Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 23:02     Subject: DC cleared out the homeless encampment at Union Station
Anonymous wrote:Thank goodness!! It was an embarrassment to our nations capital. Also disgusting.


Welcome to Washington!
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 23:02     Subject: DC cleared out the homeless encampment at Union Station
Anonymous wrote:I'd love to see these folks set up camp where they're wanted, like on the quads at Georgetown and American. No way those institutions kick them out. They'll be welcomed where they're welcome.


I think this is a sarcastic comment, but it's a great suggestion. So many people and organizations claim to support the homeless, why not take direct action by welcoming them on their own private property.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 22:57     Subject: DC cleared out the homeless encampment at Union Station
Thank goodness!! It was an embarrassment to our nations capital. Also disgusting.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 20:14     Subject: DC cleared out the homeless encampment at Union Station
Lots of Gestapo-friendly types posting here. Hope you're proud of yourselves.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 17:13     Subject: DC cleared out the homeless encampment at Union Station
Good. Next remove them from Rock Creek Park and DuPont Circle.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 16:29     Subject: Re:DC cleared out the homeless encampment at Union Station
Glad to hear it.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 16:28     Subject: DC cleared out the homeless encampment at Union Station
Good!
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 16:01     Subject: DC cleared out the homeless encampment at Union Station
I'd love to see these folks set up camp where they're wanted, like on the quads at Georgetown and American. No way those institutions kick them out. They'll be welcomed where they're welcome.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 11:53     Subject: Re:DC cleared out the homeless encampment at Union Station
Anonymous wrote:DC government has the privileged position of letting the feds clean up a mess they want gone but pleasing constituents with statements condemning it.

I think this might be right. At issue is that they set a precedent of housing those in other encampments with 1-year leases. Not sure that is viable on a continuing basis. So it’s easier to put it to NPS and to move them without the extensive support services that the city would otherwise feel obligated to provide.

I am sure someone is going to scream at me for wondering this, but I do wonder how many of the people that have been housed in apartments on upper Connecticut were people that were formerly in housed in encampments and whether or not that experience is factoring into the city deferring to NPS now. End result will probably be congregation into city own lands.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 11:45     Subject: Re:DC cleared out the homeless encampment at Union Station
DC government has the privileged position of letting the feds clean up a mess they want gone but pleasing constituents with statements condemning it.
jsteele
Post 06/02/2022 10:07     Subject: Re:DC cleared out the homeless encampment at Union Station
The Federal government cleared the camp, not DC.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 10:06     Subject: DC cleared out the homeless encampment at Union Station
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/06/01/dc-union-station-homeless-camp-clearing/

I guess Bowser reads DCUM after all