Nonprofits plan homeless count Jan. 29

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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Nonprofits plan homeless count Jan. 29

Volunteers needed Keyswide to fan out, reach people

BY GWEN FILOSA Citizen Staff
gfilosa@keysnews.com

The nation's homeless population in 2012 held steady, declining only by less than a percent point than the year before, as cities and counties reported that 633,782 people on a single night in January were without stable housing.

A year before, the number was 636,016, according to the annual report by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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The solution to the homeless problem is easy:

Submitted on Sat, 12/15/2012 - 7:22am by none

DON'T VOTE FOR CATES AGAIN. It's pretty simple. 1) YOU need to get out and vote yourself. 2) Get all of your friends to get out and vote too. 3) VOTE FOR ANYBODY.....except Cates. POOF! The problem is gone. If he is stopped......no one else will pick up this ridiculous mess. Simple. It really is that easy.

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What is your solution? At

Submitted on Tue, 12/18/2012 - 6:17pm by 666

What is your solution? At least Cates is trying to do something. Federal law prevents us from shipping these people to Miami or harassing them. What is your solution?

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Petting Zoo

Submitted on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 7:02pm by Jo Mama

The purpose of the count is to acquire as many tax dollars as possible for the construction of the proposed Human Petting Zoo & Homeless Spa at the former Easter Seals facility.

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I can tell you how many.

Submitted on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 4:55pm by george

I can tell you how many. Too many, something needs to be done other than counting them. Most are not the unfortunate, they do not even look for work, or drink while working AKA the Citizen hawkers.

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I can confirm the hawkers

Submitted on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 6:28pm by JustTheFacts

I can confirm the hawkers drink, have caught them red handed. Oh, don't forget to count all the ones in jail for crimes ranging from being public drunks, to burglary, to theft, to robbery! Trust me, they weren't committing any of those crimes in order to get fed or find a home!

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Homeless headlines

Submitted on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 12:11pm by 666

Seems like twice a week or more our paper features homeless headlines. I am surprised the TDC has not shut you down. My guess is the higher the count the more federal $$$$ come to these places. I wonder how accurate the count is??

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Seems our homeless count

Submitted on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 8:47am by trapper

has doubled in the past few weeks. Never to leave.

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Welcome the Rainbow Children.

Submitted on Sat, 12/15/2012 - 7:57am by Mac

The increase is mostly due to the annual arrival of the lovely "Rainbow Children" and their requisite dogs on ropes.

I saw five of them camped out at Higgs the other day (dog running free on the beach) bumming cigarettes. When the county sheriff's deputy arrived I assumed she'd remove them because dogs are not allowed on the beach. But no, instead she patted the dog and played with it for two minutes, completely ignoring the campers.

At the same time, the bums have moved from the picnic tables to the two pavilions. Usually there are five or more there from sun-up to sunset. The same deputy merely laughed and chatted with them.

Having Sheriff's deputies on duty daily at Higgs is useless if they don't clear the beach of bums. A waste of our taxpayer money.