"I'm trying to be respectful but I am going to dig through your shit to find a way to insult you." Gimme a fucking break.

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There is a difference between denying a service that is directly offering to you and being counted as "not taking" something you were unaware of or not offered specifically; these programs are often seen as being not utilized by those who need them while in reality getting them, or having them offered at all, is more difficult or unlikely than you imply, and the numbers are offered publicly to appear as if people simply refuse. I am sorry you can't grasp that difference and believe the city's statement without question.

How much did it cost to clear the park?

It doesn’t get much worse than living in a tent in McPherson Square Park. I would say try a lot of different things. We can’t just let anyone post up anywhere, it makes the whole city more dangerous for everyone. And not to mention the economic impact. Your employer wants to drag employees back to in-person work in their McPherson Square office, as the Mayor wants? Surrounded by drug use and danger? No fucking way.

Oh. You probably just can’t help it. And I’m trying to be respectful here. But there is no difference between someone denying housing and just not taking it. Then again, you sound like someone that would walk into a clearly condemned establishment and ask for pizza.

I seriously need a trombone.

I'll be there holding the "if you think gender isn't real wait until you hear about fairy tales of white dudes walking on water 2000 years ago" sign.

The PB’s consider themselves patriots. Why don’t people show up with signs that say “PB’s hate the USA” or would that incite those incels?

A League of Her Own if you’re looking for some drag at night- 👀

Olney is being partially sponsored by the Theater with their production of Kinky Boots

I'm not insinuating anything, I am very bluntly pointing out that you are either trolling me or genuinely don't understand what I clearly and correctly wrote.

We done here?

And not much of a sidewalk there either

59 percent of Americans are a paycheck away from being homeless, according to a survey by Charles Schwab.

If you are insinuating that "the homeless" has some sort of different meaning than being homeless you're going to need to be explicit about what you mean. Clearly no one else in this comment thread understands you.

We are talking about people who have refused aid from the city which is often because they don’t want drug testing

Was there? I was there handing out fresh needles and narcan and there wasn’t any that I could see and I was walking from tent to tent. Or do you have special glasses to help you see spent needles and narcan cartridges?

Lol.

It's unclassified in the general building. They've tightened things up, but the Pentagon wasn't much different than any military installation. Any person with a valid reason could get a visitors pass and wander the hallways.

Only certain rooms are classified spaces.

Did they deny it, or did they not take it? Different things.

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My apologies for expecting you to know what you're saying and have it be true, I won't do that again, seems to put you in a rough mood

I live in Virginia and live next to drug users (I smell weed all the time) and I’m fine with it.

Please don’t make me do this. A wapo article came out a week ago staying that of the individuals offered housing. Half didn’t take it. And when the camp was being surveyed half didn’t take it. So take that “concern” elsewhere.

You seem to be of the impression that homeless/drug user are a given combination. It's almost axiomatic that homeless folk don't have any money. So, who's giving away free drugs? Inquiring minds want to know.

So I volunteer with one of the harm reduction organizations and I personally have made inroads with drug users who want help and to get sober. The one thing that’s stopping them is DC’s requirement that they have to be sober first. They don’t have the health insurance to be able to get sober because the main reason they use is pain management and they got addicted because of the opioid crisis. They don’t have a reliable address for Medicaid and they can’t use mine because I live in Virginia.

There IS money for programs, but DC has used more of that money to do sweeps and evictions than they have to get people into housing. LA has way more of a population to house and has been successful with a housing first model. So count up how many policy failures DC has and estimate how much money they could potentially save on sweeps if they prioritized housing instead of abstinence sobriety?

I was present around the time of the park clearing and saw nary a needle...

What is your age to wild ratio

Putin has entered the chat

Makes sense. There have been studies and reports that show that 70-80% of the chronically homeless have significant mental illness and/or substance abuse problems. In order to put a roof over their heads, they also need treatment regimes and case workers et cetera. A large number of them refuse treatment.