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America's Meanest Cities for Homeless
The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (NLCHP) and the National Coalition for the Homeless released a list of America’s Meanest Cities for homeless Americans based on anti-homeless laws and the way the homeless are targeted in these cities. Some of these cities are surprising because you would think, cities associated with prestigious academic institutions would work harder to help. Almost every city on this list has a prestigious college in or around it and several are known as college towns. It’s possible these cities are afraid of being seen as dangerous. I can only speak about the two cities I’ve lived in or around. First, Bradenton I would imagine their laws were stiffened in response to the strict homelessness laws in neighboring Sarasota a few years ago. St. Pete has one of the worst records on homelessness tha I can remember. The mayor, Rick Baker in 2007 directed the Sheriff’s Dept to cut up the tents of homeless people living in a particular area of the city called Tent City.
Top Ten Meanest Cities:
- 1. Los Angeles, CA
- 2. St. Petersburg. FL
- 3. Orlando, FL
- 4. Atlanta, GA
- 5. Gainesville, FL
- 6. Kalamazoo, MI
- 7. San Francisco, CA
- 8. Honolulu, HI
- 9. Bradenton, FL
- 10. Berkeley, CA
This was a project to raise $5,000 to help feed the homeless. They started buying signs from the homeless. One guy used some of his money to make a new sign:
“GOD IS GOOD, SO IS PEOPLE”
via: Swiss Miss
"I’m responsible for a great deal of suffering and pain, I understand that,” Mr. Madoff told the court.
“I live in a tormented state now, knowing all of the pain and suffering that I’ve created. I’ve left a legacy of shame, as some of my victims have pointed out, to my family and my grandchildren.”
Addressing his victims seated in the courtroom, he said: “I will turn and face you. I’m sorry. I know that doesn’t help you."
Bernie Madoff before he was sentenced today.
