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Doughboy71 (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:05 PM Original message |
City of Des Moines Removes Homeless Shacks |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. We had something like this in Miami a year or so ago |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. It looks like one of the huts had a fire a month ago and somebody was killed |
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rsdsharp (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. There was a fire a couple of weeks ago |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. "new homeless shelter is being speeded up" |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. So? |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I was thinking along the same lines |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #23 |
36. If its not up to code.... |
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CC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. So how many will die of |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Thank you. That's exactly what i wanted to say. And that is what a caring |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Why can't trailers be provided on government land, |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
54. Because they don't care about human life. [n/t] |
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DU9598 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Shelter is being provided |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Keep on judging up on you high horse. The higher the horse the further the fall. |
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DU9598 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #21 |
35. I am not judging, I am providing context |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. Not judging, just asking |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. ... There were 10,031 homeless and near-homeless people in Des Moines who sought assistance last |
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salbi (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. I volunteer at a Homeless Shelter |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. All the possessions they saved from their previous non-homeless life, now gone |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. How sad |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. So little? |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. So you think it's okay to tear apart the homes because some of the people might be |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I think I would resist staying at a shelter |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
33. See post 32...NT |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Where's the part in the article where it says the men were alcoholics? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Read the entire thread NT. |
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salbi (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. Alcohol is not the only reason people don't like to go to shelters |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Trying to feel independent does not entitle |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Ye Gods. People die in automobile accidents every day. Should "the state" round up all motor |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Maybe this will make you understand.... |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Certainly, all the houses in the entire neighborhood should be bulldozed down immediately and all |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. What if the resident can't afford even a long term |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Whenever you're finished wandering in the thickets of your own imagination, come on back and we'll |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Seems like you had no answer... |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
51. What does your neighbor's problem have to do with homeless dwellings? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
59. Fire code is not directed at the poor and homeless. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #28 |
52. Same-sex families and transgender people usually have no place at shelters as well. |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
43. That would keep me out of a shelter too. Sorry-- it would-- and it's not about |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
56. When I was homeless, those restrictions were exactly why I didn't go to a shelter |
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appleannie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. Some of those 'huts' were built better than a trailer. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. wasn't there something in the bible about helping the poor and shit like that? |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. ... |
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salbi (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. I think it's the case in most shelters |
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specimenfred1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'm sure some Des Moine gov't sychophant will be along shortly... |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. What is it the pukes like to say? Take responsibility for yourself? |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
19. They should be glad they don't live in San Francisco... |
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Doughboy71 (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Oh it will be in the single digits to |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. That is fucked up... |
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amitta (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
26. sick |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
31. Cruel and unusual punishment for being broke. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
39. How very sad for these homeless people. I hope they find shelter. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
40. Who is served by this? |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
41. A living nightmare |
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exman (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
42. experienced homeless |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
45. Empty foreclosed houses rotting and homeless people. That's capitalism! |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. What about public buildings? Open spaces in indoor malls? |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 09:33 AM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Taking away peoples' shelter in Des Moines in December, that's sadism. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
55. No room in homeless shelters and they go and do this kind of shit, the Government wonders |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I don't understand why they couldn't wait until after Winter. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
58. In my community a lot of the homeless won't go to the shelters because they don't like the rules. |
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