Adults have at least some idea of how to take care of themselves. But children don't have the life experience and are feeling totally abandoned. They have to be plucked out of this as quickly as possible. |
Ernie is Mr. Smooth, politically correct, and I'm everything but. Ernie is a consensus builder and negotiator. I blow up bridges. |
If you're bright as a pimp, and thank God a lot of them aren't, you move them every two to three weeks. |
The best and the worst thing is now happening. People are finally being moved out of these shelters and churches and into temporary homes and apartments. While that is good news for them, it is a giant pain for us because it makes them even harder to find. |
You can block anything in the world, in certain environments. But the whole idea of supervision, the cop on the beat, the parents on the beat, really is overrated by an awful lot of folks, we found. |