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The city of Denver plans to open an “emergency shelter” to clear the streets of homeless people during the Democratic Convention.
We want the country to get a really good impression of Denver, so let’s hide our homeless under the red carpet we’re rolling out so no one thinks we have “big city” problems like other big cities.
Perhaps we’ll be able to attract more people to Colorado to join us on the freeways every day and form a longer line up to the mountains every weekend.
What other things can we sweep under the carpet? Tax increases? Crime? Water restrictions? Honesty?

Robert Wheeler, Highlands Ranch

READER COMMENTS

this is how the democrats have always taken care of the homeless. remember all the homeless were moved far away from the clinton library in little rock so it would look good for all the hollywood types who showed up.

I'll be handing out double the amount of change to panhandlers as a counter-incentive to stay out and let the Democrats see what Denver is really like.

Me too, Bobby.

What's double of zilch?

Did any of you see the South Park about the homeless last night? Hilarious.

Provide for the homeless and the homeless will come. This brings to mind Prez. Reagan who solved the immigration problem with amnesty; amnesty became the incentive for more to come; they come; they bring with them MDRTB (Peter Boyles this morning):

Medical Drug Resistant TB is rampant in Calif. brought by illegal immigrants mostly from Mexico and the Philippines. The 1984 Federal Law mandates no hospital shall turn away anyone within its borders.

It costs between $200,000 and 2$million to treat one afflicted with tuberculosis of the resistant strain. It is not the homeless, the incarcerated or those on drugs who are afflicted; it is the illegal immigrants who, as opposed to legal immigrants that must submit to a TB test and other medical, that are afflicted. Amnesty is extended to the illegal immigrant without the medical testing required of legal immigrants.

Bush, because of the rat in his pocket, says: "It is hard work; we can do it," and his audience of die-hards applaud even though they don't claim to be part of Bush's "we."

"Bring 'em on," says Bush, to the illegal immigrants and the trucks convey soon to invade America from Mexico called a "rolling torpedo" by a democrat.

"The worst of the worst:" That is Bush 2.

First of all, I do agree with the city leaders taking these steps to present a positive image of our city to the world. A positive image means more tourism which benefits our economy.

As for the homeless, I'm sick of the people who want to coddle them. We don't need to be ashamed of them. We didn't make them homeless and we aren't the ones keepign them homeless.

First of all, let's define "homeless". To me, a "homeless" person is someone who has been temporarily displaced because of unfortunate circumstances ( loss of job, natural disasters, etc.).

I will not insult or dishonor those people by categorizing them with those people who CHOOSE to be homeless. Yes, I said CHOOSE!

I applaud Mayor Hickenlooper for taking a stand to do something about the people who set up camp on the same corners every day and beg from passersby. I've seen bleeding heart types offer them food or shelter and have it refused. They don't want help to change their situation. They just want other people to finance the choice they make to live on the streets and spend what little money they get on alcohol and drugs.

I have no problem with hiding these people from tourists. They don't contribute to it so why should we allow them to represent it?

Regardless of what we all may say in support or nonsupport of hiding the homeless, the truth of the matter is that no problem is solved by sweeping it under the rug and to say it is good for tourists and the economy is augmenting the lie to a absurdly high degree.

It is true some people choose to be homeless but, for the most part, it is the mentally deprived or alcoholic, PT disorder ex-military , the drug addicted and those who haven't the skills, physical or mental ability, nor the livingplace, food and clothes to sustain a job if they could get one in the first place even if they wanted to. It is only when we face the problem and seek answers in the clear light of day that any real solution can be found. All else is nothing more than a badly written soap opera type drama that reeks of hypocricy.

Give them all a bus ticket to Vail or Aspen with a few nights lodging.They would get to see what they will never have and Denver City leaders will look like wonderful people because they gave them a " vacate-tion" at a nice resort town.
I'm sure the city could get some good discounts.Or just try to get the 10 million back from the woman in the tax office.that should cover it.
It will also be a learning lesson for the elites to be grateful for what they have and do some charity work at the same time.
They could take the homeless sight seeing,hiking,river rafting ,mountain climbing and throw them of a cliff.
No one will miss them right?

I have a great idea..leave the homeless alone and let them continue their homelessness on the streets of Denver.

To present Denver accurately and honestly, and appeal to the Democrats sense of political direction...change the convention to a building on FEDERAL BLVD. This way the Dems can see a small part of the grand future they have visulized and are trying to implement by voting for amnesty!!!

Yeah.....that's a WONDERFUL idea!

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