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every opponent of the collective

In one of the quotes above - the Rev. says "every opponent of the collective..." Is that us ??

Kira Zylstra‘s “All Home” position is taxpayer funded.

The annual event was organized by All Home, the coordinating agency for homelessness in King County.
Did she step down because of her hiring of the transgender stripper or because she was going to be let go for being ineffective?

Spending $1 billion a year, that’s $100,000 per homeless person in the county the King County Government still needs more resources to solve the homeless problem.

Gateway Pundit article
Zylstra has led All Home, King County’s coordinating agency homeless services, since January 2018. But her job could soon become obsolete as Seattle and King County prepare to replace All Home, which has been criticized as weak and ineffective, with a new regional authority on homelessness. Zylstra was paid about $123,000 a year, according to a county spokesperson.

Seattle Under Siege
In its 2017 point-in-time count of the homeless, King County social-services agency All Home found 11,643 people sleeping in tents, cars, and emergency shelters. Property crime has risen to a rate two and a half times higher than Los Angeles’s and four times higher than New York City’s. Cleanup crews pick up tens of thousands of dirty needles from city streets and parks every year.
At the same time, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal, the Seattle metro area spends more than $1 billion fighting homelessness every year. That’s nearly $100,000 for every homeless man, woman, and child in King County, yet the crisis seems only to have deepened, with more addiction, more crime, and more tent encampments in residential neighborhoods.

I haven't been to Seattle recently, [sarcasm]did hiring a transgender stripper solve their homelessness problem? [/sarcasm]

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That’s nearly $100,000 for every homeless man, woman, and child in King County, yet the crisis seems only to have deepened, with more addiction, more crime, and more tent encampments in residential neighborhoods.

So... to reasonable people it's obvious that the problem is NOT homelessness. If it were, $100,000 would be enough to buy every homeless person a home. (Nevermind the disincentive to everyone else if free homes are given to people)
The problem is a combination of drug addiction and mental health issues.
We didn't have this problem when we had insane asylums and involuntary commission.

ROTFLMAO!

"She took the precaution of getting her performance approved" says dancer after performance prompts homeless advocate resignation

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Drag is an art of resistance and survival for the queer and trans community,” explained United Territories of Pacific Islander Alliance (U.T.O.P.I.A.) in the organization’s open letter to King County Leaders. “It highlights our resilience and celebrates our bodies amidst the hate and violence we face. For so many of us who face employment and housing discrimination, this art is often connected to our livelihood. We use this art to celebrate our bodies that are often seen as immoral by those who continue to police our expressions. This art allows [us] to control our queer and trans narratives and reclaim our power.

I'm pretty sure that most of the performers are doing it for one reason...

Transgenderism is like a religion to the left.

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Originally posted by P220 Smudge:
Fuck it. I'm going old school here, WSO:

Ok.

Part of the math is knowing when to say 'fuck it'.

Seattle is lost, along with most of the Left coast. Hence my comment, let it burn. The only recourse is to let it fail, hope that hurts enough that the stupid that made it happen is cured. I work out there 4-5 times a year for the past decade. The shift in that timeframe has been seismic. I know rich family & friends living out there (Seattle, SF, Portland) and they are delusional. Living in $1M+ homes, making $500K a year, voting like they do and then mad that the parks are full of homeless and the city isn't safe - duh moron, quit voting socialist / leftist.

I used to enjoy going for the whole experience, the city, the woods - now I only go to get out in the woods because the city and surround is on that knife edge of nice and cess pool. Around every corner is shit, tweakers, dealers, homeless. I used to stay an extra day just to sightsee - now I leave as early as possible or take a portion of the job in Utah or Idaho instead.

I obviously struck a nerve with you but I enjoy my little corner of FL here.

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Originally posted by chellim1:
So... to reasonable people it's obvious that the problem is NOT homelessness. If it were, $100,000 would be enough to buy every homeless person a home. (Nevermind the disincentive to everyone else if free homes are given to people)
The problem is a combination of drug addiction and mental health issues.
We didn't have this problem when we had insane asylums and involuntary commission.

I remember reading an editorial piece by a mental health guy and he opined that if govt. gave $50,000 to each homeless bum out in the streets in L.A., half would die within a year, 5% would actually improve their lives, and the rest would be back out on the streets. And I think this is not far off its mark.

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Originally posted by oddball:

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Originally posted by chellim1:
So... to reasonable people it's obvious that the problem is NOT homelessness. If it were, $100,000 would be enough to buy every homeless person a home. (Nevermind the disincentive to everyone else if free homes are given to people)
The problem is a combination of drug addiction and mental health issues.
We didn't have this problem when we had insane asylums and involuntary commission.

I remember reading an editorial piece by a mental health guy and he opined that if govt. gave $50,000 to each homeless bum out in the streets in L.A., half would die within a year, 5% would actually improve their lives, and the rest would be back out on the streets. And I think this is not far off its mark.

It is exactly on the mark. I talked with my department's mental health liaison who has been assisting us with homeless issues. She said less than 7% actually improve their lives, the rest WANT to live on the streets and self medicating with their street drug of choice (begging at certain intersections gets them $200 in about 2 hours).

Seattle gets a National Hockey League team next season.

I can just see the city requiring the team to hire a "director of inclusion" and sticking Kira Zylstra in there as just the person needed to make sure that "community values" are fully integrated into the "fan experience" in the arena. Can you imagine 12 transgender strippers as the crew that skates out and clears the ice of excess snow twice a period?

If you're dumb enough to spend taxpayer money on a transgender stripper, at least hire a better looking one.

This woman made a big error resigning. She needed to wait till she was fired -if ever- and then file a grievance and get a settlement. This would have blown over and she could cane stayed in her high paid do nothing job for life.

Love him or hate him, Michael Savage has deemed this the “homeless industrial complex”. They have no incentive to solve the homeless problem and give up their 6 digit (with gold plated pension and benefits) .gov job ? San Francisco has a similar homeless problem and I once read within the last few years their budget is over 100k per day (salaries and benefits and programs for those in need of course) but still an outrageous amount. Why not just hand out cash on a daily basis to these bums. Would be cheaper and more efficient.

I'm seeing a big problem when you hire someone to do a job that if successful, they'll work themselves out of a job. Maybe the country has so much excess money(that might not be the correct term for it) we can afford to be this stupid. It comes back to government being involved in things they have no business in. And that is the liberal mindset, too. They feel government has an obligation to try to resolve about everything. Using public money to do it, too.

A few threads above, we had a moderator, ARC, tell us that if we didn't eat our steak the way he prefers it,(rare) that we're the equivalent of being a war criminal or just mentally ill. I had to re-read that a few times to make sure its what he said. Next thing you know, they'll be appointing public servants to patrol restaurants and private homes making sure everyone cooks to his personal preference. Not much different.

Taxpayer money should be protected, not frittered away. I'm pretty sure you can't solve homelessness. Surely not with a public program. When people choose to be "homeless" its going to be nearly impossible to change their minds.

I'm not even sure we have any business trying to make them more comfortable or healthy if it requires my tax dollars to do it. They don't want rules like no drugs or alcohol. Why do we care what they want?

Last September I drove into Seattle. I don’t recall the last time I did so. I met my cousin at a brunch place just off Pike Place Market. Driving on I-5 you could see the tent cities, particularly around the Stadium. As long as you stayed in the tourist area you were OK. However, a week later there was a homeless attack just outside the restaurant.
The big news stand at the Market has called it quits. The owner said he’s not made a profit in years and will close on the 31st.
The big dog show at the exhibition center has moved out. They are having it 40 miles South at the fairground. When I asked friends they danced around talking about costs.

The “1 billion dollars” that's spent in Seattle comes from taxes, grants, and the federal government. Each source has administrators, offices, conferences and reports that justify their existence and little empires.

The new “genuine, promise, for sure, pink swear” are tiny houses. Basically a shed with electricity. While they look good, it doesn’t take long for them to start looking like the other tent cities.

Minneapolis has reduced its downtown crime by 75%. Seattle invited the police and officials to come to Seattle and discussed what worked.

“ The Minneapolis Assistant police chief admitted he was stunned by the sight of open-air drug dealing at 3rd and Pine, while he took a walking tour of Seattle.
“I don’t see that same level in Minneapolis of openness,“ Kjos said.
“They just weren’t trying to hide (the drugs) at all.“
“His jaw dropped,“ said Erin Goodman SODO business improvement area president, who was with Kjos on the tour Monday. “I mean we walked by open narcotics dealing where I could see the product. We could see the money, and (Kjos) was just floored.”
“And the truth of the matter is, I wasn’t.“
Kjos told the audience—which included King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg and Seattle police—his department would not tolerate what he saw in Seattle.
“Walking back to our hotel last night we came across people shooting up, just standing right there on the sidewalk in front of us,” Kjos said.
“So, there are some areas for improvement here.”
https://www.kiro7.com/news/loc...offenders/997501572/

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Originally posted by rburg:

A few threads above, we had a moderator, ARC, tell us that if we didn't eat our steak the way he prefers it,(rare) that we're the equivalent of being a war criminal or just mentally ill. I had to re-read that a few times to make sure its what he said. Next thing you know, they'll be appointing public servants to patrol restaurants and private homes making sure everyone cooks to his personal preference. Not much different.

Humor is tough, like a shitty, well-done, steak.

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Originally posted by kimber1911:
Kira Zylstra‘s “All Home” position is taxpayer funded.

The annual event was organized by All Home, the coordinating agency for homelessness in King County.
Did she step down because of her hiring of the transgender stripper or because she was going to be let go for being ineffective?

Spending $1 billion a year, that’s $100,000 per homeless person in the county the King County Government still needs more resources to solve the homeless problem.

Gateway Pundit article
Zylstra has led All Home, King County’s coordinating agency homeless services, since January 2018. But her job could soon become obsolete as Seattle and King County prepare to replace All Home, which has been criticized as weak and ineffective, with a new regional authority on homelessness. Zylstra was paid about $123,000 a year, according to a county spokesperson.

Seattle Under Siege
In its 2017 point-in-time count of the homeless, King County social-services agency All Home found 11,643 people sleeping in tents, cars, and emergency shelters. Property crime has risen to a rate two and a half times higher than Los Angeles’s and four times higher than New York City’s. Cleanup crews pick up tens of thousands of dirty needles from city streets and parks every year.
At the same time, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal, the Seattle metro area spends more than $1 billion fighting homelessness every year. That’s nearly $100,000 for every homeless man, woman, and child in King County, yet the crisis seems only to have deepened, with more addiction, more crime, and more tent encampments in residential neighborhoods.

They are going to replace one ineffective agency with another which no doubt will be even less effective but with more people hired to do even less,ie The Peter Principal.