Well the Hancock Administration has presided over rising real estate values and average lease costs, and it's likely true this transformation over the last ten years has pushed those who were barely hanging on out into what can often become a freefall of despair, misery, and homelessness, and, sure,  with such poor public health coverage, mental health may suffer and substance abuse problems may crop up here and there, too.

This isn't a new problem, nor is it particularly a local problem. Shouldn't the conversation be about the problems and issues, and not the symptoms that manifest as a secondary or tertiary result? And why are we kicking the homeless, anyway, rather than simply "individuals whose anti-social activities create public harm or victims of violent crime?" (You may be surprised to learn that some of them aren't in fact homeless.)

Homeless pay taxes and are honest, too. You really lost me at going after the ACLU-- they've got your and my best interests in mind, you know.