Slabs and other sorrows
For veterans of Slab City the water at Niland Chamber of Commerce is being shut off. You can still dump tanks there but can't take on water. Shut off 1 Jan '15. Two Rivers rest area Calpat also to clo...
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My mea culpa..I have been on the Slabs. Lived there for 5 weeks. Have friends that are there, so..I know that I am not impartial. But..golly, I love a good but...There are only maybe 50 people that live there all year 'round. And many of them find alternatives when the temps are peaking. I digress..most of the residents are on some type of monthly income. State or federal. Many vets out there...try and tell them they haven't paid...and all of that 'income' goes right back into the local economies. Groceries, fuel, tobacco.
The rest of the inhabitants are transients. So many in RV's..hundreds of them at a time. Thousands over the course of a winter. Let us consider the might of the RV dollar. If none of those transients came thru Brawley, Calieinte or Niland..those places would be destitute...more than they already are. The people that live on the Slabs pay. They pay dearly. The store, restaurant and fuel stops in Niland survive due to the monies spent by people from the Slabs.
Yep..the Fire Dept and ambulance do have to get out there every so often. And really? How big of a deal is that? The police, local and feds are out patrolling anyway..it's what they do. It's not going to cost less if they don't cruise the Slabs and if we are talking enforcement..well, stats are everything when it comes to budget time. The cops and fire want to be out there, if for nothing else, than the numbers.
Gary Haupt
The rest of the inhabitants are transients. So many in RV's..hundreds of them at a time. Thousands over the course of a winter. Let us consider the might of the RV dollar. If none of those transients came thru Brawley, Calieinte or Niland..those places would be destitute...more than they already are. The people that live on the Slabs pay. They pay dearly. The store, restaurant and fuel stops in Niland survive due to the monies spent by people from the Slabs.
Yep..the Fire Dept and ambulance do have to get out there every so often. And really? How big of a deal is that? The police, local and feds are out patrolling anyway..it's what they do. It's not going to cost less if they don't cruise the Slabs and if we are talking enforcement..well, stats are everything when it comes to budget time. The cops and fire want to be out there, if for nothing else, than the numbers.
Gary Haupt
