Complex issue at the mental health illness level. Not a complex issue when one persons action negatively effects another. If people homeless/not homeless sleep in public area and create a nuisance for another, the city has every right to ask them to move on. In our area of DSM many people sleep next to the river and no one cares, they are out of the way. If I decided to sleep in the doorway of a downtown business and hinder the opening, I am negatively affecting someone’s else. I should be fined.
Personally I believe that the mental health issue of Iowa homeless should be one of our top priorities for our tax dollars.
The topics of above are exclusive and are not correlated in any manner.
Great column. Identifies the problem, offers solutions. Mental illness and homelessness isn't a crime.
Not a crime. Deserves competent attention, not allowing public parks to become housing.
Complex issue at the mental health illness level. Not a complex issue when one persons action negatively effects another. If people homeless/not homeless sleep in public area and create a nuisance for another, the city has every right to ask them to move on. In our area of DSM many people sleep next to the river and no one cares, they are out of the way. If I decided to sleep in the doorway of a downtown business and hinder the opening, I am negatively affecting someone’s else. I should be fined.
Personally I believe that the mental health issue of Iowa homeless should be one of our top priorities for our tax dollars.
The topics of above are exclusive and are not correlated in any manner.