"Whenever one of my colleagues speaks, I implicitly and explicitly trust what they’re saying," said Senator DiPalma. "I have no reason to doubt because I know them."
I'm only addressing the homeless issue. I believe it was last year that RINewsToday posted a picture of a pallet shelter group in another state. It was clean, orderly with many more shelters than the one in R.I.
How many times has the Governor promised they would open? Three??? December 1st is days away yet these folks still don't have a place to go. I do understand the fire marshal's concern. There have been pictures of the grouping and they are close together. There isn't a way for a fire or rescue to get in. It's too narrow. The out of state picture has streets. Emergency vehicles and trash can maneuver there.
These people smoke and putting up a no smoking sign isn't going to work. A smoke alarm and fire extinguisher in each pallet might take care of that (note that I said might). There have been so many cases of people overdosing, no rescue is going to get in. Police are needed to patrol, just as they do in any neighborhood. Again, there isn't enough room for a single car.
I try and read everything but haven't seen this addressed. I know that there aren't enough shelters for everyone - only a handful can stay there. For the space that it has, there are too many shelters and no way to patrol it. Who designed this - a 10 yr. old? They didn't take into account a street or two??
This is a State problem, not a Providence problem. The Governor needs to step up to the task. The Mayor has bent over backwards and then some. With lousy schools, the homeless roaming all day because the main hub is in Providence, the stabbings, gunshots, and assaults, the drugs, and the rest
going on, he has enough on his plate. The State has more employees and staff than Providence. The Governor needs to stop playing games and actually do something. These are human beings, no matter what their reason for being homeless is. We treat dogs better than that.
I'm only addressing the homeless issue. I believe it was last year that RINewsToday posted a picture of a pallet shelter group in another state. It was clean, orderly with many more shelters than the one in R.I.
How many times has the Governor promised they would open? Three??? December 1st is days away yet these folks still don't have a place to go. I do understand the fire marshal's concern. There have been pictures of the grouping and they are close together. There isn't a way for a fire or rescue to get in. It's too narrow. The out of state picture has streets. Emergency vehicles and trash can maneuver there.
These people smoke and putting up a no smoking sign isn't going to work. A smoke alarm and fire extinguisher in each pallet might take care of that (note that I said might). There have been so many cases of people overdosing, no rescue is going to get in. Police are needed to patrol, just as they do in any neighborhood. Again, there isn't enough room for a single car.
I try and read everything but haven't seen this addressed. I know that there aren't enough shelters for everyone - only a handful can stay there. For the space that it has, there are too many shelters and no way to patrol it. Who designed this - a 10 yr. old? They didn't take into account a street or two??
This is a State problem, not a Providence problem. The Governor needs to step up to the task. The Mayor has bent over backwards and then some. With lousy schools, the homeless roaming all day because the main hub is in Providence, the stabbings, gunshots, and assaults, the drugs, and the rest
going on, he has enough on his plate. The State has more employees and staff than Providence. The Governor needs to stop playing games and actually do something. These are human beings, no matter what their reason for being homeless is. We treat dogs better than that.
I can only speak for myself. I'm disgusted.
Thank you, Senator DiPalma for your openess, and thank you, Steve. Those shelters need to be opened now!!