Why throw money at defense when everything is falling down around us?

NPP Pressroom

Los Angeles Times
Steve Lopez
06/08/2015

In 2012, the entrance to John Marshall High School in Los Feliz was closed to protect students from falling debris. The gothic tower above the entrance was crumbling, so a wooden platform was built atop a tunnel of scaffolding to catch falling brick and concrete.

Three years later, the scaffolding is still there. (more)