Thursday, December 21, 2006
Trashed Lives
The recent crackdown on garbage is long overdue in Skid Row. The comments in the LA Downtown News article blaming the homeless for this problem are silly. Yes, the homeless should know better, but they don’t! It’s like putting a drink in front of an alcoholic and getting upset when they get drunk! You need to remove the temptation to help bring about the desired results.
Businesses need to assume the social responsibility for disposing of their trash in an appropriate manner and many do their part. I’m sure Estella Lopez and the team at Central City East Association is capable of finding a solution that benefits the businesses, patrons and ultimately the homeless.
Here at the Los Angeles Mission we clean up our sidewalks and take care of our trash. I suggest others do the same. At the same time we will continue to provide services that will hopefully take people of out the cardboard and dumpsters and put them in a warm, safe dignified place to begin their recovery.
Cardboard is trash, human lives are not!
--Herb Smith, President
Businesses need to assume the social responsibility for disposing of their trash in an appropriate manner and many do their part. I’m sure Estella Lopez and the team at Central City East Association is capable of finding a solution that benefits the businesses, patrons and ultimately the homeless.
Here at the Los Angeles Mission we clean up our sidewalks and take care of our trash. I suggest others do the same. At the same time we will continue to provide services that will hopefully take people of out the cardboard and dumpsters and put them in a warm, safe dignified place to begin their recovery.
Cardboard is trash, human lives are not!
--Herb Smith, President
