The agreement between the pastor of Dad’s Place and the city of Bryan comes with conditions.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    It was a critical emergency.

    I think that risk of the place burning down would have been worth taking if he were allowed.

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      9 months ago

      They’ve done this repeatedly over time before the government response. They, over time, installed amenities. They could get clearance/zoning for overnight people, like the building right next door to them (a halfway house), but they are extremists who refused to try to work with the government to make it legit

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        9 months ago

        They they they

        Maybe WE should stop treating unhoused people like pests to be eradicated.

        Maybe WE should push our gov’ts to tax the f’k out of corporate-owned housing and use the money to invest in affordable housing.

        Maybe WE should remember when WE point fingers at others, there’s 3 fingers pointed back at us.

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          9 months ago

          They got married and have sex together, too. What do you say to that?

          **I’ve been speaking about the married couple who run the church