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Bay Area gets hefty grants to help homeless alcoholics
San Jose Mercury News ^
| Thu, Aug. 18, 2005
Posted on 08/18/2005 12:05:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Didn't the homeless problem take off when the Santatriums were closed?
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posted on
08/18/2005 12:12:11 PM PDT
by
John Will
To: nickcarraway; NormsRevenge; Dashing Dasher
To: nickcarraway
I hear a giant sucking sound.
To: nickcarraway
I see - quite a few social workers will become problem drinkers. $4 million will buy a lot of booze.
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posted on
08/18/2005 12:12:40 PM PDT
by
GSlob
To: nickcarraway
Once again a misguided liberal attempt to help people who refuse to help themselves. When will our country find personal accountability again?
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posted on
08/18/2005 12:13:00 PM PDT
by
7thOF7th
(Righteousness is our cause and justice will prevail!)
To: nickcarraway
Am I reading this wrong? Each of these people need essentially a $95,238.10 check to sober up???
The epitomy of "this is bullshit" has just been revealed... And, this is coming from a recovering alchoholic...
To: nickcarraway
That's $23,781 / per drunk
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posted on
08/18/2005 12:21:28 PM PDT
by
Pessimist
To: nickcarraway
So, am I reading this right: EHC get $23781.69 per person?
To: nickcarraway
They could start passing these out to them and when they're finished drinking it, they can just live in it.
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posted on
08/18/2005 12:21:43 PM PDT
by
ShadowDancer
(As for the types of comments I make,sometimes I just, By God,get carried away with my own eloquence.)
To: nickcarraway
Oh, great... now they're all going to flock to this area. AGAIN.
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posted on
08/18/2005 12:23:39 PM PDT
by
Kevin OMalley
(No, not Freeper#95235, Freeper #1165: Charter member, What Was My Login Club.)
To: 7thOF7th
To: Pessimist; Clock King
My bad, I divided by the $4 million, not the $998,831.... Still the "this is bullshit" winner!
To: nickcarraway
This will fail 100%.
Guaranteed.
To: GSlob
I see - quite a few social workers will become problem drinkers. $4 million will buy a lot of booze. Are you kidding? $4m isn't nearly enough. Why before you know it they'll be back for more; claiming the problem when deeper and was a lot more complex then they originally thought.
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posted on
08/18/2005 12:36:31 PM PDT
by
yankeedame
("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
To: yankeedame
The insurance companies bailed out on this fifteen years ago.
So, now in comes the government. AA is free.
To: Fog Nozzle
Wouldn't just flushing the money save a lot of time?
I also wonder how much of the Grant money goes for administrative costs and why the Bay area got over a 1/3 of the grants available?
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posted on
08/18/2005 12:40:52 PM PDT
by
lastchance
(Hug your babies.)
To: nickcarraway
They can afford the good stuff now.
To: Hand em their arse
$95,238.10 Wonder if I can get mine retroactively?
(One day at a time since July, 1981)
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posted on
08/18/2005 12:41:42 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
To: nickcarraway
Still no veto's,
wasteful spending at it's best - courtesy of the gop
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posted on
08/18/2005 12:43:58 PM PDT
by
WhiteGuy
(Vote for gridlock - Make the elected personally liable for their wasteful spending)
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