Thoughts?

Mayor Ed Murray, (Seattle Mayor) says the problem (homelessness) has grown exponentially and federal and state help is unlikely.

His solution, increase Seattle property taxes to raise 275 million over 5 years.

Anyone care to explain to my as to the "why" homelessness is increasing exponentially in Seattle?

Obviously, whatever "solutions" are being presented are NOT working. If anything, it would appear to be backfiring.

http://komonews.com/news/local/some-balk-as-seattle-seeks-to-spend-more-money-on-homeless

Freeattle....come and you shall receive.

Throwing more money at the problem is like trying to extinguish a fire with super unleaded.

Murray is a complete ass clown.
SF

him and Inslee have been bitching for a bit now...

24 counties in Washington under state of emergency because of the roads...

new heroin injection center equipped with a nurse to help junkies find those pesky veins so they dont hurt themselves...

have to save all the illegal immigrants too, cant forget them...

and the homelessness...

their solution is to tax WA residents to pay for all that, kinda makes you wonder where the tax money they collect even goes... what about fishing license money? cuz it sure isnt going to our fisheries....

Caring for, studying, advocating for the homeless is a profitable industry. As long as Seattle and King County keep throwing money at the self inflicted problem, there will be those willing to take the money perpetuating the problem. How has the six figure Homeless Czar worked out. If everyone who gets paid to fix the homeless problem actually succeeded at their job, they wouldn't have a job. No one wants to lose their job, so there is no motivation to succeed.

I think Ronnie's quote below sums up Seattle's homeless problem nicely.

Put them all to work.... doing anything, as long as it's not mooching off society

They've (liberals) have welcomed them with open arms and a myriad of freeshit. If they didn't get freeshit they'd leave. There's places that give them free beer and a studio apartment, all for doing not a fu.cking thing.

98% of the homeless live in Seattle.

What's the problem?

+1000000000

In addition to the temperate climate - not many homeless in Buffalo, NY or Fargo ND, - Freeattle does more to enable the homeless than almost any other US city. If Seattle wants to solve its homeless problem, it needs to make homelessness a very undesirable lifestyle alternative.

Every means of addressing it I read about is more expensive than putting up the homeless people in a decent motel/hotel 365 days/yr. That is beyond fvcking stupid. The article last week discussed tiny houses at $75,000/unit, even though any competent contractor can construct and hook them up for $15,000/ unit. Crazy, just totally crazy sh!t.

Agreed.

I read recently that the top 20 non profits that "focus" on homelessness in Seattle pay their CEO's in excess of $100,000+.

If the homeless issue was ever "fixed" there'd be a metric chit ton of unemployed hipsters look to get rich in "charity" work. They'll be slinging their resumes and liberal arts degree with a major in women's studies all over the place looking for a non profit to pay them an extraordinarily high but guilt free salary....with benefits.

I don't give a rat's ass about the drunks and druggies. The one's that have a legit mental illness are the one's I don't mind being taken care of. Very few shrinks take state insurance, and it shows.

One good earthquake in Seattle will fix most of the homeless problem... traffic problems will be gone too

CRACK KILLS!!

My new go-to answer for everything is "Tiny Homes". They fix everything apparently.

Fixed...

I don't get the big issue with it? Seattle is getting free lawn ornaments that kill weeds and help move property from houses while the owners are at work.

They just opened up a camp with 22 tiny houses...

They also allow drugs and alcohol there...

http://www.king5.com/mb/news/local/homeless/new-homeless-camp-allows-drugs-alcohol/428964414

Seattle could solve its homeless problem by loading them up on buses and driving to the middle of Kansas and let 'em out on the interstate during mid-winter. Do that a few times and the number of homeless returning to Seattle as homeless will soon dwindle to zero.

They should have done that with Herschel...

Why screw around. Just build a gas chamber and incinerator. Gas Works Park. Free showers.

Keta, I realize this is the Dark Side but you have taken things to a new level of darkness.

A long time ago I lived in a house with a nice deck overlooking a forest with many homeless people. They would try to bum my beer, liquor, cigarettes, and weed as they saw me and college friends doing college things. I offered them fish, bbq steak, dogs, many times over the couple years I was there. Not a single person ever wanted the food. It is easy to begin to feel like these people aren't really people when you spend a lot of time around them but I would never sanction genocide.

This sounds like a waste of precious Zkylon B. How about just doing it the old fashioned way with a rope? That way you can use the same rope over and over again. That is of course, unless you want to leave a few hanging around as decorations to encourage others to move along, gnomesayin?

I should have qualified my "solution" as being reserved for the drug addict and shiftless deadbeats. Those temporarily down and out due to the recession and women with children abandoned or abused by deadbeat dirtbags, and the mentally ill get a pass, and we ought to provide appropriate facilities for them. But I mostly see the useless types that society doesn't need. Why put up with 'em?

Thats some prime bait right there. I would expect the bite to start no earlier than 10AM.

This place is brutal....I love it.

brutal?

i had worse times in elementary school....

this is the equivalent of going to Wal Mart...

Beds for the homeless go unused every night in Seattle--- have to be clean(no drugs or alcohol) to use them.

I stopped reading right there....

These types might just be holding out for a management position....

Probably because your dad made you mow the lawn...

Lawn? You mean the chunk of AstroTurf outside the trailer?

My dad always paid me to mow the lawn... Dipsh!t

lol

Atleast you got paid for your work.

To bad his try at instilling a work ethic didnt stick

how does it feel to be continuously wrong?

and you have the balls to give me sh!t?



GTFOH fag....

you could always post your tax returns trumphook

post a picture of your wifes pussy first...

on the bright side; when you're living with your mom or you're homeless you wont have to pay property taxes... you'll always have that going for you...

When I mowed the lawn for my parents I did it for free.

i didnt ask for money, my dad gave me money...

i guess my dad was cooler than your dad....

Essentially the Democratic Party up here is nothing more than a homosexual satanic child abuse ring that also happens to run the entire State of Washington. The schit bubbles up to the surface from time to time. These allegations against him are not new, just another victim has come forward.

That was my point. I wasn't offered money. I did it as a chore. Bad wording.

The UW Police and UW Recycling moved out of some old buildings on the waterfront. I thought the plan was to tear down these buildings and build a park. Guess that won't happen until at least August.

In the meantime, let's fill these building with 75 homeless dudes!

Here's the email I received......

What is happening:
The City of Seattle has identified a temporary home for the Operation Nightwatch overnight shelter operated by Compass Housing Alliance. This shelter is currently in temporary space in the Seattle Municipal Tower. The City is planning to move this overnight shelter to the former UW Police building on Boat Street in just a few weeks.

You’ve been identified as a neighbor and interested party, and we want to inform you of our plans and offer an opportunity to share your thoughts on the project. We will be holding a community meeting on April 26th from 4-5:30 P.M. at the UW Fisheries building in Auditorium 102, 1122 NE Boat Street.

Who:
The Operation Nightwatch shelter program is among the oldest in the city and serves approximately 75 single men each night. Past neighbors of the program report low impact from it. The individuals staying at the shelter report to several sites around the City in the evening, and receive a shelter entry ticket and transportation to get to the shelter location. They arrive between 9pm and midnight and leave the shelter at 6:15am. Guests will receive bus tickets upon exit to help them get to needed destinations – including work, treatment and service programs in other areas of the City in the morning.

Why/When:
In February, we announced the location of the new Navigation Center in the Pearl Warren Building – which formerly housed this shelter. The shelter has used both the Seattle Center and the Seattle Municipal Tower as temporary locations since February. We are in the process of siting a longer term location, however timeline necessitates a third temporary site for the displaced shelter. We are amid a search for a long-term location for the program and in the meantime this location will be active from May through August.

Best,
Sola

Sola Plumacher
Strategic Advisor
City of Seattle, Human Services Department
O: 206.733.9404
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That sucks, Boat st use to be one of my favorite walks when I lived in West Seattle. There use to be a small joint that had great fish taco's,and a cool wood boat building store.

75 single men?
Sounds like they need to bring back the tacos.

Aqua Verde is still there. They are at the end of the street and still serving up great food and offer kayak and paddle board rentals.

Nice area to spend a summer day. Glad it's still there.