I think THIS might be the most viewed article of our local newspaper that I remember, aside from a nearby Forest Fire maybe. 35,000 views compared to the usual 1,000 to 2,000. It’s because everyone has seen this guy walking 4 or 5 miles from his overnight sleeping spot to the Old Town Mission, and back again, for the past 15 years. A walking conversation starter on our way driving to work, dressed in his beat up winter-weight parka even in the middle of summer. We even all noticed when the old one got replaced by a new one after many years. And started thinking about it.
15 years homeless. This is a deep failure of our society and economic structure when trumps can lose other people’s money and avoid their responsibilities to fellow Humans by not paying a fair share.
Read the article; it isn’t long. Read and weep with me. Then get angry and realize “Enough is Enough” We have to do a better job. We can. We must.