a c note? According to Wikipedia, a "c note" is "a musical note, one of whose members is middle C." Wikipedia also says, "In Western music, the expression 'Middle C' refers to the note 'C' located exactly between the two staves of the grand staff and near the top and bottom, respectively, of the bass and soprano voices. When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of A above middle C as 440 Hz, the frequency of the middle C note is approximately 261.626 Hz; see pitch (music) for a discussion of historical variations in frequency." However, I would prefer to think the article is referring to a hundred-dollar bill.
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Naperville
Richmond, VA
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Leave the poor guy alone. I've lived in Naperville for over 20 years and he is just one of the many homeless people that call Naperville their home. Walk on the other side of the street, if he bothers you!!
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Michael
Oak Brook, IL
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CGull wrote: One thing that no one considers though is that he has an electrical generator that he uses for a heater he has in his makeshift hut, as well as for his laptop, and that generator is plugged into an outside outlet connected to the parking garage he camps out in front of.
He is therefore using electricity that, to the best of my knowledge, he is not paying a dime for, and he has been using it now for about the last three years or more. In addition, that generator is kind of loud and can be heard from a couple of blocks away, making it qualify as something of a public nuisance. What kind of wacky generators need to be plugged into an electrical outlet? Wouldn't that be a little like a solar powered flashlight?
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residentzen
Naperville, IL
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Hmm wrote: <quoted text>
Why not give money to Chicago homeless rather than some doofus homeless protester in Naperville? Mr Chicago, has every right to give his money to whom he feels. Protester or not, this guy has a right to be homeless and or protest any thing he feels he needs to, right or wrong. He can go about it any way he feels fit with in the law. who cares. let him be.
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sharon
Clarendon Hills, IL
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Welcome to Crazy Town. Having worked in an organization who had to deal with Mr. Huber, I took one look at the byline and thought, "Oh no, he's back". This guy needs medicine not followers who take his picture and give him money. The only rights violated are those people who must endure his craziness--he'll threaten you with a civil rights suit rather than say excuse me. When it comes to Scott Huber, homelessness isn't the issue--it's mental health.
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Dee Rock
Lake Villa, IL
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It's pretty apparent he has some sort of neurological disorder driving his actions. Mild schizophrenia, some type of personality disorder, who knows? The reality is that this situation will not resolve itself. Maybe he should see a mental health specialist to treat the underlying problem and thereby negate the need for his protest in the first place. But that would take his willingness and lots of time. There doesn't seem to be many other options other than running him out of town or drafting ordinances to stifle his activities. But then you have to wonder, why are the people wasting so much time being worried about what this guy is doing? It's not like he some sexual predator or villain camped out in town, just a little bit of an eccentric personality. Do Napervillians have the need for such an idealistic and tranquil suburban setting as to be unable to tolerate a touch of reality camping out downtown? You folks could be dealing with a lot worse.
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dave
Glendale Heights, IL
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"C" is the roman numeral for "100" - that is where "C note" comes from in reference to a $100 bill
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eddie
Chicago, IL
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doesn't seem to me that he's really bothering anyone, apart from the uptight guy who said he moved to the burbs so he wouldn't have to see homeless people.
He may have mental problems, none of us reading this article can really say because we don't know him, but he seems harmless to me.
The only real "problem" is uptight suburbanites who don't like the real world encroaching on their white picket world.
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join the crowd
Montgomery, IL
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wiseguy wrote: <quoted text>
According to Wikipedia, a "c note" is "a musical note, one of whose members is middle C." Wikipedia also says, "In Western music, the expression 'Middle C' refers to the note 'C' located exactly between the two staves of the grand staff and near the top and bottom, respectively, of the bass and soprano voices. When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of A above middle C as 440 Hz, the frequency of the middle C note is approximately 261.626 Hz; see pitch (music) for a discussion of historical variations in frequency."
However, I would prefer to think the article is referring to a hundred-dollar bill. good one! thanx :-) you too maurice.
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Brad
Lockport, IL
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He is a pretty cool guy, I went to North Central College which is mere feet away from his protest site. He is an interesting guy to talk to. Despite all that, it did not stop me from making jokes about him when he ran for mayor. Like this one...(in crazy person voice)"If I win, I guarantee there will be one less homeless person in Naperville!"
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