Comments on: Tents along Shilshole Ave.

By: Conspiracy

Conspiracy — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:45:59 +0000

“There are mental health facilities all over downtown”

Yes and you should use them. You sound like you are paranoid schizophrenic

By: Operation Hover Above

Operation Hover Above — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:54:59 +0000

Did anybody ever notice all the homeless people living in the bushes right inside the locks proper, and under the train trestles across the channel?

Look in just about any dense thicket of tangled brush and you'll see evidence or prior inhabitation, if not the inhabitant themselves. Sometimes they block the entry way to their warrens with a shopping cart full of junk.

And how about the bum caches in Wallingford, right on the post office grounds? Huge tarps in the bushes covering up bum hoards of junk , clothes, etc.

Or heading down Southbound 99, in that massive greenbelt off on the right of Queen Anne, the place has massive tarp structures and is a shooting gallery. Made the mistake of walking down the park trail and interrupted two gentlemen shooting up what I assumed was black tar heroin, wow... never again.

These people were there before the economy crashed, all long term bums, so I don't think we can blame the econ for a lot of this problem.

The city is pretty tolerant of this type of activity and it's associated criminality (violence, drugs, theft, etc)

By: Will Bakefor

Will Bakefor — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:45:03 +0000

Here's a new slogan for Ballard:

BALLARD - A Place For Bums...

Transient Living- Now on Every Street!

Campers and Tents Welcome, old Junky Car Live-ins too!

Alcoholic fueled Violence? Just Head Under the Ballard Bridge and Join In the Beatings!

So many more, we're doing T's next.

By: Leo

Leo — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:39:52 +0000

Everybody pays sales tax, buddy. Congratulations on owning property, I'm sorry it's so taxing.

By: Mymble

Mymble — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:22:02 +0000

I wish I had 48 hours to move my car once parking enforcement has marked the tire:)

By: Mymble

Mymble — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:18:07 +0000

If every church member took 2 homeless people into their home, problem solved (?) You may want to screen them first, just a thought.

By: Mymble

Mymble — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:15:01 +0000

I'm sure YOU have a spare room or two, or even the couch, take a few into YOUR home, provide some “HOPE” . Practice what YOU preach. Seattle and Ballard already have services, no need to set more up, too many “services” now.