Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter drew sharp criticism after attempting to ban community organizations from feeding the hungry and homeless in city parks in March. One charitable group even offered to pay the fines of all those who violated the measure.
While Nutter claimed the ban would “protect the dignity of the homeless, cleanliness of the parks, and eliminate food health concerns,” Reverend Brian Jenkins of Chosen 300 Ministries commented: “These regulations are clearly designated not with the intent of protecting the health and dignity of the homeless, but are designed to tuck the homeless in a corner and pretend that the problem does not exist in our city.”
6 comments:
for shame that people are trying to help others without government assistance. that's not the way this system works lol
fined for trying to help our brothers and sisters. right out of ireton's playbook, "dealing with the homeless"
If you want to get rid of the homeless problem then you have to make it uncomfortable to be homeless otherwise you encourage the problem.
anonymous 12:28, Excuse me Mr. Perfect but things happen in life.
Our President has driven good people into bankruptcy and placed tens of thousands of families onto the streets, with children.
The majority do not choose to be there but your local and national MSM cover these horrible stories up. No homeless, no bread lines, that kind of news doesn't SELL.
Being homeless IS uncomfortable. Unless you are a LIBERAL and know how to use the system to your advantage.
Do you all remember ALL of the food Salisbury News used to help deliver to the local homeless? Mayor Ireton and Chief Duncan put an immediate STOP to ALL of that. I haven't delivered a meal in 6 months now because THEY want to run each homeless person through a database to make sure every single one of them isn't a felon.
It's the LIBERAL agenda. YOU cannot eat unless you are drug and alcohol free. YOU cannot stay at the shelter LIBERALS demand you to stay in unless you are drug and alcohol free.
I WILL change all of that. We are AMERICANS first and I will forever, the rest of my life, do what it takes to make damn sure we are ALL equal.
I firmly disagree with Mayor Ireton and Chief Duncan on this issue, for the record.
Many have mental illness, and pretending they aren't there is convienient.
Until it's hapeened to you, you will never have a clue. Just as was done right here in Salisbury, the mayor had the police go and run the homeless out, take their blankets and their few possessions in the middle of winter.
The homeless just moved to another area of the city until they are run out of there. It's a never ending cycle until we address the issue. What the mayor and police did was surely not the answer to the problem.
What are your suggestions 12:28? I'm serious, let's make this blog more positve by sharing ideas and not worrying how they got there.
Joe, this is an issue you may have to deal with or be asked in the future. What do you think?
If you want to get rid of the homeless problem then you have to make it uncomfortable to be homeless otherwise you encourage the problem.
July 15, 2012 12:28 PM
JoeAlbero said...
anonymous 12:28, Excuse me Mr. Perfect but things happen in life.
Joe said it more politely than I would have so I'll let it go and hopefully it will sink in your brain.
If you want to get rid of the homeless problem then you have to make it uncomfortable to be homeless otherwise you encourage the problem.
July 15, 2012 12:28 PM
JoeAlbero said...
anonymous 12:28, Excuse me Mr. Perfect but things happen in life.
Joe said it more politely than I would have so I will let it go and hope it will sink into your brain.
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