Sqwertz wrote:
> Melba's Jammin' <Melba's Jammin' >>
> wrote:
>
>> Leila Abu-Saba McLeod provides a link to an interesting story (and
>> interesting comments) he http://bedouina.typepad.com/, the March 10
>> entry.
>
> I'd bet the SF Gate has embellished this story a little. A single
> person, with a baby, and a car, and an apartment (the same apartment
> she had when she was doing OK) cannot live in Oakland on
> $1,200/month.
>
> 'Jane' (or the reporter) is probably a con-artist.
>
> -sw

Unless perhaps the Father of said baby or ex-spouse provides that in
some arrangement. Then the $1200/month might stretch for other living
expenses?