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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Starbucks policy is really designed for homeless people and we have to be realistic, it's become a problem. I stopped going to the library a long time ago because homeless people were constantly making them uncomfortable places. Why libraries should become refuges for the homeless is beyond me. Typical urban progressive mindset, I suppose. One can't fault Starbucks for tackling this problem. [/quote]

Libraries are some of the last indoor public spaces where they are allowed.  That's all.  It's not an urban progressive mindset.  It's that there is no legal reason to discriminate against members of the public who are non-disruptive.  My library has problems with the building exterior but not interior.[/quote]

DC has plenty of day services for the homeless: https://dhs.dc.gov/page/day-services-centers

I think it’s entirely reasonable for a library to preserve what it actually is - a place to access media - and not turn into a homeless shelter. [/quote]

A homeless person sitting there reading is no different than you sitting there reading. They have every right to be there.[/quote]

No they don’t. use your head. [/quote]

I stopped taking my then young DC to our local Fairfax County library branch because it became an ersatz homeless shelter.

I haven’t visited a county library in a decade.[/quote]

Who cares??? You have everything you need without having to go there. I live in DC and go to the library all the time. Including the one downtown near Metro Center. Love seeing everyone there.[/quote]

I haven’t been to the MLK library recently so I hope you are right that “everyone” is still there, including non-homeless people. Prior to the renovation it was in very bad shape - I was very creeped out going there and there was plenty of crime and drug dealing happening in spots with poor visibility. The renovations seem to have taken away the hidden spots which is good. I was not impressed to see homeless people still sleeping/pissing at the front entrance on a Sunday afternoon recently though. [/quote]

I love how you're trying to twist my words and shape it into something I'm not saying. If a homeless person is dealing drugs in the library, they need to be arrested and removed just like everyone else. If they are breaking the rules, they need to be removed. Simply existing in the same space as the rest of the population does not break the rules, however.[/quote]

sure it breaks the rules if the rules are what they should be: the library is a place to use media, not to sit all day as a homeless shelter alternative. [/quote]

If they are using the media all they, they aren't breaking the rules. [/quote]

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