Eddie Cat vs City of Santee Round 2

Since I'm no-longer getting the Lodging Tickets (as mentioned in my previous post), it would seem that all I've been able to do to this point is to waist my time, and Eric's time as well. Eric has helped me out a great deal with this project, not only with bright and early rides to the courthouse, but also in the area of spiritual support. One can easily slip into the depressing mood of "being alone against the world" out here on the road. Having good friends like Eric remind me of why I'm doing this, and what I'm really gaining through the effort, breaks up that dark wall of cloud and keeps my mind in the sunshine. So, if you need a Jacuzzi Cover, give Eric a call. I've seen the covers and his prices are very good.

Getting back to the point of "waisting my time", I've been seeking out other ways of accomplishing my goal over the last week. Eddie Cat has shown me many times; there is always more than one way to get the gopher.

It is a long standing saying in the Private Detective world, that if you are dealing with white collar types, "Follow the money". The crime, no matter what it is, always comes down to the money trail. While it is true that my goal is the eradication of a SMC, I am still dealing with White Collars who see money as the justification for all things. So according to the street-wise Private Eye, it is the money trail which will lead me to the solution I seek.

This was an interesting thought, and since I had nothing else to go on Monday, I started there; with the question "who gains by maintaining and enforcing of an illegal law, which only effects the homeless?"

I didn't get very far with this line of thinking. The answer seemed rather obvious...
"no one really." Not on the money trail at least. Heck, it would seem that the enforcement alone is a deficit in the equation. There is no way that the City of Santee could be getting back from the homeless enough revenue to cover the enforcement of a law like Lodging. I very strongly doubt that there is profit in it at all, since I know that one Sheriff spends all of his time, day after day, week after week, completely dedicated to the ferreting out and ticketing of homeless people. His salary alone would make such a venture unprofitable. It would be less expensive and much less hassle to simply open up a homeless shelter and fund a program.

The whole idea makes no sense at all when you add in the risk of civil liability.

Even with this obvious conclusion staring me down Tuesday and into Wednesday, I was unwilling to give up on the Shaman Wisdom of old. After all, there is money involved, somewhere, and White Collar types going to rather interesting lengths to protect the Lodging Code. So, while I may not see the puzzle as a whole, it does exist... somewhere.

It was Wednesday night, while working through an advanced Hwa Rang Do form, that my mind gleaned on an answer. The form in question uses, as one of the techniques a movement called Elbow Defense. This move is rather bizarre to witness, when done against an invisible opponent. In fact it makes no sense at all, and with its name "Elbow Defense" it makes even less sense. When observing the final stance of the movement, it appears to break every common sense rule of close combat (never cross your arms in front of your body, never leave your mid-section completely exposed, and undefended...etc.). It is only after you add a physical opponent to the move, and understand its true nature, that you realize its devastating effect on the human body. The form, as well, is a series of mis-direction movements and combinations, all of which are brutally lethal (which might be labeled as a redundant description since I've already mentioned the style of the martial art is Hwa Rang Do).

As I finished the form, my creative mind Eddie-Pounced on the gopher. Yes, there is money involved, and yes there are White Collars involved, I've just been looking at the movements without seeing the nature of the gopher.