Comments on: South-End Single-Mom: It’s Called ‘Child Support’ for a Reason, Dawg

By: admin

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:50:01 +0000

@bien: that goes for you, too. I’ve had it w/your BS.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:29:32 +0000

@tracy: don’t flatter yourself. Your comments were deleted bc they violated our longstanding policy requiring participants to be civil & communicate w/their neighbors w/out being hateful & insulting.

You are right that you struck a nerve – my last nerve – which is people who contribute nothing but criticism yet think they nonetheless have a right to be heard in this space.

If this space is owned by anyone, it’s the contributors who volunteer their time, energy & truth w/their neighbors, not the anonymous cowards who lack the skills to debate an issue w/out being a d*ck.

But I am glad you raised the issue, bc when I talk to people on the street about the RVP, the biggest complaint I hear is the one about the vitriolic, @$$hole commenters who make normal civil people feel like they can’t join the conversation.

The RVP was created for them, not you. Learn how to participate in a civil debate & we welcome you back.

Sincerely,
Amber Campbell, Editor

By: Lou

Lou — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:12:37 +0000

@50cent, What are you talking about are you saying you could raise two kids in the Southend going to Hawthorne, Aki, and Beach or Cleveland and working a full time job and going to school at night and you will raise well adjusted kids by spending no time with them? Just get free lunch and all problems are solved huh? Don’t be stupid, if it were that easy to raise kids you could catch the bus on Henderson safely, you can’t so it isn’t. I don’t know the lady but I am not so ignorant to think I could live another person’s life better than they can. I know you couldn’t do what I do in a day. What part of Tacoma oh the worst parts are you saying poor people will be better off moving to other poor neighborhoods or are you trying to internet bang Tacoma on us if thats the case you are a coward because non cowards bang on Rainier. Housing prices just went back down in Bootstrap Bellevue you can go home now or maybe you should have worked harder got a better job and been able to afford to live in Bellevue.

By: 50cent

50cent — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:28:42 +0000

@Mark B. yep, #6 and #7 were just “afterthoughts”.

By: Mark B

Mark B — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:15:06 +0000

@50cent
You should have traded places with #5 and #7
“Lastly” should be the last one.

By: 50cent

50cent — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:04:12 +0000

It’s a good thing that you decided to edit your writing by changing “Pay Up, b*tch” to “Pay Up, Daddy.”

My logic is simple:

1. Don’t rely on deadbeat dads.

2. Look for a job, job training or attend school to get a better job.

3. Single moms can raise upstanding children.

4. Food banks that your neighbors contribute to with monetary donations are available . WIC available for low income children. Vouchers for milk and diapers. Free lunch at school. No one starves to death around here. Sadly, 60 percent of those adults (excluding seniors or children) relying on food banks are also overweight and obese.

5. Lastly, THINK before you have children. You may be a grown adult, but the teenage pregnancy rate is lower nationwide, thanks to family planning education.

6. Don’t blame others for your plight. Rainier Valley is no worse off than Tacoma.

7. Wellspring Family Services is a wealth of resources for low income families.

You see what I’m sayin’? Good luck to you.

By: South-End Single Mom

South-End Single Mom — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:27:51 +0000

@2cents: Thanks! A list of all the SE social services available to help single parent households is a great idea for a future SESM column. Any specific suggestions?

@Mark B: Great idea! The shirt can be addressed to SSDD (South Seattle Deadbeat Dad). What say you, Ed?

@Bien: LOL! Spoken like a true Deadbeat Dad!

@50cent: Interesting comments considering your latest hit: “Have a baby by me; baby. Be a millionaire.” Seriously though, I think YOU need to lighten up. I didn’t say money was everything, but it is an important part of being able to raise children in a safe and healthy environment. In what world do you live in that there are no hungry families in the RV? Get real. Your “logic” makes no sense.

@mimi: Thanks!

By: mimi

mimi — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:37:17 +0000

well written!!

By: 50cent

50cent — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:25:43 +0000

“So Pay up, b*tch” — contains so much hatred and hostility. South-End Single Mom should lighten up. There are strong, single moms everywhere raising outstanding children. Plenty of single moms who work and go to school at night. And single moms who have lost their baby daddys in the Iraq war and struggle daily but manage to raise their children alone. It ain’t all about money. There’s a saying, if you have hands and feet you too, can work for a living and raise a healthy family. You can’t starve to death in Rainier Valley, there’s a food bank around the corner, DSHS, Section8 housing, subsidized child care etc. Call yourself lucky, seriously. You want to see real poverty? See Haiti and the slums of India.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:42:48 +0000

Wage garishment only comes from filing with the state -Office Of Support Enforcement- Most people, men or women who should pay child support but don’t have money sooooo under the table that the children will never see any of it. AND if the money is there but hidden then OSE in the height of stupiditiy either takes the licenses people need to live or puts the non payer into jail. Now how can anyone without a license (business, drivers, etc) or with a conviction on record earn any money. SOOOOO people owed child support have a really hard time. OSE or nothin’ It is not okay. Hello, it is reality.