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[quote=Anonymous]Is there anything that can be done to control the homeless population loitering around and in the Reston Library?

For those who don't know, there is a homeless shelter immediately adjacent to the library,  and during the day these men either hang out on the front steps, smoking and stinking, or they hog the public computers all day, sleep at a desk, or sit around the magazine section. (And don't even ask me about the bathrooms. You need a face mask to go in there.) I was standing near the computers one day, when a homeless man came up to a woman currently at a spot, and demanded - viciously - that she relinquish "his computer" to him. The librarian asked the woman to please give up the computer so as not to anger the guy further, but really....why is the person paying the taxes for the library/computers asked to vacate in favor of the person she's helping to support, and who pays nothing toward the computers?

I know we cannot prohibit people from going to a public venue, but even McDonald's has rules about loitering. I've read that there are plans to build a new multi-million dollar facility, but if we can't forbid the homeless people from hanging out there all day, the library will be ruined.

(OK, liberals.....take your shot at me. I know it's coming.)[/quote]

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