Comments on: Another Sunday, another Bill Maxwell column about the homeless

By: Spencer

Spencer — Sat, 30 May 2009 18:01:30 +0000

Soylent Green is People!!!!!!!!

By: Alex Pickett

Alex Pickett — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:27:22 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Tom. I’m totally in agreement with your assessment of the drugs and violence aspect. I guess that’s my point: there are bigger problems there then the homeless. And Maxwell attacked the people giving mean looks versus the more serious criminal elements. That’s the issue in St. Pete. That’s the 2 cents I wanted to see.

And Ben, maybe you need your head up your own ass so you can see your own heart.

By: Tom Tito

Tom Tito — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:34:34 +0000

I was happy to see Maxwell shed some light on a few of the problems caused by the Salvation Army. Give him credit from bringing long overdue action to help Salvation Army clients as well as those of us who live nearby. True compassion at work.
If anything Maxwell was kind to Aunt Sally. His focus was on the health hazards of outdoor public bathrooms and the obnoxious behavior of many clients. He could have talked about drugs and violence surrounding the Salvation Army property. $5 crack cocaine followed homeless drug addicts brought to downtown St. Pete by the Salvation Army. The “nickle boys” supply cheap crack to homeless addicts and are looking to neighborhood kids for new customers.
Most of the homeless are decent people hurt by the tough economy. They don’t deserve the dangers of sleeping outside next to criminals.
Years ago the homeless joined residents in cleaning up this neighborhood. ASAP supported the neighborhood association by bringing their clients who wanted to give something back. Now we clean up trash scattered by Salvation Army clients. A campsite on Salt Creek near 4th Street generated a blanket of litter in the mangroves.
How much compassion does it take to enable down and out men to sleep on the ground near hungry gators?

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:45:40 +0000

Your head is so far up your ass that hemmorhoids are getting scratched by the hairs around your nipples. The people defecating on the right of way on the side of the Salvation Army, sleeping in cars and shrubs around the facility and camping in the mangroves around Salt Creek are a problem.

The Salcation Army facility is a magnet for the problem and needs to break the codependency kick. When a cleaner use for that land would be a methadone clinic, you know something is wrong.