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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Once again, all this discussion about what Bowser's plan is for making sure the 8 shelters don't just become 8 mini-DC Generals, with all the attendant problems, is exactly the sort of thing that she should have put forth at the *beginning* of this process.  If she had explained the steps she'd be taking to ensure the 8 shelters will be run well and won't negatively impact the neighborhoods, there would be a lot less opposition.  But since she has just been strong-arming the neighborhoods into taking the shelters, and seemingly has given no thought to how the shelters will be integrated as functioning members of the communities, there is pushback.

Terrible plan - poorly executed.[/quote]

Some of this stuff was in the plan.  More to the point though, let's not kid ourselves.  People are not opposed to the shelters because they are experts in providing temporary shelters for homeless families and disagree with the nuts and bolts of the Mayor's proposal for how the shelters will be run.  The opposition is due to the fact that the shelters will be located near Ward 3 homeowners, and they don't like it.  No plan would satisfy them except for changing the location of the shelters.[/quote]

I opposed the plan because the costs were outrageous.  One could actually buy a $650,000 townhouse for each family for what it would cost over 30 years.  And that the city would be leasing, not owning the assets.  And that the parties involved were big Bowser contributors and cronies.  And that it really didn't get at why DC General was so bad in the first place.   Add to that, the complete lack of transparency.  And, by the way it wasn't just Ward 3.  Seems to me every Ward they visited was met with a lot of questions and concerns.  I live in Ward 6 and from what I can tell they never even took into consideration what we already have in terms of homeless facilities, services and public housing.   Skin in the game?  Sorry, we already have skin in the game, more than Ward 3 does, but none of that is reflected in their planning, none of that was taken into consideration.   Lots of reasons, not just uninformed knee-jerk NIMBYism as you want to suggest.[/quote]

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