A New Milpas Street Business Association Is Forming

That's awesome.

Good luck.

Clearly, the people there along Milpas Street need to lead on this.

So what does the writer mean by "filing papers soon"?

Filing for what? Incorporation? A Neighborhood Watch?

"filing papers soon" ? succession from the downtown chamber?

I can't help but wonder though what it is that this new group really wants. I understand the problems but what is it that this new group can do that is constitutional. Can they close Casa Esperanza? A couple years ago a bunch of dressy drunks from West Beach met in a neighborhood "bar" with council member Falcone to discuss all the homeless activity, including drunkedness of all things. Suggestions posted were mean and hateful with no real solutions offered.

The only real solution is a national response and yes it will take money for housing, food, clothing, health care or in other words promote the general welfare for these human beings.

I can't help but wonder why it is that our federal government cannot be sued to promote for this dignified "general welfare" that is preambled in our national constitution. When we have national standards that only allow perfect people to perform functions like serving up a hamburger, washing cars or perform on reality shows on the LCD, then what are the rest of us imperfects supposed to do? Die?

I know there will be a lot of well-to-do who would scoff at providing for the basics. I know the some will think this is unfair and that these basics would be freebies or socialism and all. But it is only in the context of the self that anyone would deny everyone the basics before the government provides free or subsidized barns for our horses, recreational activities such as hiking, lawn bowling, golfing and skateboarding and "free" socialist lanes of traffic and parking for our family's 2 or 3 SUVs and a couple sputtering and puttering recreational vehicles.

So write your senators. Tell them we need a national response. Oh and don't forget to tell them how to pay for it and what you're willing to give up.

Being homeless is not illegal.

Being 'tough on homeless' doesn't solve anything, it only propagates more homelessness. All you are doing is digging a bigger hole for these people. Not to mention it is extremely uncompassionate and just plain mean.

Maybe some of these business owners will experience it some day and change their mind. In fact, can we get a list of these business owners so I know what stores NOT to go to on Milpas? Maybe we as a compassionate community can help expedite that process.

Those who are forming this new association seem to have positive goals, as seen in paragraph two. Acting as a group, they may be able to come up with some solutions to making Milpas a safer and cleaner area again. The problems are there already, but working together in a positive way may help to resolve some of the problems.