Lue
Lue: "As far as my history goes, I was a twenty-four year member of the motion picture industry. And when that went south I wound up working at a couple companies that went in chapter 11. Then I wound up working as an executive accountant for a company that was selling computer software. One of their employees did something wrong, I don’t know what the real deal was but the Federal Trade Commission came in and shut the place down. So what do you do then, ya know? So then I ended up trying to get any kind of little part time job I can get to try to keep me above water. And I wound up working for a day laborer company and after a couple of months I wound up getting in an accident and that’s how I became blind. I took about a forty foot fall through a hole in the floor that was unmarked or not barricaded.”
M: “Do you get social security?”
L: “Yeah, I’m on disability.”
M: “They still cannot help you with housing?”
L: “I know that the homeless situation in our city is, in our country, is over the top and there is just not enough housing for everyone. I understand that. However, I know someone in a disabled situation, such as myself, that I can’t afford to be out here on the street. I have already been a victim of violent crime several times.”
M: “Do you get social security?”
L: “Yeah, I’m on disability.”
M: “They still cannot help you with housing?”
L: “I know that the homeless situation in our city is, in our country, is over the top and there is just not enough housing for everyone. I understand that. However, I know someone in a disabled situation, such as myself, that I can’t afford to be out here on the street. I have already been a victim of violent crime several times.”