I have not written many diaries. I try to hold back as I don't want to knock important diaries off the front page. I just read a horrible story on CNN and feel I have to pass this on.
Our national mortgage/housing crisis is not getting the coverage needed! We need to make the struggles of homeowners (both those who have seen their interest rates skyrocket and those who have seen their home values plummet) a priority!
CNN reports
90-year-old Akron, Ohio, woman who shot herself as sheriff's deputies tried to evict her from her foreclosed home became a symbol of the nation's home mortgage crisis Friday.
Addie Polk is being treated at Akron General Medical Center after shooting herself at least twice in the upper body Wednesday afternoon, her city councilman said.
U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, mentioned Polk on the House floor Friday during debate over the latest economic rescue proposal.
"This bill does nothing for the Addie Polks of the world," Kucinich said after telling her story. "This bill fails to address the fact that millions of homeowners are facing foreclosure, are facing the loss of their home. This bill will take care of Wall Street, and the market may go up for a few days, but democracy is going downhill."
I know the current bill that will be voted on today does not inclue the Addie Polks of the world. I hope and pray that after Obama takes office, something will be done.