We have had 3 stabbings in Eugene in 7 or 8 days, one a fatality, and at least 3 of the 4 perpetrators were homeless men. Still, some people argue, we don't have a homeless problem. We should expand our services so that we can keep these outsiders here in our community and even establish ourselves even more as a magnet for them. The library has become the daytime hotel for many of them resulting in an "in-and-out" approach by residents to the formerly welcoming facility (welcoming to those with basic hygiene and not encumbered by massive back packs weighing more than Jon Ruiz).
Sometimes, my fellow liberals appear as crazy as the lunatic fringe that now defines the Republican Party. Radicals of whatever stripe can be dangerous.