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Originally posted by glellyn:

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Originally posted by Amy:
I believe they do get rather specific in discussing some of the complaints. I told her about people falling asleep on tables in restaurants, asking people to move to another seat in Starbuck's because "that's my usual seat", people asking for money, people dropping cigarette butts everywhere, unloading dirty laundry from their bag inside a restaurant, sleeping on benches, and cleaning one's body in public view. I also mentioned the general lack of manners. I believe she wrote these things down because she wanted to be able to share these complaints during the announcements. We'll see.

I'm sure they try to get specific. I was just playing ;-) on the concept of trying the build up these people as "stewards" of the community. When you are dealing with people who deficate in public places, are pulling food out of garbage bins, and are likely mentally ill, stewardship is probably a hard concept to grasp.

The point being, PADS can't just "talk" to them during announcements. They need to be in the area prior to the opening and closing of these shelters and OWN the policing and management of their residents to mitigate any negative impacts on neighbors and businesses.

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Originally posted by scotty:


DuPage County has one of the most stringent heath departments in the country

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Originally posted by Clamato:
Another question...does giving money to the homeless help them or hinder them?

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Originally posted by NATIVEHEAT65:
In warm summer months, almost as watching a mythical gnome or hobbit of sorts, you can catch a rare glimpse ,usually near sunset, of said such creature carrying a case of beer home. I think the beer is purchased with that days/weeks earnings of the "50 cents".

LOL...Give him 50 pennies!

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Originally posted by GEM:
National Security

Maybe we can try this approach in Glen Ellyn?

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Persons without insurance have little hope of obtaining quality medical care, and even less of receiving any type of mental health care; and most health insurance policies have strict limits on mental health coverage.

Deinstitutionalization - the process of eliminating the old-time "snake-pit" mental hospitals - has led not to better mental health care, but to the criminalization of the mentally ill.