Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

`Visionary' plan would put `a roof over every bed in King County' by 2014 (Seattle hasn't learned)
The King County Journal ^ | March 12, 2004 | Jeff Switzer

Posted on 03/12/2005 12:21:21 PM PST by Stoat

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-40 last
To: Stoat

Unless you guys in Washington elect Vlad Dracul as governor, any plan that draws more of the homeless to your state is going to result in bankruptcy...


21 posted on 03/12/2005 2:06:15 PM PST by LRS
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Stoat

This is a GREAT plan, I hope they speed it up and expand it!

Godspeed to these idiots creating a homeless magnet, it will draw away lots of the bums we have here in Dallas. Better there than here...


22 posted on 03/12/2005 2:10:49 PM PST by Diddle E. Squat
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Comment #23 Removed by Moderator

To: Stoat
But the pricetag to meet the vision of "a roof over every bed in King County" could be from $680 million to $1 billion.

A mere pittance!

If we set our sights high, that everybody in King County would have a house, it sets for us a standard we'll be always chasing, said Jeff Natter, newly named program director of the Committee to End Homelessness in King County.

It sounds like good ol' Jeff Natter wants to create a life long job for himself.

"It´s a visionary document that aims very high."

Maybe if he aims high enough he will quietly float out to sea.

24 posted on 03/12/2005 2:30:41 PM PST by DumpsterDiver
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: DumpsterDiver
Maybe if he aims high enough he will quietly float out to sea.

We can only hope.  It would, however, ultimately make no difference because he would be instantly replaced with someone else who is at least, if not more of a hard Leftist than he is.

Don't forget....this is the place that boasts a giant statue of Lenin, continually reelects the likes of "Baghdad Jim" McDermott and Patty "Osama isn't so bad" Murray (not by close margins, mind you, but by MASSIVE majorities) and whose city council is in love with Fidel Castro.

25 posted on 03/12/2005 2:51:05 PM PST by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: Stoat

King county must have a population shortage to pass this. Look for a population expolion


26 posted on 03/12/2005 2:57:39 PM PST by jec41 (Screaming Eagle)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Stoat
Don't forget....this is the place that boasts a giant statue of Lenin, continually reelects the likes of "Baghdad Jim" McDermott and Patty "Osama isn't so bad" Murray (not by close margins, mind you, but by MASSIVE majorities) and whose city council is in love with Fidel Castro.

I'd love to do some bragging right now about how much better my city/state is, but what can I say to defend the politicians of Los Angeles and CA? Nothing!

27 posted on 03/12/2005 2:58:29 PM PST by DumpsterDiver
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: snarks_when_bored

Since Mr. Natter seems so concerned about the homeless. Perhaps someone should ask him how many homeless people he has living at his house.


28 posted on 03/12/2005 3:15:17 PM PST by dearolddad
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Stoat

I understand you musings. I shared them while living in Massatushitts. But now I'm in Virginia, and enjoying it very much.


29 posted on 03/12/2005 3:35:23 PM PST by theDentist (The Dems are putting all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: Stoat
"It is estimated that more than 8,000 people are homeless in King County each night."

I wonder if it has occurred to them that by the end of 2014 there could be 8,000 more--or 800,000 more--or...??? The word does tend to get around.

30 posted on 03/12/2005 4:04:42 PM PST by Savage Beast ("The more laws there are, the greater the number of scoundrels." Lao Tzu. B. B. Walker translation.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Stoat
These Visionaries remind me of the equally visionary Isadora Duncan and her familiar-to-all request to George Bernard Shaw that he father her child because she wanted a child with her body and his brain--to which Shaw, declining the invitation, replied, "What if it had my body and your brains?"
31 posted on 03/12/2005 4:15:33 PM PST by Savage Beast ("The more laws there are, the greater the number of scoundrels." Lao Tzu. B. B. Walker translation.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Stoat

I was standing on a street corner in Ft. Worth once when a guy behind me made a wolf whistle at a really attractive woman across the street. Being from the north, I was scared that she would think that I did it and make some nasty remark. Instead when we were crossing the street she looked at him and said "Thank you, Sugar". God Blessed Texas.


32 posted on 03/12/2005 5:52:47 PM PST by gogipper
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: Stoat

(s)In realizing they will never reach thei goal, the Kign County gove declares it is illegal to have a house with an underutilized bedroom count. Thus forced housing of homeless in private homes will commence. Unless you are in the military, then the third amendment prevents military personel from being housed.(/s)


33 posted on 03/12/2005 6:16:37 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Libertarianize the GOP

But if everyone has a home and is not homeless, where will democrats get their fake homeless voters? Where will snow white, kermit the frog, and Puff Dragon be able to absentee vote?


34 posted on 03/12/2005 6:22:16 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: LRS

Coincidently, ConAgra is planning to open a huge new Soylent Green manufacturing plant in Seattle. Maybe all the poor, homeless, 'victims' can find something useful to do there...


35 posted on 03/12/2005 6:23:08 PM PST by abovethefray
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: Stoat
What makes them think that more bums will show up for the handouts?

Clueless in Seattle...
36 posted on 03/12/2005 6:23:54 PM PST by Frumious Bandersnatch
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: abovethefray

Now that sounds like plan!


37 posted on 03/12/2005 6:35:57 PM PST by LRS
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies]

To: longtermmemmory
What scares me is all the ballots for which there were no voters, especially the 400 unaccounted for ballots that appeared during the recount, exactly the number of ballots that it took to overturn Rossi's victory.
38 posted on 03/12/2005 8:50:59 PM PST by Libertarianize the GOP (Make all taxes truly voluntary)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies]

To: gogipper
I was standing on a street corner in Ft. Worth once when a guy behind me made a wolf whistle at a really attractive woman across the street. Being from the north, I was scared that she would think that I did it and make some nasty remark. Instead when we were crossing the street she looked at him and said "Thank you, Sugar". God Blessed Texas.

What an enchanting place, where women are Ladies, and they don't walk around with a huge militant-feminist chip on their shoulders  "sigh"

I can hardly imagine the thrill I would feel, of being called 'sugar' by a pretty lady passing by on the street.....what an amazing thing....

I think that I may have felt something similar when I visited New Orleans, and at the Maple Leaf  a delightful young lady did three things that women rarely if ever do in Seattle:

1.  She smiled.

2.  She came over to speak with me, and did so with grace and courtesy.

3.  She more or less insisted that I dance with her, and taught me some new steps.

It was the most magical thing.......

Thank you so much for the great post.  More nice things being said about Texas over here:

Feeling Blue Magazine Grades Cities On Depression (Texas Cities Found To Be Happiest)

I MUST 'at least' visit Texas one day, thank you   :-)

39 posted on 03/15/2005 2:04:23 AM PST by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 32 | View Replies]

To: theDentist
I understand you musings. I shared them while living in Massatushitts. But now I'm in Virginia, and enjoying it very much.

I have heard other people speak very highly of Virginia as well, and I would love to 'at least' visit one day, thank you   :-)

40 posted on 03/15/2005 2:06:58 AM PST by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-40 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson