I’m here in Panama City Beach. Joe Cleghorn caused me to leave my whole life behind. I scoured Key West, and found nothing that wasn’t a joke, rent wise and space wise. One “studio” I found, on United Street, was a room in an old house that had been broken up into apartments. The ‘studio” Read More…
I am writing as I have a unique perspective on the Simonton Street trailer park. I have a masters degree and spent a 30 year career working with the homeless and the mentally ill for the state of South Carolina. I also lived at the trailer park for three 6 month periods with my wife, Read More…
Every night after work, after the landlord had gone home, ‘M’ snuck back into her locked up trailer with no electricity and no water and slept in there. She knew how to get in and leave no trace. She would then beg a shower off her neighbor in the am before leaving again for work. Read More…
Every night after work, after the landlord had gone home, ‘M’ snuck back into her locked up trailer with no electricity and no water and slept in there. She knew how to get in and leave no trace. She would then beg a shower off her neighbor in the am before leaving again for work. Read More…
Every night after work, after the landlord had gone home, ‘M’ snuck back into her locked up trailer with no electricity and no water and slept in there. She knew how to get in and leave no trace. She would then beg a shower off her neighbor in the am before leaving again for work. Read More…
It’s a completely dilapidated trailer kept very clean and homey, enveloped by a reef of flowers, a contradiction explained away by the one single sign painted on the door: “Life is Good.” Or at least it was. Today, gesturing with one hand to support her plea in broken English and with the other hand holding Read More…
As a hundred or so residents begin packing in view of their upcoming eviction from the defunct Simonton Street Trailer Park, one wonders what has done-in the small village tucked beneath those shady trees. The City Commission voted last Tuesday to approve Joe Cleghorn’s redevelopment plan, which includes cutting down 40 of 45 trees and Read More…