Comments on: "We won't have to look at all the poor people, will we?" http://ksmith.in/inmediasres/2008/07/16/we-wont-have-to-look-at-all-the-poor-people-will-we/ in the midst of things Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:12:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: David Strunk http://ksmith.in/inmediasres/2008/07/16/we-wont-have-to-look-at-all-the-poor-people-will-we/#comment-950 David Strunk Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:54:08 +0000 /blog/?p=449#comment-950 Yeah, gotta read newspapers, magazines, and foreign sources for the best well-rounded take on any given issue. What a task! Yeah, gotta read newspapers, magazines, and foreign sources for the best well-rounded take on any given issue. What a task!

]]> By: Kev http://ksmith.in/inmediasres/2008/07/16/we-wont-have-to-look-at-all-the-poor-people-will-we/#comment-948 Kev Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:44:22 +0000 /blog/?p=449#comment-948 Good to know. Glad to see it's not the problem I could only assume it was given the national news. You know, I'm really hating the national news more and more each day. Good to know. Glad to see it’s not the problem I could only assume it was given the national news. You know, I’m really hating the national news more and more each day.

]]> By: David Strunk http://ksmith.in/inmediasres/2008/07/16/we-wont-have-to-look-at-all-the-poor-people-will-we/#comment-949 David Strunk Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:08:48 +0000 /blog/?p=449#comment-949 Kev-o, Actually, by virtue of being in Denver and reading the paper and seeing the local news, this story got a little over-reported and mis-informed. Various homeless groups in Denver do this all summer (not just at the DNC) and do so in order to get the homeless out of the heat, a compassionate reason for sure. They will just also be doing this during the DNC, which sparked all the controversy. It's been 95 degrees here and much much more for 3 weeks now. All that said, Denver does have an inexplicably large homeless population, but they are already barred from panhandling in all the places the DNC would be anyway bc its barred year round (remember the 16th mall?). Plus, Denver's mayor cooperates with churches and groups all over the city in his 10 year plan to end homelessness, which basically amounts to adopting a family and teaching them how to spend money wisely (and various other mentoring activities). So in all, I don't think anybody is trying to hide anybody because homeless people wouldn't be seen anyway. They don't frequent around the Pepsi center anyway. Kev-o,
Actually, by virtue of being in Denver and reading the paper and seeing the local news, this story got a little over-reported and mis-informed.

Various homeless groups in Denver do this all summer (not just at the DNC) and do so in order to get the homeless out of the heat, a compassionate reason for sure. They will just also be doing this during the DNC, which sparked all the controversy. It’s been 95 degrees here and much much more for 3 weeks now.

All that said, Denver does have an inexplicably large homeless population, but they are already barred from panhandling in all the places the DNC would be anyway bc its barred year round (remember the 16th mall?). Plus, Denver’s mayor cooperates with churches and groups all over the city in his 10 year plan to end homelessness, which basically amounts to adopting a family and teaching them how to spend money wisely (and various other mentoring activities).

So in all, I don’t think anybody is trying to hide anybody because homeless people wouldn’t be seen anyway. They don’t frequent around the Pepsi center anyway.

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