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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wrong. Putting one in every ward ensures that everyone has skin in the game and should be committed to addressing homelessness effectively.

PS - It's also a commonly accepted best practice to spread them out rather than cluster them. The more you know ;0)[/quote]

I know the Bowser team lives the phrase "skin in the game" with this multi-ward approach. So why don't you explain how that works? How exactly does having a shelter in each ward mean everyone across the city will be "committed" to addressing homelessness effectively? Will people in Colonial Village suddenly start spending lots more time at the soup kitchen on weekends simply because they know there's a shelter 5 miles away on the other side of the ward? Will kids stay in school longer because they know there is a shelter in each ward?

I bet 95% of DC residents could not point to DCGeneral on a map, will not be able to point to where even one of the new shelters will be, and won't care either way. That's why it's a perfect opportunity for Bowser to score political points, because only the immediate neighbors care about the locations. The extra cost of small shelters and their poor design and placement is just a general drag on the budget, so most people don't notice it. But Bowser can score political points on the slogan. So really, we are just wasting DC money and having little impact on homelessness, all so Bowser can get a slogan for her next campaign. [/quote]

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