A former resident comes home to Eugene and is appalled by what he finds downtown, describing that which he observes and experiences. It syncs with what most who live here know to be true. The proof doesn't lie.
On cue, an advocate for homelessness presents himself as an authority on the topic and provides the requisite back-handed dismissal. That's not his Nirvana. Another apologist, having spent nearly an entire hour downtown with his camera on a recent Sunday, posts that he spied an elderly woman seated on her walker unmolested; therefore, all is well.
Then there's the resident crank, after 5 1/2 years "studying" why homelessness makes him feel so important, forever squeaking his declaration of war against those who underwrite his thoroughly subsidized, fading existence.
Fresh eyes confirm the obvious: the advocates relish Eugene's status quo.