The sponsor of the bill, Democratic delegate Sheila Ruth, said in a committee hearing that these tent cities are not harmful or dangerous to communities.
“We shouldn’t be destroying homeless encampments,” Ruth said.
Well, except for criminal activity, and public health problems with urine and feces and trash, people getting sick and even dying from exposure to the elements, and making public parks inhospitable to people who want to use such places for their intended purposes, then I guess tent cities are not harmful or dangerous to anyone.
Interesting to see the reasoning ability of public officials.
Defense attorney are one of the biggest lobbying groups in Annapolis. They. want the laws written so that defense attorneys are needed and can get people off.
and making public parks inhospitable to people who want to use such places for their intended purposes,
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And who want to use such places THAT THEY PAY FOR EVERY YEAR WHEN THEIR TAXES ARE DUE! Turning these public spaces over to vagrants who may never have paid taxes is outright thievery in my opinion!