Comments on: City Relocates Over 650 Homeless People on 22 Months

By: Still Hoping

Still Hoping — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 21:39:15 +0000

It is indeed complicated. When the mindset with regard to people who are not from a particular place is to keep them out, both foreigners and citizens, you create a situation which this city certainly has. Tallahassee is a small-minded town, very insular, and has remained much the same as it was when I grew up here. We managed to tear down and erase much of our history and created a rather ugly city, although we do have beautiful parks! If we could create facilities that help people who are in bad situations, we might be able to get rid of the distinction of having the poorest ZIP Code in the state here in the capital city. You don’t have to be religious to understand that part of the American dream is treating people as though they were you, which means that we are not successful until everyone has a chance to be.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 14:17:03 +0000

Solving the homeless problems requires the city and county to WANT to solve the problem. They do not. The leftist that are the majority here will fight to spend other folks money on whatever project they deem necessary.

By: Proud Rural Redneck

Proud Rural Redneck — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 10:38:16 +0000

Remember the quote about socialism, “…sooner or later you run out of other’s [your] money.” In 2025, property tax bills will be higher, health/auto/home insurance premiums will be higher, and all those other expenses will also increase. I’m saying paying my “fair share” is becoming a struggle. It’s time that more people start taking responsibility for their plight in life.

By: Commonsense

Commonsense — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 23:16:59 +0000

It’s about time! Tallahassee has enough resources to help the homeless who are residents of Leon County who fall on bad luck for whatever reason. Using our resources to cater to out-of-towners just deprives our local homeless of some of those useful services.

Sending them back from where they came from makes sense and should be our standard practice for dealing with the non-resident homeless. If so, the word will spread that if you go to Tallahassee they’ll just send you back home. They’ll stop coming.

The same simple standard practice would also work for the people coming across our boarders illegally.

By: Thomas C. Hooker

Thomas C. Hooker — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 19:07:31 +0000

Thank you for this article.

By: It's Complicated

It's Complicated — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 18:39:47 +0000

Helping homeless people relocate closer to family support is a sound strategy – for those who have that support available and are willing to accept it. There are plenty of homeless people who do not have that support, or for a variety of reasons, do not feel like they can accept family support.

By: David T. Hawkins

David T. Hawkins — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 15:37:15 +0000

We need to find out what States and Cities are Advertising for them to come here and who is actually sending them here and Sue them so they can help Pay for them.