User profile: Rebz

It's unfortunate that the Regional Manager could not be reached for the article, but then I wonder how much effort was really put into reaching this person. This article is a prime example of a writer playing on emotion and presenting a side that shows how our government, the savior of this country, is sticking it to these rich, elitist landlords and putting them in their places. However, knowing this case, the properties involved, and many of the owners, I can tell you first hand that it's simply not true.

Expanding on TSCLV's statement, Quad units are essentially four bedrooms that are rented. A bathroom is shared between two units/bedrooms, and a kitchen is shared between four units/bedrooms (thus the "quad" term). These are people who are renting a bedroom, not a full apartment unit or even studio. As TSCLV stated, it was a decision based on safety. Had the properties' management or owners not had this policy, I am sure you would have read way before this article how they had neglected the tenants' safety and put a parent and kid in a room next to some pedophile. The bathroom is not only the problem, but what if the kid went to the kitchen, which is shared with three other tenants to get some food and was lured into one of the other rooms. Then another lawsuit or lawsuits would have been presented.

This article is a prime example of government programs trying to justify themselves, enriching others at another's expense, and biased media propaganda pulling at our emotions without presenting all the facts. So good job HUD. With your ever-growing government power, you're well on your way to creating a Stalinist government that will protect the people from themselves. And thank you Las Vegas Sun for illustrating the greatness of our government programs and showing how, one by one, we can take down these landlords. Maybe we'd be better off with the gov't running low-cost housing and taking the landlords out of the equation. Oh, wait, we already have those - they're called The Projects - and we all know how successful those have been.

This man is a good Dr. I am not familiar in detail with the case, and, therefore, will not pass judgement out of emotion based on whatever biased reporting is presented. What I see presented is that one person got addicted out of however many patients he had. Having never been addicted, I can't say anything either way but wonder at what point personal responsibility comes into play. I also don't know the circumstances behind the individual who lost his wife, and I am sure that very few others who are not directly involved know, either. What I have not seen reported, and what I can tell you from first-hand experience, is that Dr. Buckwalter is a great Dr. He always took whatever amount of time I needed from him to spend on diagnosis and treatment. He genuinely cares, and it shows. There was no sense of rushing from patient to patient like what is so prevalent these days. I also know other people who have gone to him who will say the same. What happened is unfortunate, and he will be missed as a Dr. Now I need to find somebody else to see, and filling his shoes will be tough.