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Giving credit where it's due:

I found this article via Orbusmax which is linking to this blog article:

Rhetorical Ammo Help defeat Tent City legislation

Help defeat Tent City legislation

According to Saturday's Seattle Times, State Representative Mark Miloscia, D-Federal Way, is attempting to prevent local cities from restricting Tent City encampments:

The discord between faith organizations and cities over temporary homeless encampments prompted Rep. Mark Miloscia, D-Federal Way, to introduce a bill that would make it unlawful for cities to keep faith communities from hosting the encampments. The bill also states that no jurisdiction shall impose a maximum stay of fewer than 90 days.

"We've got this ongoing fight between cities and churches," Miloscia said. "It's still going on; it hasn't settled down."

Noting that 111 homeless people died on the streets of King County last year, Miloscia said churches should not be unfairly hindered in their attempts to save lives by offering shelter.

"To me, that's flat-out immoral," he said.

If you would like to (courteously, please) let Rep. Miloscia know that he should withdraw his bill, here is his contact information:

Rep. Mark Miloscia
30th LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT
437A Legislative Building
PO Box 40600
Olympia, WA 98504-0600
(360) 786-7898
E-mail

Washington State Ping :-)

If you have to pay anything - make sure you pay them in *pennies*. Bags and bags of pennies.

In a perfect world they would feed the homeless to the hungry.

I heard a representative from the church last week on the radio state that although they expected a fine, they are hoping that like in the past, one will not be given to them.

Just another example of a law being on the books, but not being enforced.

WA State Ping...JFK