Anonymous wrote:aggressive panhandling

I laffed. How do you define aggressive panhandling?

How many churches, synagogues, temples and mosques are there in the Peoples' Republic of Arlington? They could step into the breach to solve the problem.

Established, generally affluent "places of religion" tend to have at least one multi-purpose room. Common sense would dictate how many adults could sleep there. Rather like a "winter hypothermia shelter for a week" writ large. Altruistic members of the congregation could put their action where their verbiage is by monitoring the room over night. Bottled water and coffee available.

Most churches, etc. tend to have professional kitchens and multiple bathrooms. Some even have a shower or two. The congregation could spring for at least breakfast before setting their guests loose upon the community.

A few of the saner, more enterprising guests could earn some money helping the congregation that took them in with yard work, maintenance and janitorial service. At minimum wage or whatever they in their benevolent but one-sided position of power negotiated with their guests.

"There but for the grace of God go I" would give the congregations the opportunity to put some action behind the glib verbiage.

Would add not one cent to the beleaguered taxpayer.

PTSD'd, substance abusing, mentally ill or recently released from incarceration, those homeless are somebody's sons and daughters.
They aren't bipedal vermin to be dealt with like yesterday's trash. Out of sight, out of mind.

Arise ye, O Arlingtonians, show the rest of us how it should be done.

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Anonymous wrote:op, a mass extermination is probably in order. do you want to help me organize it?

seriously WTF. where would you like the homeless to go exactly OP?

Jail, which will give them shelter and food, away from the community. They're crime and drug cancers. It's not a human right to walk around high, burglarize homes, commit larceny, defecate in public, sleep on the sidewalk.

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Anonymous wrote:op, a mass extermination is probably in order. do you want to help me organize it?

seriously WTF. where would you like the homeless to go exactly OP?

Not Op but I think what we would all like is that the homeless who are using these shelters abide by the rules and regulations of any society or neighborhood. Would that be too much to ask? We invite you into a community to be a constructive part of it, not to destroy it or harm the residents who already live there. Why aren't there some type of guidelines like no drinking, no drugs, lights out, etc. that anyone using the shelter must comply with? I know, there are these rules, but there is no one to enforce them. That leaves the residents vulnerable. Just not right.

Most of these people have mental health issues. You are making this a moral failings issue when it is a society failing its populace issue.

Where should the homeless go OP? They have to be housed somewhere. Serious question.

I live in South Arlington....think Columbia Pike penrose area....and I rarely if ever see homeless people. Odd.

Anonymous wrote:Someone share which buildings have the homeless issue... we're looking at renting in Arlington - Courthouse.

https://www.arlnow.com/2017/05/12/video-shows-sex-assault-suspect-sneaking-into-apartment-building/

This one was the 1900 block of Wilson Blvd. Just down the hill from the Courthouse metro and near the homeless shelter.

Anonymous wrote:It's all in the area around the Courthouse metro. It was inevitable with the new year round homeless shelter.

Nashville did similar a couple years ago. I went to Nashville prior, and then after. It's gotten decidedly worse after.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow... Send them over to MoCo. They are always welcome here.

I wish assholes like you would start homing them in your own house instead of forcing your entire neighborhood to deal with the problems.

One resident in Montgomery County did just this - took pity on Haddon-Clark and the result was their daughter Laura Houghteling's murder. Laura warned them against him (she was a Harvard grad liberals, so don't start with the Liberty University crap) but her brother and mother 'felt sorry for him' and felt him harmless. She was only one of many this man murdered, including little Michelle Dorr.

Assholes like that PP will not learn. Ever.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow... Send them over to MoCo. They are always welcome here.

My kids were charged and yelled at one particularly unstable gentlemen.

My neighbor has had 3 break-ins and one living in their garage drinking.

I had them urinating on the side of the house.

They are all yours.

God I am SO SICK of arrogant bureaucrats deciding 'what's best' for our communities! So sorry OP.

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Anonymous wrote:Vote Republican for your local government.

One would think the Arlington voters would have learned by now.

There is nobody running! So the Democratic candidate generally runs unopposed after getting their party's blessing.

You want to help these people? Bring back the old institutions, it was a mistake to shut them all down. A large number of these people are so far gone that there's no helping them without constant surveillance and care. It's one thing to give them medication and send them on their way but that same medication doesn't do any good when most of these guys don't even bother taking them.

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Anonymous wrote:dc homeless population drops 11%

Arlington's is on the rise--by 33%. They are all over the neighborhood---just like I predicted when they started building the new homeless shelter right across the Bridge. We have had them knock on the door in the middle of the night, squatting in neighbor's garages, walking down the middle of the street yelling profanities at moms/kids, and using all of the new construction port-o-potties. They never stay in the shelters---but they do go there for meals and spill into the surrounding areas. This is a known fact. They don't take their medications and cause havoc on surrounding citizens.

courtesy of wash. post.

Ah, liberalisim and the fruits of their labor. Gotta love it!

Is the Arlington GOP opposing having homeless shelters? Link?

nobody in Arlington publicly opposes affordable housing initiatives (which are killing neighborhoods and the over-crowded schools in their zones) or against more homeless shelters.

arlingtonians pride themselves on being liberal, but so many are so naïve and from a place of wealth to begin with that they have absolutely zero idea of the repercussions like those of us few Arlingtonian residents that rose out of poverty and tried to get away from this stuff.

So if the Arlington GOP supports it, its not liberalism, eh? Sounds like there is consensus.

Sounds like you don't live in Arlington. Perhaps you should no longer comment on its politics? Or tell us at least where you do live, so we can discuss the success of that place, and how well it deals with issues of poverty and homelessness.

Sounds like you don't live in Arlington. If you did, you would know there is not a sizable Republican Party, and they would likely not take such a stance. It's a traditionally liberal stronghold, but I wouldn't take that for granted. I hear more people openly saying they don't support affordable housing. The democrats need to listen.

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Anonymous wrote:Where are the homeless shelters?

The Homeless Hilton opened in the center of Courthouse. Condo owners in the area fought tooth and nail---and lost to the board who ignored every bit of evidence.

We now have taken in DC's homeless population---short skip across the bridge. Their population down 11%, ours up 33%. Higher than every other jurisdiction.

Not exactly. For decades, the jurisdictions surrounding DC had their homeless populations kept artificially low by DC's generous programs. This is not taking in DC's population, it is starting to deal with Arlington's own homeless issues. You have a ways to go, though.

+10000 Get over yourselves, Arlingtonians. Could it be that you are afflicted with the same issues as every other city in the US? Say it ain't so!

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And these are the people who should be sent into communities with the illnesses you purport? 99.9% suffering from addiction and mental illness in a family neighborhood, or any functioning neighborhood for that matter, is not a good idea.

They are our brothers and sisters, our friends and our neighbors. They are mostly not a danger to others, but are endangered themselves. So yes, they belong in our communities.

And therefore, we are going to need you to be more tolerant, Arlington. Can't you see these people are the victims? Not the rich building and housing owners.

Not all homeless commit sexual assaults.

And it's not that bad. The rates used to be a lot higher you know. Stop complaining OK? You all sound extremely privileged.

Unfortunately, the ones in this part of Arlington are committing crimes. Mostly male (no children/few women/no families).