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Vouchers for hotels for the unhoused are of extremely limited use, if at all. This is one of the failures we've seen in other cities. Without on site case management and resources, you'll have SUBSTANTIAL liability issues with that. At least two on council need to actually do some homework on that.
Charlynda has been told by Elizabeth McKown that her home will be worth $300,000 to develop her plot of land, but not if there are people experiencing homelessness downtown. Now we could talk about whatever happens to the other big plot of tiny homes that Richard McCown was supposed to build as an addendum to McKown Village
Although she is clearly standing, Chelsea is really sitting and spinning because she has advocated for all of these petty crimes that police have to deal with now such as after hours trespassing without direct on site involvement by business owners and now she’s crying the police shouldn’t have to do this. It’s taking up their time is all over the place and I believe neurotic
Chelsea is delaCrayCray so is she four or against persons who are on house going to a municipality because first she doesn’t want them to come to Norman in the neck she’s advocating them going from Shawnee to Oklahoma City. I think she needs to write her comments down and actually see if they make sense or not.
Chelsea is delaCrayCray so is she four or against persons who are on house going to a municipality because first she doesn’t want them to come to Norman in the neck she’s advocating them going from Shawnee to Oklahoma City. I think she needs to write her comments down and actually see if they make sense or not.
2:27:44 I have been harassed 3 times in the last few months just gardening on my front lawn. Everyone says "think of the poor suffering degenerates!" to which I say "Why don't they think of us?"
What do the police reports you filed say? What is the content of those police reports? What's that? No police reports were filed that could have documented your claims? You don't say.....
2:20:56 about 100,000 people die from fentanyl every year, doing drugs in this environment is INSANE. Enabling drug addiction is insane. 50 people does not justify the sacrifice of an entire downtown.
Sure, ideally you provide comprehensive services at a homeless shelter, to include counseling and referrals for drug abuse issues. It doesn't 'enable' drug addiction. NOT doing anything is what enables drug addiction for this population.
If ever there WERE an issue to be addressed by the city, county and OU, it should be housing the unhoused, (City/County and OU providing social work/case management)
For example, when OU’s enrollment is down, in the summer, could they help house the unhoused? Also, they have a school of social work and a counseling center. They should help with services.
Neophyte Councilmember Dixon is so WRONG, OKC is thriving, and has a downtown shelter. He, too represents one segment of the population (the haves) but not the other (the have nots) and needs to go.
Austin Ball should be relieved from his seat post-haste, a city councilmember does not get to pick and choose whom they represent (The Police! NOT the Homeless) Ball is laughably tragic.. . .
Any solution to the homeless problem in Norman needs to have the bottom-line goal of getting them off the streets. It is a disservice to our community allowing them to roam and cause problems. And anyone who uses the phrase "unhoused persons" unironically is not a serious person.
Fire watch is a 24 hr a day thing unless your just protecting life. If you protecting your investment you run it 24/7. If there are any people in there after hrs. they need to run it 24/7
19:50 we need more mental health and addiction facilities that people cannot leave at all during the day. Having shelters downtown is a disaster. Let people build tiny homes and capsule hotels.
