This guy parks along 11th street. I've seen down by M Street and all the way up on the hill where the property values are higher.
Maybe some one should tell 'em that Eureka will let them camp at City Hall!
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Oregon Van
This guy parks along 11th street. I've seen down by M Street and all the way up on the hill where the property values are higher.
Maybe some one should tell 'em that Eureka will let them camp at City Hall!
The Pink Whale
The pink whale has been in the neighborhood off and on for a few months now. Hell, we have a rainbow of buses!
The Black Whale
I am not sure where the Black Whale is currently parked, but for a while it was within a block of the infamous White Whale on 11th street.
Monday, November 16, 2009
A Random Photo
I've pretty busy lately, so there's been a lack of posting on this site. While my immediate neighborhood seems pretty urban camper free at the moment the Arcata Plaza and the Co-Op area looks like it's been invaded!
I saw this graffiti on the way to work. It seems that people are pretty fed up with the transient issue. . .
Friday, November 13, 2009
A's Response to Tom Sebourn
I don't know who "A" is, but damn if he didn't nail it on the head!
"Hello Tom,
In Arcata we are overwhelmed with the homeless issue. We cannot fix peoples lives for them, yet they still pour into our town. These people did not grow up here, these people do not plan on staying and eventually contributing in a positive way to our municipality. Our town cannot absorb it's current population of traveling homeless let alone what might arrive in the future if Arcata is perceived as a "good deal". Compassion for the traveling homeless has negatively impacted my life in the town I have lived in for 37 years. Today I had to point out the human feces on the sidewalk in front of the Bank of America to my five year old daughter so she wouldn't step in them. There is no "solution", yet you Mock Michael who, like me, has had enough of the current situation. I have lost my compassion for traveling homeless, for converted buses, for drunks sleeping on the plaza, for cardboard signs on corners, for young people who would rather be stoned then work, for the homeless pets used to elicit more change, and for every hard luck story that has ever existed. It's been a nice run but they can go now. I am one of the people who believes "that if we don't feed them and allow them to sleep that the problem will just go away", and good riddance.
So thanks for coming down off your high horse, and your nice secluded Westhaven home, and commenting on the plague hasn't decended on your town.
-A"
"Hello Tom,
In Arcata we are overwhelmed with the homeless issue. We cannot fix peoples lives for them, yet they still pour into our town. These people did not grow up here, these people do not plan on staying and eventually contributing in a positive way to our municipality. Our town cannot absorb it's current population of traveling homeless let alone what might arrive in the future if Arcata is perceived as a "good deal". Compassion for the traveling homeless has negatively impacted my life in the town I have lived in for 37 years. Today I had to point out the human feces on the sidewalk in front of the Bank of America to my five year old daughter so she wouldn't step in them. There is no "solution", yet you Mock Michael who, like me, has had enough of the current situation. I have lost my compassion for traveling homeless, for converted buses, for drunks sleeping on the plaza, for cardboard signs on corners, for young people who would rather be stoned then work, for the homeless pets used to elicit more change, and for every hard luck story that has ever existed. It's been a nice run but they can go now. I am one of the people who believes "that if we don't feed them and allow them to sleep that the problem will just go away", and good riddance.
So thanks for coming down off your high horse, and your nice secluded Westhaven home, and commenting on the plague hasn't decended on your town.
-A"
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Tom Sebourn's Blog
Ultra liberal Tom Sebourn was nice enough to mention me on his blog today.
Here's an excerpt:
"There are many in this county that think we do too much for those without homes. I think the country as a whole, has done little to address this issue. Since Ronald Regan closed all the mental hospitals and kicked the people there to the streets, it seems we just accept the situation as normal. Our country can do better, our county can do better and yes, even Arcata can do better.
Arcata is home to a blogger that just takes pictures of homeless people and people living in the cars and vehicles. He mocks them and offers no real solutions to the problem. There are many that believe that if we don't feed them and allow them to sleep that the problem will just go away."
If you have some time to waste you can read the entire blog posting here.
Here's an excerpt:
"There are many in this county that think we do too much for those without homes. I think the country as a whole, has done little to address this issue. Since Ronald Regan closed all the mental hospitals and kicked the people there to the streets, it seems we just accept the situation as normal. Our country can do better, our county can do better and yes, even Arcata can do better.
Arcata is home to a blogger that just takes pictures of homeless people and people living in the cars and vehicles. He mocks them and offers no real solutions to the problem. There are many that believe that if we don't feed them and allow them to sleep that the problem will just go away."
If you have some time to waste you can read the entire blog posting here.
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