I am still waiting for Rybak and other DFL politicans to do something significant about homelessness....and I don't mean licensing panhandling. As always, Gail Dorfman is excluded from this comment, she works tirelessly on behalf of persons experiencing homelessness.
See part of today's Strib editorial in below. Editorial: Seeking shelter/Reaching out to the homeless Published May 17, 2005 Minnesota's invisible homeless have been with us for decades now -- in greater numbers every year -- but rarely do we bother to wonder why. Lately, however, more Minnesotans seem to be realizing that homelessness is not a choice as much as it is a sad fate. We are coming to see that, just as society is duty-bound to care for people unable to rise from their beds, so must it reach out to those who have no bed at all. Why this epiphany is descending now is impossible to say, but it's plain that the public mind is changing. This is a revolution whose agitators range from President Bush to Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty to the volunteers in the church-basement shelters. Pawlenty's plan to end homelessness seizes upon the real solution: the speedy creation of "supportive housing" to welcome and sustain society's outcasts within the human circle. It's a shame legislators couldn't see their way clear to granting the governor's request for $20 million for the supportive-housing movement. But as crucial as it is, supportive housing alone can't possibly end homelessness. Other strategies are needed, too, and lawmakers still have a chance to advance them. Margaret Hastings Kingfield REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
