https://www.foxnews.com/us/activists-plant-empty-tents-encourage-homelessness-portland-drug-counselor-says
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"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem," - Ronald Reagan

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On Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 1:27:16 PM UTC-7, George.Anthony wrote:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/activists-plant-empty-tents-encourage-homelessness-portland-drug-counselor-says
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"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem," - Ronald Reagan

Yeah, I saw that one. They have one "expert" for their story. He has spent 27 years making a living from the homeless people. It looks like he's spent most of that time pushing paper around. He's another one who thinks all we have to do is cure
everyone, no matter how hopeless that may be. No mention is made of the amount of mental problems in that population. This idiot thinks it's all about drugs. That's only part of the story.

We also had a local official withholding tents and tarps during a major snow storm out of concern for the safety of the homeless people.

"A Portland city commissioner banned tent, tarp distribution. Then it snowed 11 inches.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2023, 1:34 p.m.|Published: Feb. 25, 2023, 7:00 a.m."

"A day after a late winter storm slammed the city with record snow and cold temperatures this week, Portland Commissioner Rene Gonzalez defended his controversial proposal to temporarily bar Portland Street Response employees from distributing tents and
tarps to unsheltered Portlanders.

Gonzalez, elected in November after a campaign that took a law-and-order, centrist approach to homelessness, crime and policing, said the policy change would “save lives” and prevent “life-shattering injuries” from tent fires.

He said data showing more people die from hypothermia on Portland streets than from tent fires doesn’t deter him from standing by the policy."
[snip]

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2023/02/a-portland-city-commissioner-banned-tent-tarp-distribution-then-it-snowed-11-inches.html

It looks like one or two homeless people may have died due to exposure during that storm.

TB

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On Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 5:08:27 PM UTC-7, Technobarbarian wrote:

On Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 1:27:16 PM UTC-7, George.Anthony wrote:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/activists-plant-empty-tents-encourage-homelessness-portland-drug-counselor-says
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"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem," - Ronald Reagan

Yeah, I saw that one. They have one "expert" for their story. He has spent 27 years making a living from the homeless people. It looks like he's spent most of that time pushing paper around. He's another one who thinks all we have to do is cure

everyone, no matter how hopeless that may be. No mention is made of the amount of mental problems in that population. This idiot thinks it's all about drugs. That's only part of the story.

We also had a local official withholding tents and tarps during a major snow storm out of concern for the safety of the homeless people.

"A Portland city commissioner banned tent, tarp distribution. Then it snowed 11 inches.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2023, 1:34 p.m.|Published: Feb. 25, 2023, 7:00 a.m."

"A day after a late winter storm slammed the city with record snow and cold temperatures this week, Portland Commissioner Rene Gonzalez defended his controversial proposal to temporarily bar Portland Street Response employees from distributing tents

and tarps to unsheltered Portlanders.

Gonzalez, elected in November after a campaign that took a law-and-order, centrist approach to homelessness, crime and policing, said the policy change would “save lives” and prevent “life-shattering injuries” from tent fires.

He said data showing more people die from hypothermia on Portland streets than from tent fires doesn’t deter him from standing by the policy."
[snip]

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2023/02/a-portland-city-commissioner-banned-tent-tarp-distribution-then-it-snowed-11-inches.html

It looks like one or two homeless people may have died due to exposure during that storm.

TB

I forgot to mention why I think Fakes News' expert is a professional paper pusher. I looked at his resume.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-dahlgren-cadc-ii-25426b56/details/experience/

TB

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Technobarbarian wrote:

On Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 1:27:16 PM UTC-7, George.Anthony wrote:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/activists-plant-empty-tents-encourage-homelessness-portland-drug-counselor-says
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"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem.
Government is the problem," - Ronald Reagan

Yeah, I saw that one. They have one "expert" for their story. He has spent 27 years making a living from the homeless people. It looks like he's spent most of that time pushing paper around. He's another one who thinks all we have to do is cure

everyone, no matter how hopeless that may be. No mention is made of the amount of mental problems in that population. This idiot thinks it's all about drugs. That's only part of the story.

We also had a local official withholding tents and tarps during a major snow storm out of concern for the safety of the homeless people.

"A Portland city commissioner banned tent, tarp distribution. Then it snowed 11 inches.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2023, 1:34 p.m.|Published: Feb. 25, 2023, 7:00 a.m."

"A day after a late winter storm slammed the city with record snow and cold temperatures this week, Portland Commissioner Rene Gonzalez defended his controversial proposal to temporarily bar Portland Street Response employees from distributing tents

and tarps to unsheltered Portlanders.

Gonzalez, elected in November after a campaign that took a law-and-order, centrist approach to homelessness, crime and policing, said the policy change would “save lives” and prevent “life-shattering injuries” from tent fires.

He said data showing more people die from hypothermia on Portland streets than from tent fires doesn’t deter him from standing by the policy."
[snip]

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2023/02/a-portland-city-commissioner-banned-tent-tarp-distribution-then-it-snowed-11-inches.html

It looks like one or two homeless people may have died due to exposure during that storm.

Did they die in a tent?

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Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.

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