A group of advocates for the homeless and homeless people themselves met today with Mayor Mark Stodola and City Manager Bruce Moore. The session include a bit of street theater — an advocate impersonated a homeless person to demonstrate how the homeless are stereotyped.

(I hope she aggressively and persistently shook down the city officials for money to portray the reality of encounters with the growing homeless population in our neighborhood.)

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A report on the meeting from Robert Johnston is on the jump.

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