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I tell ya, the local Mission takes a lot of heat (no pun intended) about conditions and some of the activities by visitors at the facility but there is no doubt that they come running when people are suffering or in need.when I see stories like this one it reminds me of just e

Let me get this straight; because we've taken ourselves to the brink of bankruptcy by our ever-increasing use and dependence upon fossil fuels, now that its come time to seek alternatives we should take new approaches and alternative energy sources off the table - even though the authors t

Everywhere I look I see cities doing great things for their own people experiencing homelessness.

Every homeless person should be so fortunate. But one thing this article does provide is a glimpse into the thinking of some of the folks I meet on the street who don't much care for the trappings - and related worries - associated with having money.

Not one unit of the 200 units of promised "affordable housing" were obtained for Nashvillians in 2007, yet we continue sending billions of dollars to fund Bush's pet projects - projects that aren't providing much of a "rate of return" on our hard earned tax dollars, unless you're really twisted and figure in the savings to our society that some 4000 soldiers wh

Hell, there aren't enough resources available to many of us down here in the States already and we're continually attempting to "piecemeal" things together for our clients. The more folks who become clients of mine, the less I'll be able to provide scarce resources to them....

So instead of ensuring these folks have a roof over their heads, protecting them from the elements and the vagaries of the street, we'll toss em directly into the wild, thereby damned near guaranteeing additional costs to society from increased ER visits, police interventions, court costs, and the thousand other hidden costs of homelessness that continue to ble

This is becoming a very real problem in the outlying suburbs and smaller towns around Nashville as well, since the recent crackdown and generally homeless-unfriendly climate of the downtown area has sent the homeless in search of better living conditions outside of the normal haunts and hangouts. Unfortunately, these places are woefully underequipped and ill prepared to deal with large influxes of homeless and you can bet that it won't take long before the kindness turns to tough love in m