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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, what do you propose they do that results in the outcome of a functioning and pleasant library space AND serves a growing homeless population effectively and in a humanizing way?

You speak a lot about getting them out of the library, which I get, but you say nothing of the needs the homeless have and that those needs should be met in a compassionate way. I'm interested to hear your solution or desired outcome(s) before I call you a heartless B. And I don't say that because of your complaints - I get them and I agree. I say it because of the way you complain and how it's sounding.

-- Dirty Liberal who found my way to this thread and also grew up in Reston and has family members in those million dollar houses who use the library without complaint[/quote]

I'm a DP but you're being unfair to the OP.  Typical 'liberal limousine elite post'. Do your relatives who live in those million dollar houses actually use the library?  I find that what happens is a lot of those wealthier families slip the library.  They buy books instead for their kids and themselves.  Easier to order with a click off of Amazon than scour the shelves.  So support for the library goes down.

Personally I LOVE libraries.  And my solidly middle class family cannot afford to buy every single book the kids want to read.

So while this issue may not affect your rich family members in their million dollar houses, it certainly does impact the lives of middle class families who moved there for a safe place to raise their kids.[/quote]

I agree with the dirty liberal....and I am solidly middle class and my dh who grew up in South Reston, and very middle class, would disagree with you.  We have toddlers and actually have used the library. I don't get eeked out by homeless people thoigh and I don't want my kids to grow up thinking that it is okay to push homeless people out of public spaces because they are an inconvenience rather than providing actually services for them.[/quote]

I don't want to push homeless people out of the library because they are "inconvenient". I want to push them out because they are dirty, smelly, crazy, and dangerous.[/quote]

Hey hey! Dirty liberal here again!

I don't necessarily agree with the many comments that it makes the library experience unpleasant - it does. Or that the library should not be a de-facto homeless shelter - it shouldn't. But again, no one chastising me answered my question: what DO you propose/want/envision?[/quote]

Have you been reading this thread?  There have been several good suggestions offered; the best and most practical was moving the shelter to another location.  What more do you want?[/quote]

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