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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ward 3 NIMBYs gonna NIMBY[/quote]

Many Ward 3 voters are staunchly YIYBY!  That is, they can get on their soap box with furrowed brow and talk about how important it is to "share the burden" of homelessness across the city.  They know full well that only a small number of residents in the ward will be faced with the impact of the shelter, while they can moralize knowing full well that they and their neighborhoods will not be affected in the least.

YIYBY!  "Yes, but in your backyard!"[/quote]

I don't know anyone who wants to share the burden by co-homing. Homelessness is pretty wretched. no one--in the COUNTRY--has got a bead on it. Mental health laws and lack of substance treatment complicate it all greatly. I think the plan a few PPS ago is a fine one and about being efficient with tax dollars, which ward 3 pay plenty of. How many of these homeless are originally from DC btw? Why aren't they with their families? Is there something there that could be addressed, ie changing housing codes so they could stay temporarily or giving their families a bonus to house them? If they alienated their families through some kind of toxic behavior then they definintely need to be in more controlled environs on the other hand. if they are not from DC and are just normal striving people looking to get ahead as one PP claimed, then they should be rational enough to take advantage of the shelters on offer or move to a place where the cost of living is lower. Have you seen what is happening in CA with homeless? DC is not nearly as smart, efficient or effective with its systems to take on CA size problems in the snazzy, sexy way they wish. Keep it simple and humane. To me, if we could not administer DC General properly we certainly haven't proved we can administer a satellite system. Let's administer the shelters we have properly, then branch out.[/quote]\

Lost in the whole debate is the true imperative to close DC General:  Crony developer friends of Mayor Bowser covet the site, and the mayor is happy to ensure that it becomes available to them.

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If one of the results of this efforts is the redevelopment of DC General that will be a huge win for both the city and the neighborhood around the former hospital - tell me why that would be a bad thing?[/quote]

Thus spake Greater Greater Washington  :lol: [/quote]

Cute.

Can you offer any compelling arguments for why it would be bad for the city, or the neighborhood around it, if DC General is redeveloped?[/quote]

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