Homeless in the Heartland

Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 01:15:46 -0800

Wow -- homeless people in Indy (where they freeze in the winter) !

Good to see these issues touching the heartland, which I think has to happen before broader solutions get discussed.

IndyStar.com
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At 04:51 AM 8/19/2007, you wrote:

There's certainly something bizarre, and maybe naive, about the police telling a reporter, "Why yes, we've decided to begin routinely molesting homeless people lately. And you can quote me on that!"

I remember doing a story for the Exponent about Lafayette's one homeless shelter. You were talking maybe a dozen beds. I assume more would be necessary these days. It's been an economic miracle, those Bush tax cuts.

Nice they quoted the ACLU, which in that part of the country is a pariah (quick search, it was George Bush senior who derided Michael Dukakis as a "card-carrying member of the ACLU" ! )

Yes, it's a whole different ballgame. I was a card-carrying member of the ACLU, and back then, I remember thinking that the Indiana ACLU was a bunch of wussies collaborating with the enemy, whereas the California ACLU was way off in commie land.