The Other Side Of The Hill
Friday, April 22, 2005
If you build it, they will come?
The Mayor of Hillsborough seems to think there's no homeless in his town. Thankfully, the Chapel Hill News seems to know better and they've been following the efforts that are underway to get a shelter opened in the town. Incidentally, the IFC and its director, Chris Moran, have provided advice in getting a shelter up and running.
Of course the misconception is that there are no homeless people and a shelter will attract them. Actually, some of IFC's opponents seem to believe that the current IFC shelter in Chapel Hill attracts homeless from all over. I'm not going to try to debate that point, but I'm reminded of when I attended a Town Council meeting a couple months ago. Lynne Kane, who has consistently opposed IFC said that the shelter was attracting people who weren't even from Chapel Hill. Council member Sally Greene pointed out that a lot of people are not from here, but can afford to live here. And some people are just down on their luck; it doesn't make them less human because they cannot afford the sky-high rents in Chapel Hill.
And if we really want to get into a discussion about people who aren't from Chapel Hill, we might as well start at the top: the The Mayor is from Ohio.
-# posted by Michael McGee @ 12:27 AM 1 comments
Friday, April 08, 2005
"I feel like a million bucks."
From the News and Observer: Given a fresh start--Homeless offered a shower, haircut, change of clothes and new hope.
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