Pay to not play

Providing some shelter and resources for people without stable housing is generally supported here.  But  that means just as long as those services are not nearby. To date, four proposed sites have been tabled by neighborhood objections.

How about neighborhoods paying to NOT have emergency shelter, housing, services, nearby?

Neighborhoods could compete - the ones that pay the least get the shelters; the proceeds from others who pay to not have services nearby fund and operate the resources.

Inequity at its finest - but gee, it would raise money, locate sites by an agreed-upon method, and objecting neighbors could put up their dollars without nixing much-needed resources.  I can hear the cries and objections, but bottom line, it could work.

Because, like it or not, money gives one power and influence to help get things done.  And choosing a service site needs to get done.

Something's Wrong

fences and walls and guards and closures
claiming
mine
you can't have
not yours

locks alarms cameras
the more boundaries, the more invasion
hacking
because we can
because we want more

Truth is red-tagged

If the first casualty of war is truth, and since truth is red-tagged, even though it's a logically inaccurate conclusion, I'd say we are a war - Donald Trump v [    ].  Even more disturbing is wondering why I am surprised.

Obituaries

My college classmates have a project, to draft our own obituaries and share them with each other now, online, while we are still here. 

The obits of others that I read seem of a piece, reflecting lives with a consistency and focus. And maybe after I'm dead, my life will also look that way. 

But now, from my perspective, the lead keeps changing. 

If I had been writing ten years ago, my emphasis would have been my global advocacy. If I were to write tomorrow, I would start with my involvement in solutions to our local shelter crisis. And if I'd written six months ago, I would have underscored how I'd reflected and chosen localism as my best resistance and had decided to participate actively in (almost only) city politics and projects. 

So I'm stuck.

I've written the middle years part. I've not yet added family. I'm wanting an organizing thread. Mark me incomplete.