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LiberalFighter

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35. Maybe he should go live in a cave.

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Mon Jan 16, 2023, 02:06 PM

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basketball Bill Walton proposes moving homeless away from "civilized taxpayers" to "Sunbreak Ranch" [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2023 OP

I lived in San Diego for a while, some years ago. I crossed paths with Bill Walton in those parks RockRaven Jan 2023 #1

Yup. 2naSalit Jan 2023 #18

This is assuming most homeless aren't also working when they become homeless. haele Jan 2023 #36

Thank you for all this info, Haele Hekate Jan 2023 #39

Walton has the out of sight, out of mind mentality. riversedge Jan 2023 #58

At least he's trying to think about the problem. CloudWatcher Jan 2023 #2

It's like he just likes... 2naSalit Jan 2023 #19

What BS former9thward Jan 2023 #63

Sunbreak Ranch looks like the landscape around the Manzanar Internment Camp. SunSeeker Jan 2023 #3

San Diego dessert would be so hot. No one could survive in a tent in the summer... crazy idea BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2023 #4

Not only that... 2naSalit Jan 2023 #20

And cannabis_flower Jan 2023 #5

The location is... 2naSalit Jan 2023 #21

Yup. There's UCSD students living in their cars because they can't afford rent. SunSeeker Jan 2023 #40

Wouldn't it be easier to just have Bill Walton move to the desert? n/t Mr.Bill Jan 2023 #52

Probably but... 2naSalit Jan 2023 #54

This location isn't in the middle of nowhere Zorro Jan 2023 #17

Yes it is. It has no public transportation, no jobs and no housing. SunSeeker Jan 2023 #37

Guess you didn't read the article where it mentions public transportation Zorro Jan 2023 #44

None of that is there now. And upscale Scripps Ranch would not let it be built. SunSeeker Jan 2023 #46

Aren't they camping out in the heat in the city also? EX500rider Jan 2023 #50

San Diego is right by the water. It is not a heat island. SunSeeker Jan 2023 #53

Well parts of it are. EX500rider Jan 2023 #55

His "glorious vision" for an internment camp is seen through the windshield of a Tesla or perhaps... EarnestPutz Jan 2023 #6

+1 2naSalit Jan 2023 #22

Stated well. Delphinus Jan 2023 #38

Weedpatch Camp Roisin Ni Fiachra Jan 2023 #7

It's only a problem when it is an inconvenience to him. twodogsbarking Jan 2023 #8

Something needs to be done, at least he came up with Raine Jan 2023 #9

+1 2naSalit Jan 2023 #23

Certinly not him, nor any others of the My Hard-Earned Tax Dollars Brigade . . . hatrack Jan 2023 #26

You should see... 2naSalit Jan 2023 #27

How about building highways and bikeways way up high over them? GreenWave Jan 2023 #10

and this is how concentration camps begin to be acceptable dembotoz Jan 2023 #11

remove the undesirables (insert your preferred type) Magoo48 Jan 2023 #16

Agree yankee87 Jan 2023 #65

How about try building a more fair and just economy? Johnny2X2X Jan 2023 #12

Just how hard is it to build homes? hunter Jan 2023 #61

Bill needs his DeadHead card revoked and a visit from Jerry Garcia's ghost. GoCubsGo Jan 2023 #13

+1 2naSalit Jan 2023 #25

+1 LuckyCharms Jan 2023 #56

May he receive everything he deserves. niyad Jan 2023 #14

My small Wisconsin city has a homeless problem & most people here have had enough. elocs Jan 2023 #15

I thought I read some city newdayneeded Jan 2023 #28

The Salvation Army here will provide homeless with a place to sleep & meals, elocs Jan 2023 #47

NIMBY with extra steps. n/t aocommunalpunch Jan 2023 #24

Revolutionary 2 Reactionary LessAspin Jan 2023 #29

Yeah, I still remember him MurrayDelph Jan 2023 #30

The solution for "the homeless crisis" PatSeg Jan 2023 #31

Second Avenue Commons in Pgh Deminpenn Jan 2023 #32

I notice he was careful to do a head-fake in the direction of "I care about veterans." Aristus Jan 2023 #33

I had walton mixed up with someone who cares Marthe48 Jan 2023 #34

Maybe he should go live in a cave. LiberalFighter Jan 2023 #35

Didn't he used to be a liberal? He sounds crazy now. Ilsa Jan 2023 #41

Though this is an inhumane idea . . . peggysue2 Jan 2023 #42

So he's basically proposing an internment camp then? Initech Jan 2023 #43

People should read the article Mosby Jan 2023 #45

Free shuttles won't make homeless people move their tent to the desert. SunSeeker Jan 2023 #48

agreed. Homeless people want to move about freely like the rest of us. not wait on a shuttle sched BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2023 #49

'Civilized' nini Jan 2023 #51

" Individuals can reside in a community tent, or camp on their own "........ riversedge Jan 2023 #57

Don't shoot the messenger, bu this is from the linked article: Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #64

A bit of Star Trek "history" we could do without: "sanctuary districts" JHB Jan 2023 #59

I need to rewatch Deep Space Nine... I don't recall this episode BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2023 #60

Season 2, episode 10: "Sanctuary" JHB Jan 2023 #62