| Rich Guy Dislikes Poor People [message #409317] |
Wed, 04 November 2009 07:15  |
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Altzan
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Registered: September 2008
Location: Tennessee
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"Rich guy dislikes poor people, wants local kids to "lose sleep" over plan to shut library"
Constantine "Connie" Xinos is the president of the home-owners' association in a gated community in the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook. He dislikes being near poor people (he successfully blocked a permit for a senior's home, stating, "I don't want to live next to poor people. I don't want poor people in my town"). He reportedly worked to elect an Oak Brook village council who would shut down the town library, which he also campaigned against. When local kids showed up at town meetings to ask that their library be left open, he is quoted as saying, "I don't care that you guys miss the librarian, and she was nice, and she helped you find books;" and to the library staff to "stop whining."
"This is the real world and the lesson, you folks who brought your kids here, is if you want something, pay for it..."
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/08/rich-guy-hates-poor.html
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What a loser...
I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker. ~Voltaire
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