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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure why tax payers and voters have to work with the homeless to expect/demand sophisticated, thoughtful and fiscally responsible solutions to complex problems. A problem that the great liberal poohbah De Blasio himself said yesterday is basically unsolvable, all the more reason to do the best with the resources we currently have in terms of prioritzing, oversight and efficiency. Have generous cities such as San Francisco solved homelessness? Should they be our model?
 The mayor and council are ramming through a lot of new initiatives for the homeless, while selling off existing properties we have. The closing of DC General and MLK (I understand they are not currently linked in terms of homeless service, but they certainly could be) at the same time without a plan b for the chronic homeless to spend their days beyond shuttling them to neighborhood libraries to hang out with kids trying to do hw is bizarre.[/quote]

I think having direct experience working with these individuals makes people more likely to expect/demand solutions that are responsive to the challenges that the people in question face. MLK is being renovated, not closed. The renovation is supposed to take 3 years, which is at least how long it would take to renovate DC General into any kind of functionality.

I asked if people had ever been there and know the area because I think that it's really easy for policymakers and the vaunted tax payers of DC (I'm one of them) to make suggestions about things that could or should be done, without those suggestions being responsive to the need either.

And like I said earlier, closing DC General will have zero effect on the homeless adults who spend time at MLK. DC General is a family shelter.[/quote]

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