Posted by scratchpad on April 16, 2007, at 21:58:37
In reply to Re: Having problems » scratchpad, posted by Phillipa on April 16, 2007, at 19:50:40
> Tents????? it's that bad there????? That's horrible. Love Phillipa
Yes, our tent cities (citizens donated tents so the homeless would have some protection from the elements if they couldn't get into shelters) have been making news for some time now.
At one point the police department decided that the tents constituted fire hazards, and they slashed them apart.And the person who tried to have their own soup kitchen for the homeless was closed down because the city said he had to provide parking spaces (as if it was a restaurant). It was such an embarrassment for the city to have such ineffective ordinances being enforced.
A bad case of NIMB (not in my backyard).
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