05-15-2023, 02:31 AM
(05-14-2023, 10:56 PM)ZEBuilder Wrote:(05-14-2023, 10:33 AM)Citizen1234 Wrote: Litt disgusts me. All the meetings I have sat in with him and Craig (City Planner), I just want to vomit.
He has brought nothing but Chaos to this area with his $200k donation to the emergency homeless shelter that he has provided at the Schwaben location. Needles, garbage, homeless people in the boulevard who have made it their place to drink their alcohol, sleep and smoke their crack. And it's up to the residents to call bylaw or the police to get them removed, 'because the Security that The Working Center has hired has their security zoom down the area faster than the speed limit when doing their "daily checks" for residents of the Schwaben Club. It's pathetic. Not to mention the countless breakins and the elderly being scared to walk or even live in their residence because of their encounters in the private residence. The Region & The Working Center does nothing but avoid the questions we ask , and divert the answer to how well the staff at the Emergency Shelter are doing. They address non of our concerns nor come forth with solutions. They have promised a Town Hall to discuss this, months ago, and no action. Absolutely disgusted with everything going on in the City, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
Would you rather those people who are experiencing homelessness to be wandering the streets looking for some place to stay warm, potentially starting fires in abandoned buildings which could cause even more harm? Freezing to death on the sidewalk? Litt is providing these people who are just as much of a member of society as you and I a place to live, a place they can call home temporarily, my job allows me to have frequent encounters with those who are homeless and yes you have those who are eccentric, but you also have the ones who just got dealt a bad hand in life that put them into homelessness and are just trying to get their lives back together. You are blatantly stereotyping all of those who are using the emergency shelter system as those who are eccentric while many are not which shows the privilege you have since you can refer to them as "Chaos". Obviously the people living there will not be there forever as it will be developed in the coming years by Litt but in the meantime it is something that just has to be dealt with.
I wouldn't say Litt disgusts me, because he is presumably acting with good intentions. But I wouldn't wish my downtown experiences on any other neighbourhood in the city, and so it's easy for me to see why someone would draw a line to those who are making that happen. I think a lot of shouting past each other happens here, because so many type of people get blanketed under homeless. While I'm sure there are some people who do, the vast majority of people have no problem with homeless people in and of themselves. People have a problem with violent people, criminals, extremely mentally ill people, and people with severe drug addictions. Many on this forum don't seem to understand how quickly you lose any compassion for those who have no compassion, respect, or care in the world for you. Many on this forum don't seem to understand the lasting psychological toll they take on you. Chaos is an apt word.
It's fair to suggest that wanting them to just "go away" isn't a valid solution, but suggesting to people who no longer feel safe in their neighbourhood or even homes that they should just put up with it is what lacks compassion to me.
An often missing point of view that I think gets lost in the crossfire, is that the vast majority of homeless people who do not fall into this category are forced into close proximity and sharing resources with these "bad" people. They are suffering from far greater safety concerns and far more extreme psychological stress than the general public, just so we can say we are "compassionate".