Rvers beware

Retired JSO wrote:


Washington State along with many other states and cities across the US are trying to keep the homeless quacks from setting up camp. Charleston SC had over 500 camped under I-26. These people are offered help, they refuse and they panhandle. Offer them shelter, they only accept when it’s cold. Offer them a job and they refuse. What’s also bad, some of these “Bums” are receiving SSI and others MIlitary retirement. I think it’s great to run these jerks away from public areas since they don’t want help.

I think, above all the reasons listed, the authorities are concerned with sanitation? That many people gathered with no bathroom facilities, is a health hazard, especially if they are camped near water. Or - if the homeless are gathered at a park in order to use a bathroom - it makes that park "unfriendly" for local families to visit. I think we will see more ordinances like the one cited. Kicking the can down the road to the next community doesn't solve the homeless problem, but it protects the local residents.