Re: Neil's 90 day homeless plan
Yes, it's much clearer now...
http://www.staradvertiser.com/featur..._homeless.html
In continuing to completely ignore the basic realities of the matter, Mr. Alexander says he "never said to stop feeding the homeless" (which he certainly has), and that these already stressed/maxed churches/organizations that care should do so on their own properties (as tho they all have this luxury) and venture into personel/monetary sucking 'support services' of which most have no extended experience, money, personel, or possibilities. This guy either doesn't get it, or there is an agenda to willfully not get it. I lean towards it being both.
His kind roll all the homeless into one big ugly ball and label it in the most base and ignorant ways, as tho all the homeless are exactly the same, just dirtbags that will always exist simply to be filthy/ugly advantage-taking do-only-as-they-please panhandling no-good troublemakers on booze/drugs unwilling to go into a crowded multi levels of disgusting shelter and quickly better themselves to get back into the futile spirit killing rat race like he knows they all can. Like that's a legit option, or even possible for 10,000 bodies.
And after having recently spoken to the organization CAR-A-VAN's Darlene Hein, one of the top dogs on the very front line of homeless basic care, services, and info, and coming away from the very brief conversation totally disenchanted with her POVs on finding true solutions, that I'm thinking there is now no chance the problems will be addressed in any substantive ways other than BSing the public and giving most of those in need false hopes at best. After giving a few details on what 'the plan' includes, which were all old hat, like housing for families, to which I asked if it was free, she says "Why does it always have to be free?! Everybody pays rent!", and with that she was gone, without me being able to respond that yes, everybody pays rent, until suddenly they can't, at which point they too become available for the homeless services she oversees. If even she refuses the glaring need for free housing and instead goes for the same non-stick bandage approaches, then the future is indeed gloomy for the entire issue to ever be resolved to anyone's satisfaction. Smells like the fix is in.
Yes, it's much clearer now...
http://www.staradvertiser.com/featur..._homeless.html
In continuing to completely ignore the basic realities of the matter, Mr. Alexander says he "never said to stop feeding the homeless" (which he certainly has), and that these already stressed/maxed churches/organizations that care should do so on their own properties (as tho they all have this luxury) and venture into personel/monetary sucking 'support services' of which most have no extended experience, money, personel, or possibilities. This guy either doesn't get it, or there is an agenda to willfully not get it. I lean towards it being both.
His kind roll all the homeless into one big ugly ball and label it in the most base and ignorant ways, as tho all the homeless are exactly the same, just dirtbags that will always exist simply to be filthy/ugly advantage-taking do-only-as-they-please panhandling no-good troublemakers on booze/drugs unwilling to go into a crowded multi levels of disgusting shelter and quickly better themselves to get back into the futile spirit killing rat race like he knows they all can. Like that's a legit option, or even possible for 10,000 bodies.
And after having recently spoken to the organization CAR-A-VAN's Darlene Hein, one of the top dogs on the very front line of homeless basic care, services, and info, and coming away from the very brief conversation totally disenchanted with her POVs on finding true solutions, that I'm thinking there is now no chance the problems will be addressed in any substantive ways other than BSing the public and giving most of those in need false hopes at best. After giving a few details on what 'the plan' includes, which were all old hat, like housing for families, to which I asked if it was free, she says "Why does it always have to be free?! Everybody pays rent!", and with that she was gone, without me being able to respond that yes, everybody pays rent, until suddenly they can't, at which point they too become available for the homeless services she oversees. If even she refuses the glaring need for free housing and instead goes for the same non-stick bandage approaches, then the future is indeed gloomy for the entire issue to ever be resolved to anyone's satisfaction. Smells like the fix is in.
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