Addressing overpopulation

Art Sirota did an amazing job of describing the “elephant in the room” that is not mentioned: overpopulation. Thank goodness there is one man among us to bring this up.

Our elected and appointed officials seem reluctant to discuss the reality that is destroying our community.

No, you don’t have to leave the AV to see overpopulation. The roads are becoming congested, not only because of fuzzy planning by the traffic departments of the AV, but there are many more people and vehicles.

Isn’t it strange that the people, who are getting public housing funds to pay their rent, have four or five cars in their driveway? Some also get public funds to support their children.

I guess it pays to have multiple children when you cannot even afford to support one of them, much less yourself. The child’s father is nowhere to be found and you and I have to cough up the money to feed them.

Would it help if there were limits on how much government assistance you may receive and how many children the government will support?

It is not only the roads that are affected by overpopulation. Look at the shelves in the markets? Come the first of the month, the shelves are emptied out. Neighborhoods are filled with houses that have too many occupants living in them. Emergency rooms are bus stations with all of the people seeking medical attention.

We can’t change the world, but we can locally, at the county level, and at the state level to address the overpopulation problem, if we have people with the guts to do so. We have better start soon. Michael Rives

Lancaster