When a person you don’t know at all is looking you in the eye and saying, “Please pass this along, please hear me,” it fills one with compassion and passion to do what is right.
As I write this, I keep thinking of the Dr. Seuss book, “Horton Hears A Who” — I’m a retired teacher. On the little dust speck, people are calling out “We are here.” Let’s listen and be a support for our most vulnerable citizens.
I encourage the Assembly and Mayor Dave Bronson to support the Golden Lion becoming a housing unit, funding other organizations to increase their capacities, and housing people at the Sullivan Arena with clean, working showers, adequate laundry facilities, clean indoor bathrooms, case workers to assist people in getting the help they need, and 24-hour medical care on-site.
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