From: Bill Lucy 

In article , email{at}from_Gary_Britt.org says...
> The plight of the homeless has been used by the same groups who made them
> homeless in the first place as a political weapon against Republicans ever
> since (even though Republicans were for providing them homes, in effect,
> through mandatory hospitalization and poor houses/work farms).  The homeless
> problem only takes a breather in the press when a democrat is president.
> Then it gets rediscovered when a republican gets back into office.

Nancy and I were volunteers with a homeless shelter during most of the 90s.
http://www.westsuburbanpads.org/dnn/

I was a founder of the shelter, Nancy a board member, and some of my best
friends are on the current board (including the vice president and
treasurer). Joanne, Nancy, and I all worked the first night the shelter was
opened (October 2, 1992). I also handled the data for the first year of the
shelter, since there was no staff beyond volunteers. I can tell you that
there were mentally ill people among the people we sheltered. We also
provided temporary and permanent housing to some of those same people, as
the program continues to do. They are not exploited, despite what you might
say.

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