Annapolis Capital Punishment

According to today's Capital, the local homeless shelter says it needs more city support to build its new facility. The Capital says, "The city already has committed $400,000 over the next two fiscal years, but Light House officials met with the City Council last night in a special pre-meeting work session to ask the aldermen and Mayor Ellen O. Moyer to double that amount to $800,000 over two years." www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/01_29-46/TOP

Okay. Okay. Yes, there are homeless people and they need shelters. Yes, it is an unfortunate and inexcusable fact of life in one of the richest counties in one of the richest states in the wealthiest country in the world. CP has deplored and continues to deplore the gaping chasm between haves and have-nots in this city, but please--enough is enough.

We already have what is about the highest percentage of people living in public or subsidized housing anywhere in the US. We already built more public housing--beautiful waterfront brick homes to house yet more people living off our tax dollars. Please--though some call me a liberal, leftie, progressive, commie or whatever, we just can't keep spending and spending on social programs. I think we should help, and we are helping--to the tune of $400,000 but enough is enough. Our city is possibly entering a fiscal crisis and has already been generous.

The cost was going to be $6 million but now it's $8.5 million? (Is the mayor and city manager handling the contracts for this as well???)

SURE-WE'LL JUST DIG DEEPER...AND DEEPER....AND WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH I'M FALLING.....

Nobody helps me pay for my home or my utilities or my maintenance and I am getting squeezed from every direction, as are many consumers. Keep taxing me and I may need a homeless shelter.There is a limit! And to my friend and County Councilman Josh Cohen--did you really testify in favor of this? And from your position as a County Councilman? Where do you think we are going to get the money for this? Will you vote for county money for this? Hey wait a minute--that's my money too!!!