City of Houston, more concerned about trash cans than the homeless who are starving

[werepossum]

Houston is controlled by a Democratic Mayor and city council. Nice try blaming conservatives though.

The first two sentences in Mayor Parker's Wikipedia page are:

"Annise Danette Parker (born May 17, 1956) is an American politician and the mayor of Houston since January 2, 2010. She served as an at-large member of the Houston City Council from 1998 to 2003 and city controller from 2004 to 2009.

Parker is Houston's second female mayor, and one of the first openly gay mayors of a major U.S. city."

So from your perspective, conservatives are using lesbian big city mayors to articulate their narrative?

Who knew?

Uno

The article absolutely does. Did you not even read your own quote?

LMAO Thread backfire of the year? Reading - it might be, like, hard and shit, but it can prevent severe embarrassment.

That said, his laughable Alternet article does raise a good point: Why can't cities provide barracks-style housing and soup kitchen-like feeding for the homeless? Obviously some are going to prefer dumpster diving and I have no problems sticking them in stir for a week or two if they are being disruptive, but what about those people who are just down on their luck and could benefit from a breather with a semi-permanent address, a warm bunk, and some decent, regular food? We do a lot of other things that are arguably less valuable.

 

[werepossum]

I am unfamiliar with Houston, but in all cases involving homeless, details are in order.
One, most places soup kitchens are available. Though possibly only some places.
They are where I live.. not always great food or quantity, true. ( was homeless for several years, medical)
Two, garbage can diving often involves collecting deposit cans for money.
Three, divers can be outstanding citizens, mixed personalities, dopers, or drunks.
Usually to get arrested divers have to be creating messes or disturbance,

In my town soup kitchens seem to be staffed and supported by every political persuasion, though liberals and Christians seem most common.

Congratulations on overcoming your situation. It's not easy to pull yourself up when you can't even get clean.

 

[Harabec]

I cannot imagine how people can think homeless people would just "go away". Seems that to them, they are not really people anymore.

Imagine what you could do with regards to social programs with 1.7 trillion bucks if you hadn't started the Iraqi mess

 

[boomerang]

That said, his laughable Alternet article does raise a good point: Why can't cities provide barracks-style housing and soup kitchen-like feeding for the homeless? Obviously some are going to prefer dumpster diving and I have no problems sticking them in stir for a week or two if they are being disruptive, but what about those people who are just down on their luck and could benefit from a breather with a semi-permanent address, a warm bunk, and some decent, regular food? We do a lot of other things that are arguably less valuable.

Woah there! This sounds like some kind of punitive crap that ol' Sheriff Joe would come up with.

The solution to problems such as these is not based in conservative thinking. I'd have thought you'd know this by now. Next thing, you'll be talking some nonsense about creating jobs when everyone knows that strengthening the social safety net is a top priority. /s

 

[piasabird]

No one wants a bunch of psycho homacidal homeless people looking through their trash. A lot of homeless people are violent mentally disturbed individuals. If you throw them in jail maybe it will curb their illegal activity. I dont want a bunch of wierdo bums hanging around my property harassing visitors, or my wife or my children. You need to think about this a bit.