A Regular Do-Gooding Crusade

Hick is on fire with his do-gooding crusade. He couldn't find the valentine hearts for his harem at Save A Lot, but he DID find some at Walmart. So that plan is in motion, and 10 elderly ladies will be sweetly surprised on Valentine's Day. Or more likely, the day before. 

Sorry dudes! Hick would think it weird to give a valentine to a guy, and those elderly men would likely feel the same way. They might secretly be disappointed about not getting chocolates, but I doubt any will say anything about it. It's a generational thing. They didn't grow up with everybody getting a trophy.

Hick hasn't forgotten the dudes, though. He was doing his best to help one yesterday, stopping just short of arm-twisting! I guess having good done for you is not completely painless. I was on the phone with Hick when this went down.

"Where are you?"

"Walking to my office at the apartments. 'Bobby! Bobby, come in here a minute.'"

"I'll let you go if you're busy."

"I want to talk to him about HUD. See you later."

HUD is one of the bones Hick had to pick with the city officials. He thought the residents might qualify for subsidized rent, but nobody at the city had completed the necessary paperwork to allow them to apply. There was some confusion about it being for the whole building, and not for individuals. I don't know anything about it, other than from Hick's friend Buddy (of the Badly-Blacktopped Hill) renting houses to people who qualified for HUD. He had to meet certain requirements in his houses, but part (or all) of his rent was guaranteed by HUD, and the residents paid less out of pocket.

Anyhoo... this HUD situation has been rectified, and several of Hick's tenants are getting a discount. I think the rent there is between $550 and $600 a month. Hick said those who have qualified for HUD are now paying around $265 per month. According to Hick:

"That's a big difference, when they might only have $1100 a month income."

Anyhoo... Hick talked to Bobby, who said he hadn't bothered with the paperwork, because he figured it would only be about $20-$30 a month discount. Hick told him about the others, and how much they got discounted, and Bobby said:

"Give me those papers! I'll have my daughter get started on them tonight!"

Of course that made Hick happy. He gets nothing for doing this. No kickbacks, no glory. But by cracky, Hick is gonna help those elderlies, whether they want him to or not!