Dear Mr. Argue,
While I am not a strong supporter of you I do agree with some points you raise. I must ask you this - Robert or Becky if you are reading feel free to answer as well - why do you not open up your home to the homeless to provide a warm place to stay or help someone get back on to their feet? I mean, if it really is such a problem that they are being "targeted" by the police and written tickets why not try to help. It seems that instead, Robert and Becky (not necessarily you Steve) would choose to stand next to them on the sidewalk as they beg for money and point them out to everyone passing as people in need and then leave when attention or interest drops. I am not only frustrated in the lack of respect it shows for these people in need, but for the activists who try to "help" do so verbally and not physically.

The "Santa Cruz Activist" work reminds me of a TV commercial I recently saw. There are several girls in a bathroom standing around a running sink. They all point to the sink and make comments about a waste of water, how could somebody do something so despicable, and so on. The girls remind me of the activists. Then one girl walks up and turns the fuacet off to stop the water. This is a true person helping to solve a problem. The other girls then stand in amazment.

Is Robert and Becky's so-called activism more than standing around pointing out a problem? I think not. When was the last time Robert invited a homeless person to dinner with him at 99 Bottles? Or to sleep on the couch at his home on Chestnut St? When did Becky give a some one holding sign begging money for a ride - because they were "stranded" - to their destination with one of her cars?

I am just getting sick of the Robert and Becky show. Luckily it has been gone for a while and not have had to put up with it. Did you ever wonder why they [Robert/Becky] don't use some of their money to help the problem rather than video tape it.

Or better yet, if you want the City to help the homeless more than they already have. I would think stopping wasteful and costly lawsuits could solve the problem. I am so tired of hearing Robert and Becky profess the number of lawsuits they have against the Police, City Manager, City Council, City Attorney's Office, etc.

Activism once had a great day in straightening crooked behavior. Now with Robert and Becky at the helm, it has gone straight to the social elitist yuppie thing to do.