D.C.’s Homeless Cleanup
John M. Grondelski – Part of President Trump’s federalization of D.C. law enforcement includes plans to remove homeless encampments from the city. You don’t have to go far to find them: come over from Virginia on the Roosevelt Bridge and turn towards E Street. They’re all over the Foggy Bottom neighborhood, from the State Department to the Kennedy Center.
Opponents of the cleanup plan will likely fasten on the “heartlessness” and “cruelty” of bulldozing tent cities and removing the homeless from the streets. No doubt there will even be those proclaiming it “unchristian.”
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Mark C. Ross – Not quite the same as the old Dark Age. The old Dark Age happened when the corporate governmental structure of Rome collapsed, allowing hordes of tribal heathens to overrun what had been the empire’s domain.
The Scoop – Almost half of San Francisco residents are thinking of leaving the city, according to a recent poll, citing out-of-control cimes and homelessness.
Richard Moss – I had known this mid-size metropolis since the seventies when I lived here as a medical student, attending the Indiana University School of Medicine. Then, Indianapolis was referred to as India-no-place or Naptown. But Indianapolis has come a long way since then, attracting professional sports teams, stadiums, and major corporations.