I just don't understand...
by Steve M
How getting a little more fed booty will end homelessness?
What world do they live in?
"At last Wednesday's press conference in City Hall, Mayor Street congratulated Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, who congratulated Street, who congratulated managing director Pedro Ramos, and so forth. Hearing the loud applause that accompanied each plaudit, one might have wondered what great feat of government had been accomplished. The city was releasing its 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness, a report it had generated to compete more effectively for federal funding. Two hundred and five communities around the country have either created or are creating 10-year plans, though none of the speakers mentioned that. They simply said that the plan, which the mayor asked a task force to devise in June 2004, was complete, and homelessness czar Rob Hess declared that Philly could become "the first city in America to end homelessness.""
Huh????????? Are they kidding? They cant collect gas bills, theyre going to end homelessness?
And how about this little tidbit:
"Did the mayor endorse the plan and bring up $10 million he never saw befor? No," she says. But she explains that the money was allocated previously because the city knew the plan was coming. "People knew what needed to be done. [The money] is related to the plan."
WHAT!?!?!?!! What is this, playtime with our tax money????????