August 25, 2019
The city of Austin, Texas is grappling with the problem of
homelessness. Since it has stopped issuing citations for sleeping on the
street, homeless people have been sleeping near the fronts of businesses
instead of in back alleys and other dangerous locations. And some don’t move
away during the day.
One business owner is considering changing his political
party affiliation over the issue. He’s gotten emails saying that customers
can’t come to his store because it smells like urine. He says he’s a Democrat
at heart, “but I’m feeling a lot more red these days when it comes to my
business.”
Maybe placing some portable toilets somewhere away from the
businesses would help.
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