Kaban ni D_BystandeR: ANGAYANG TABANGAN ANG MGA PURDOY

If Mayor Mike Rama has done something positive for the sidewalk vendors that is big news for us. But for him to approve of the "punishment" to sidewalk vendors for three days, meaning – they cannot be allowed to display their wares in their usual spot - that's something hard to imagine! If the vendors' family can afford to also stop eating for three days, that punishment is okay. But we know  that vendors are like in Tagalog lingo - "isang kahig, isang tuka," ug sa atong pinulongan, mga "kakha-tuka." Since when did we hear that Mayor Mike's heart bleeds for the poor?

In all punitive campaign against the poor in the city, Mike Rama is always on top of it! He doesn't need to approve it. His mind is endlessly capable of doing something to make it hard for the poor to make a living in the city. And we are complaining that criminality is on the "upsurge?" - forget about it. There are people who try to make a living out of making it subscribed to the normal way we expect it to be without making it a big problem to others but we have some of our city leaders who refuse to understand that not all people living in the city are rich. And that they also need a little help and understanding for them to survive the economic hardships we all face.