Posted on 10/01/2019 10:46:07 AM PDT by NRx
For about a month, the rocks were just a mystery. Two dozen boulders had popped up along a San Francisco sidewalk — and even officials were stumped.
“We don’t know who put them in, but it wasn’t the city,” a councilman said.
By the time the rocks were hauled away Monday, they’d spawned days of headlines and split a community.
Local news outlets began to piece the story together last week: Weary of alleged drug dealing among homeless people camping out on their block, neighbors on the street of Clinton Park had pooled several thousand dollars to physically bar the way. To some, it was a creative tactic from desperate residents. For others, it was a declaration of hostility to the homeless — a Band-Aid measure in a city where their plight has drawn national scrutiny and where shelters still can’t meet demand. The homeless count in San Francisco jumped 17 percent from 2017 to this year as rents and real estate prices continue to skyrocket and as the Trump administration considers an intervention in California.
Opponents rolled the rocks into the street overnight; city workers put them back; people rolled them out again. Protesters gathered Sunday, while residents called a meeting and said they faced harassment.
By last weekend, the boulders were exposing just how high tensions are running amid a city homelessness crisis that years of policy proposals have done little to dent. They’d become a “symbol,” said Danielle Baskin, a San Francisco artist who walks through Clinton Park on her way to work and whose Twitter account now identifies her as an “Anti-Rock Agitator.”
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Don’t want it.
I love Louisville. It’s nowhere near as bad as Seattle or Chicago. It’s got its problems, but I’m free to CC here and there is some awesome beer and food here. and traffic is wonderful.
And when I want a nice “seattle feel”, I just go to “The Highlands”.
I would think the bums would take advantage of these to sit on instead of standing or sitting on the sidewalk...
Louisville used to have the Red Star Tavern that had the best cornbread appetizer. It was like cake.
Tennessee has Memphis.
Oddly enough, I have never had problems with anyone attempting to ‘camp’ in *my* yard.
:D
Pits are not that good as personal protection dogs.
They were bred to be human friendly/dog/bull aggressive.
Only *one* breed was ever created solely to go after people.
Boerbels.
:)
Homeless people will crowdfund a trip to Harbor Freight for crowbars, car jacks, and movers dollies.
mortar or concrete would be better than gravity for keeping them in place
The “residents” voted for it, they should live with the consequences.
Is that human scat between and around the rocks? I think so.
Surprised the city ‘rats haven’t supplied doggie poop bags or at least toilet paper for the homeless.
Bigger boulders needed.
“We don’t know who put them in, but it wasn’t the city,” a councilman said.
Fred and Barney from Acme Rock Company.
If they’re worried about the rocks, why not wrap them in paper? Problem solved! (scissors wouldn’t work)
Clever!
Every thing south of Indianapolis is Kentucky.
Huge Dobermans might be a better plan.
= = =
And they might like to ‘hike’ on those huge rocks.
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