Month: February 2024

by Travis Mateer

Hey, criminals, did you know lawless anarchy is now the norm in Montana? It’s true, and the latest anecdotal evidence that lawless anarchy is now the norm can be seen in this Missoulian story about some Montana residents north of Missoula getting terrorized by their meth-smoking neighbor for over a year until he got fucked up one night and drove his truck into their home.

The article is written by Griffin Smith, a Missoulian reporter who appears to be on the collapse-of-the-criminal-justice-system beat. Here’s Lake County’s Sheriff, Donald Bell, explaining why his office is comprised of a bunch of worthless cut-outs who seem to think their job is telling citizens of Montana why NOTHING can be done to protect them. From the link:

Lake County Sheriff Don Bell told the Missoulian that the sheriff’s office did as much as they could, including attempting to revoke Ailport’s bail and raising it to $50,000 before he bailed out for the last time.

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Even when Ailport did commit crimes against the family, the consequences did not keep him in jail long. Part of the reason is because resources in Lake County are slim.

The county jail is so overcrowded that officials must book and release criminal suspects. One local mental health physician said the area needs more awareness of treatment programs and a physical space for detoxification.

To reiterate what is being said here–and what I HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS–is that when there are NO STICKS (consequences) and NO CARROTS (treatment options), the result is lawless anarchy.

Welcome to Montana!

If Montana jails are full, what did our legislators do last session to alleviate this problem? Well, these fuckheads (legislators) who think they’re warriors in a culture war simply wrote a check to Core Civic in order to dump a bunch of inmates on Arizona. Did it work? No, of course it didn’t.

From the link:

Overcrowding at state prison and county jail facilities in Montana continues to be a problem despite the state’s recent transfer of 120 inmates to a private prison in Arizona, officials with the Montana Department of Corrections told lawmakers Tuesday.

The transfer of 120 male inmates to CoreCivic’s Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona last year — the result of an almost $4 million annual appropriation that Republican lawmakers slipped into a prison infrastructure bill. But, according to department data, about 345 state inmates are still being held in county facilities while they await placement elsewhere, including 103 who are in jail pending free space at the state prison.

“[The transfer] absolutely did help, however we’re so far behind that it didn’t fix it,” Gootkin said at a meeting of the Legislature’s Law and Justice Interim Committee.

As of Tuesday, the Montana State Prison has an inmate population of 1,562, almost 40 prisoners more than its operational capacity. The state’s contracted facilities, a CoreCivic prison in Shelby and the Dawson County Correctional Facility in Glendive — are both hovering around or over capacity as well, depending on the day.

Do you ever wonder if the people who MAKE our laws and ENFORCE our laws are functionally retarded? I used to give these alleged adults with law-making and law-enforcing power the benefit of the doubt, but lately it appears there’s been a significant and collective decline in the cognitive abilities of people in positions of power and influence. Do they know something we don’t? Why have they stopped even PRETENDING to do the jobs they are supposed to do?

Once upon a time doing a bunch of dangerous drugs and then shooting at your neighbor’s house with a gun would have PUT you in jail and KEPT you jail for more than a few days. Not anymore.

On July 13, 2023, Ron Schiele said he heard shots being fired after returning home from work and texted Blixt, who said it wasn’t him. The two said goodnight.

Roughly an hour later, Ron said he woke to more firing, and this time Blixt told him it was Ailport taking shots from his house. 

Blixt recalled the exact time to the Missoulian: 12:26 a.m. He said he used his night-vision scope and saw Ailport pointing his gun at the Schieles’ house.

He said he watched Ailport fire a hunting rifle at the Schiele house before turning the barrel straight toward him from about 135 yards away. 

“And next thing you know he takes a shot, WOP, right at my house,” Blixt said. “I said, ‘Oh my god, he just shot at my house.’”

Blixt said he called 911 and asked if he could shoot back while Ailport continued firing. He said Lake County dispatch told him to shelter in place and that shooting back could land him in prison.

And the response from Lake County’s “law enforcement”? This (emphasis mine):

Ailport was not held for long, however. He was released less than 10 hours after his arrest. The court ordered a restraining order for his neighbors and required Ailport to stay off drugs.

It is unclear if he received a mental health evaluation as required by the court to leave jail. He was required to take drug tests.

To the Schiele family, it appeared Ailport was free to keep harassing the neighborhood. Ron said the incident solidified his opinion that the Lake County Sheriff’s Office was not going to take action. 

“My faith in that whole system is nil,” he said. “So if you ever have a problem, don’t depend on someone to come and help you. They will show up after the fact.”

Realizing you can’t depend on that lawman response you’ve been conditioned to expect is an important step on the path to accepting that we ALL live in a cartoon clown world now.

In my role as the Homeless Outreach Coordinator for the Poverello Center here in Missoula I told plenty of POSITIVE stories about well-trained first responders, including cops, who successfully deescalated volatile situations where I was present and personally saw what well-trained law enforcers are capable of, so don’t assume I’m just lazily cop-bashing here. In fact, in some of my recent conversations I’m STILL ADVOCATING for MORE resources for law enforcement, but maybe I should shift to advocating for a TOTAL REVAMP of the power that resides in the Sheriff’s Office.

How many more examples of Montana being a failed state and law enforcement not doing their job do you need to hear? Montana is in a real crisis, our criminal justice system is a total fucking joke, our legislators are functionally retarded, and our media is garbage. Will you continue sitting back and watching this dumpster fire burn, or will you start seeing the value of supporting truth tellers like me?

Stay tuned, tomorrow I’m going presidential with my disdain for the characters pretending to run this clown world and unveiling my Black Star Rating System for navigating the Black Pill Pys-Op we’re supposed to be getting demoralized by.

Thanks for reading!

by Travis Mateer

I had an epiphany while driving to the City Council Committee of the Whole meeting this morning about tantrum-throwing men like Max Wolf and all the pressure they must feel to help solve the “housing” crisis by seeking subsidies so the poors have a roof over their poor heads. Is anyone thinking about THEIR feelings and how, with the right guidance, they might be able to better process their frustrations?

This epiphany was facilitated by a pep-talk from my synchronicity partner, a true existential detective who would put ANY Issa Lopez character to shame if brought to the screen. If anyone needs some visual context for the work we’re doing, I offer this delightful pairing:

If you don’t get the reference, there’s a film where Lily and Dustin help a poet understand the synchronicities in his life while he tries to save a pice of marshland from corporate development. I highly recommend seeing it if you need a laugh.

So, what would this men’s group be doing? Well, since feelings are important to process, and since men aren’t necessarily inclined to just sit around in a circle complaining–unless that circle is a horseshoe and the people are City Council members and the man is a developer crying about how hard it is to save history from developers like himself–my idea is to do something, you know, CONSTRUCTIVE! And that’s where my role as a LEGO MASTER comes into play.

I know, I’ve had some Lego-related plans in the recent past, but they haven’t come to fruition, so before I rush into spilling the beans on my half-cooked dreams, I’m going to rewind and share the under three minute public comment I made this morning. Here it is:

https://vimeo.com/917755172?share=copy

As I was recording this footage playing on my computer with my phone (that’s ME you can hear chuckling), I noticed something that has subtly changed about how the public feed is managed: you no longer see Councilor’s faces while the public makes their comments. Why did I notice this? Because I was hoping to see if the video caught the VERY intense look I was getting from one particular Council member, but no such luck.

I wonder, could this change be due to how Martin GOMER Kidston reported on Daniel Carlino’s face (smirk, allegedly) from whatever remote location he does his writing from?

If Martin Kidston–or ANYONE in Missoula–wants to have a little fun with a LARP (live action role play) around Zoom Town, I have a WHO DUNNIT case you can ALL be True Detective’s on: someone stole my large magnet/banner last weekend, and there are just SO MANY SUSPECTS for me to consider, I’m doing what our local authorities do sometimes, and that’s ask the public for help with any information you might have on this stolen item:

One suspect is an intoxicated Native I pissed off downtown by singing an invitation to join my Detective Baker fan club. I thought my Mad Max outfit and Ukulele skills would ingratiate me with the Transfer Center crew, but the only Native who knew me told me with her eyes to move the Travis show elsewhere, so I did.

If the magnet stays stolen, oh well. I think the image will look better on a billboard anyway.

Thanks for reading!

by Travis Mateer

It’s sad to see this former cop fail to understand a situation I accurately described (in song) as a hostage situation, with the hospital in the role of the hostage, and Max Wolf in the role of the terrorist making his demands…OR ELSE! I thought cops were supposed to understand these kind of dynamics? Does Bob need a reminder from Chuck about what NOT to do with terrorists?

Since Max Wolf was told no by a 7-4 Council vote, he has decided to do what terrorists do and kill the hostage. How else are we supposed to interpret this offer? (emphasis mine):

After the Missoula City Council failed to overturn the volunteer Historic Preservation Commission’s (HPC) denial of a historic preservation permit to save the Old Post Hospital at Fort Missoula, FAE-Wolf, the private owner of the hospital and adjacent land, issued the following statement:

“It is with a heavy heart that FAE-Wolf has been forced to prepare an application for a demolition permit with the City of Missoula to remove the Old Post Hospital. FAE-Wolf will first offer the Old Post Hospital for sale with the condition that it be removed, and if no entity agrees to purchase the hospital, it will proceed with obtaining a demolition permit. The Old Post Hospital will be offered for sale at $10.00, and FAE-Wolf will offer to contribute $100,000 to assist the buyer in an orderly removal.

I’m a little confused here, is the offer really 10 bucks? And then six figures will be provided to help do the destructive deed? What else does this developer/terrorist have to say? (emphasis mine):

“Once moved or demolished, FAE-Wolf will be able to propose a new development that won’t face as many obstacles. FAE-Wolf tried its best, but those who wanted no change, and are part of a tight knit group of people who have more control than they deserve, won out. When we look back at the history of this saga, let it be written that it was the self-described historic preservationists who caused the collapse of the Old Post Hospital.”

Ok, terrorist, those are FIGHTIN’ WORDS for a writer who has done more than most to document how the financial screws keeps tightening on us normies while the WOLVES salivate over the weak members of the herd they’ll target when the time is right.

What were the factors that rendered this property a prime taking for The Wolf? I know EXACTLY what happened, it was the 2017 legislative shit-show in Helena when our public health system got annihilated, which then gutted Western Montana Mental Health, the previous owner of this property. From the link:

In 2017, the Montana legislature cut $200 million in state and matching federal dollars from the state public health budget.

That all but eliminated community-based case management for people with severe, disabling mental illness and substance use disorders.

Yep, the reverberations of that session are still being felt, and now we have a petulant developer trying to cash in on the opportunity that other people’s misery created for him. Will he destroy the hospital and STILL get to build new buildings on this historic land? Yes, that appears to be the plan, as the quote above clearly states.

Last April this Wolf was howling a different tune in a Missoulian op-ed, which begins like this (emphasis mine):

Historic preservation is a serious endeavor in Missoula. Our city is full of so much architectural history we tend to take it for granted. Sometimes it takes a controversy like the Mercantile to remind us of how much history is around us. 

Ok, if this developer knows preservation is a SERIOUS ENDEAVOR, then why was the cost of rehabilitating the hospital only determined AFTER buying the property? Because that doesn’t sound like doing your due diligence to me.

“FAE-Wolf bought the hospital with the express intention of restoring it to its original glory. Once purchased, it was determined that the cost to rehabilitate would be over $8,000,000. We proposed a mixed-use development to justify the investment that would have been required to restore the hospital alone. We felt strongly that we were the ones to save it, and we offered an innovative plan to accomplish that goal.

I can appreciate grown adults throwing tantrums, having thrown several myself recently after getting frustrated by things like getting the wrong size lock TWICE, or getting denied coffee in California because the lobby was closed, and my truck was too tall, and they wouldn’t serve me on my bike. I threw a MASSIVE tantrum after THAT situation, yet no structures were razed to the ground. Maybe if I had a cool name like MAX WOLF my tantrums would be more impressively destructive.

The pre-tantrum article from last year touts Wolf’s family history, and his dedication, and stakeholders, so I wonder why no one over the years said that ANY NEW STRUCTURES pooped out on this land would be met with fierce opposition.

I’ve highlighted the obnoxious DEVELOPER SPEAK for emphasis:

Without significant investment the hospital may become a part of Missoula’s past. In 2019, inspired by my family’s background in preservation, I decided to purchase the property. Driven by a commitment to ensure that the hospital did not face the same fate as the Mercantile and other iconic Missoula buildings, I engaged a team of noted local historic preservation experts to begin working on a plan to restore the hospital to its former glory. This is a cost-intensive endeavor, and in order to make it work, we decided to revitalize the surrounding parcel of land to help attract more people to visit this side of the Fort.  

For two years, we have been engaged in stakeholder discussions and conversations with city staff to ensure our proposal would meet the goals of the historic preservation community and benefit all Missoulians. The result is a thorough, well-designed, and minimally intrusive plan to not only rehabilitate the Old Post Hospital, but offer Missoulians an enhanced experience at the Fort.  With the addition of two small commercial buildings, we can bring needed services to those who work at or near the Fort, and currently have limited options in the area, as well as families leaving games at the Regional Park and friends looking for a space to gather.  Additionally, by building 16 units of housing, we will help to alleviate our housing shortage in a small way. A quarter of these units will be dedicated to workforce housing. 

It’s painful reading this, considering my brain yells FUCK YOU at every point of emphasis I made in this quote, especially the idea of having an ENHANCED EXPERIENCE at a place where I have precious memories of my children.

I’m going to share one of those memories because it’s important to understand WHY someone like me won’t soon forget what the Wolf is planning on doing. This video features a dog that is no longer alive, a voice that hasn’t dropped yet, and a hospital that will soon be destroyed.

https://vimeo.com/917369580?share=copy

If you were caught by surprise that this development was even being proposed, that’s probably because local media is terrible, and people are disconnected. Maybe it’s time to financially support someone who understands what’s going on and isn’t shy about REPORTING what he knows.

Thanks for reading!

by Travis Mateer

No, technically speaking, Jesse Laslovich is Montana’s state attorney, but with all the headlines he generates seemingly focusing solely on HATE crimes, I’m beginning to appreciate Laslovich as an unintentional stand-up comedian establishing a post-justice WOKE criminal justice system for his Federal handlers, the post-justice Biden administration.

While I do fascinating work identifying REAL white supremacists in Montana, Jesse Laslovich is talking about STICKERS. Let’s take a look at this hilarity featuring a discussion up in Great Falls where that odd incident happened at the military base recently, and where one of Sheriff Slaughter’s men shot and killed someone recently. From the link:

In early January 2024 the Great Falls Public Library discovered anti-Semitic, neo-Nazi stickers had been inserted into at least 16 books. At the same time a video surfaced on at hate group internet chat site that showed the racist literature being placed in the books at the Great Falls Public Library.

It was only the most recent in a string of racist propaganda which infiltrated Great Falls in recent months, including anti-Semitic stickers placed in public spaces around this community, leaflets left on vehicle windshields, and sandwich bags filled with popcorn and scripts of racial slurs thrown onto neighborhood lawns and doorsteps.

The lasting effect of these attempts at racial propaganda might be small, but is an increasing trend which prompted the Great Falls Public Library to launch its “Hate Has No Home Here’ campaign.

It gets even funnier when you understand, like I do, the political connections this guy has to the Democratic machine here in Montana, which this Wikipedia entry gets close to (emphasis mine):

On January 26, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Laslovich to be the United States attorney for the District of Montana. On January 31, 2022, his nomination was sent to the United States Senate. On May 12, 2022, his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote. On May 17, 2022, his nomination was confirmed in the Senate by voice vote. He was sworn in by U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen on June 2, 2022.

What is Laslovich’s connection? Well, his cousin is the chief of staff for Senator Jon Tester, the Montana Democrat who MUST win his reelection if Democrats want to keep the Senate, so OF COURSE Laslovich is going around Montana talking about STICKER hate crimes while continuing to ignore how black men, like Sean Stevenson and Johnny Lee Perry, can literally be euthanized and executed by the Missoula County Sheriff’s Office with little to no outrage among Missoula’s WOKE narrative controllers.

Isn’t that fucked up?

Instead of being ANGRY about this insanity all the time, I’m trying to develop my own stand-up comedy routine, especially considering my criminal charges are loosely connected to Laslovich’s extended family. Isn’t that fucked up?

Now that murderous misandry is a part of the woke messaging coming from popular culture, I don’t expect anything close to justice to come from what I’ve experienced since last summer, when the threats of legal action materialized. I’m surprised local media hasn’t picked up on the story yet, since this would be a GREAT OPPORTUNITY to further undermine the local work I’ve done, work which has earned me just enough local fame to make me too famous to sue anyone defaming my name with their media propaganda platforms.

All this work to stop me is pretty funny, but will it translate to hilarity from the stage? I’m working on it, but it’s probably NOT a good idea to try and make a story where I use the N-BOMB to short-circuit the cognitive functioning of a local politician into a story where laughing at some point ensues, because it probably won’t.

Instead, here’s some poetic alchemy I used to document the failed hostage-taking efforts of local developer, Max Wolf, who thought he could strong-arm this community into letting him poop out some town homes in exchange for rehabilitating a piece of Missoula’s history at Fort Missoula. I’m SO HAPPY to report that Wolf’s expectations were WRONG and, for now, the historical integrity of this tiny slice of Missoula is safe.

https://vimeo.com/917159664?share=copy

If you appreciate what it takes for me to bring you a perspective on local developments that I guarantee exists NO WHERE ELSE, then please consider supporting my work by donating here. Any little bit helps, especially when rent is almost due.

Thanks for reading!

by Travis Mateer

I’m beginning to realize how unique the kind of reporting I’m doing actually is because people from OTHER STATES keep finding articles I’ve written and contacting me, which is why today’s post is about a developer I am VERY familiar with. Howdy, Nate! How’s business?

You might not know how BlueLine is doing because a few years ago they made the decision to get off social media, a decision this company was so proud of they wrote about it on their website. From the link:

Recently, the BlueLine Development Team has made the unanimous decision to get off Facebook and Instagram. BlueLine’s mission, first and foremost, has always been to create affordable housing opportunities for underserved populations. We care deeply about our mission, and our presence on social media does not impact that mission. BlueLine’s owner doesn’t even use Facebook, or engage in social media.

BlueLine works in a very niche field of housing development, so it makes sense that our news and updates reach a niche audience: the people who work with us, and understand our field of work. So in that spirit, we will continue to post updates about our development projects, but we are going to share that news on our site, going forward.

Please know that even if we’re not updating our socials anymore, we’re still here. We are working hard and doing our part. And sometimes we’re skiing.

This decision was made in December of 2021, less than a year after I started looking at this company for possible conflicts of interest with a local housing development in Missoula, and I have continued scrutinizing their schemes over the last few years. Here are some posts for additional context:

Uncovering A Conflict Of Interest With Missoula’s Latest Affordable Housing Project (June 5th, 2020)

More Context On Blue Line Development’s Affordable Housing Schemes For Missoula (May 24th, 2021)

A Compilation Of Links Regarding Missoula’s Reserve Street Homeless Camps And Who Benefits From Our Community Response (I’m Looking At You, Blue Line Development) (July 19th, 2021)

Blue Line Development’s Larchmont Golf Course Scheme And Rep. Danny Tenenbaum’s Curious Support (November 18th, 2021)

Missoula County Commissioners Consider Larchmont Golf Course Affordable Housing Blue Line Scam Later Today (December 16th, 2021)

Why Do You Need To Know Who Is Behind Spencer Properties LLC? (November 10th, 2022)

Another PPPP (Public Private Partnership Problem) Featuring Blue Line Development (July 28th, 2022)

Are you beginning to see why Nate Richmond might not want to expose himself to social media anymore? He has ME as a local journalist tracking his schemes, and the fact I have a decade of experience working in the non-profit sector with the exact same vulnerable populations this business man is making money off of ensures that MY perspective is a dangerously accurate one when it comes to unpacking the PR bullshit developers like this enjoy peddling while gobbling up subsidies like a panhandler gobbles meth.

So, what’s going on in Colorado, Nate? Because in April of 2021 it sounded like your Espero Apartments were going to be VERY special.

From the link:

The long-awaited supportive housing complex, Espero Apartments, is taking shape near Greenmount Cemetery on the west side of town.

Residents and visitors might have noticed the building’s framework coming together in recent months on a mountainside west of downtown Durango – the result of more than seven years of planning. Housing Solutions for the Southwest, which is developing the project alongside Blueline Development, celebrated the progress with an old rite of passage for construction projects: signing a beam within the building.

“It’s beyond exciting,” said Elizabeth Salkind, the nonprofit’s executive director. “When you’re working on a project for this long, there are moments when it doesn’t feel real. … To physically see its construction, for me, is life-changing.”

Yes, in April of 2021 Elizabeth Salkind was experiencing LIFE-CHANGING excitement over the construction of these apartments. If Salkind is still involved with this project, I wonder what she thinks of the claims I found in my in-box this morning. Here they are:

My friend sent me some of your articles about Blueline. These police and fire records are from Espero a Blueline owned and managed property that is a “traphouse” with bodies piling up. I have not updated the records but I know they have had no changes and police and fire are there often and a staff member died last month from a cardiac issue possibly set off due to fetynal poisoning. A month before that a young Autistic man named Tristan died of a fetynal Overdose, he was not even there 3 months.

1051 Avenida Del Sol Durango CO, 81301

The are so many stories of Blueline threatening and slandering anyone who voices concern. There is currently an investigation with HUD and the CO civil rights CORA division. I’ve had friends that were peer recovery coaches and counselors that were banned from the building and slandered for calling police while crimes were happening. Like telling the staff that when someone is threatening to kill others or themselves in a meth induced pyschosis that they can be held against their will in Colorado. She had a key given to her by the manager and then they put her on a list saying she was unauthorized to enter the building. This was a professional woman who was helping people.

There is a huge conflict of interest with the local housing authority, they are partial owners and they have 2 employees that work with blueline that act as gatekeepers or “thugs” they target tenants who complain about the chaos, but will ignore open drug use and drinking. One employee named Mariah was caught at least 2 times telling night security and tenants not to call the police if crimes were happening. She had no authority to do that, and still has her job, which is very odd.

I’m in the Denver area and did some digging with some housing advocates here and Blueline was kicked out of a Laurel House in Grand Junction (they had nothing nice to say besides they were Glad they were gone) they are no longer involved with Arroyo Village and they were also removed from a project called Salida Ridge.

In Durango the city owns the land and gave them a free lease for 99 years. The odd thing is according to the la plata county accessors office there are no taxes being paid and a commercial building doesn’t even exist.

Blueline had elevators out for months leaving elderly disabled people on 2nd and 3rd floors trapped in their apartments. A building less than 3 years old has mold and leaks. The building would be condemned if anyone cared to inspect it because of the meth and fentynal that tenants were smoking and making. Yet, they continue to get these monster grants from the state of Colorado.

Hopefully you are still reporting 🙂

Am I still reporting? Hell yes I am still reporting, because if I don’t expose the corruption lurking within the HOMELESS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, no one else will. That seems apparent as more people find my articles and reach out to me.

One reason that exposing these housing exploiters is difficult is because they use dead homeless people as PR shields to cloak their real priorities. In Missoula, the homeless exploiters used Forrest Clay Salcido, but Colorado exploiters takes it a step further by creating an entire foundation around Delores Big Boy, a dead Lakota woman. Here’s the narrative cloak:

The Delores Project is named after Delores Big Boy, a Lakota woman, and long-time Denver resident who experienced homelessness and died due to complications from physical illness shortly before her forty-fourth birthday. Delores was known for her big heart and desire to nurture and care for others. When Delores was housed, she would often have several people in need of shelter staying in her apartment each night and her mentality was to care for as many people as she could with whatever she had. Delores passed away in 1999 and in the winter of 2000, The Delores Project opened in her name, with her values for hospitality and acceptance of others as the foundation for the new shelter.

Doesn’t this sound nice? The developers even got some blessings and a quilt for being SO AMAZING to build housing that reflect Delores’ values. Here’s more PR bullshit from the link:

When we opened our new building at Arroyo Village in 2019, we invited Delores’ family to the grand opening celebration. Many came from different states and graciously offered a blessing for our building and gifted us two Star Quilts. One is hanging in the Shelter Dining Room and one is in our supportive housing lobby, along with photos of Delores. It is an honor that the family chose to gift these to us in support of our work and our community. The Star Quilt symbolizes the Morning Star – the last and brightest star on the eastern horizon before dawn. The Morning Star represents a link between those who are living and those who have passed away. 

Maybe having a “morning star” quilt is appropriate for a housing development that enables addiction. Do the units have free cable? Because, if they do, I have a program suggestion:

Lucifer Morningstar, known as Samael before his banishment from Heaven, is the titular protagonist of the urban fantasy comedy-drama series Lucifer (2016–2021). The character is portrayed by Welsh actor Tom Ellis and is an alternate version of Lucifer, one of the supporting characters of Neil Gaiman’s comic book series The Sandman, published by DC Comics; both are based on the Devil from Christianity. The series follows Lucifer after he abandons his post as the ruler of Hell in order to settle in Los Angeles, where he runs a nightclub with the demon Mazikeen and becomes a consultant for the LAPD.

Am I being overly dramatic with this popular culture reference? I don’t know, exploiting dead homeless people for money is pretty fucking low, and if that’s not what’s going on here, then please offer your alternative theories in the comments.

Thanks for reading!