He goes, I was in that tent every day shooting meth in my veins. I said, okay, he, he goes, downtown, you guys came in, you broke up those tents. And I met a guy named Brian who was a tenant there and he came up and he said, Hey, you’re from a city aren’t you? And I said, well, yeah, because I need to talk to you about breaking up the tents down there. And the reason I came to that conclusion is I was down at Zephyr, which is a permanent supportive housing project in Grantville in my district that we cut the ribbon on just a little while ago. Um, but eventually compassion without enforcement becomes enabling with a lot of people and we need to concentrate on that. We’ve done a ton in the compassionate side of things and spend a lot of taxpayer dollars to do that. So then secondly, it’s homeless issue being a little more tough on the enforcement side of things. And then you have people on the waiting list who can’t get in and next thing you know, they’re on the streets. ![]() And the result is people stay on in subsidized housing a lot longer than anticipated. That middle market is just missing and we don’t discuss that enough. Um, people who are in affordable housing have no real next step to go when they’re, you know, moving up the economic ladder, there’s no place to go when you’re at $700 bucks a month with a subsidized house and then you’d have to go to $2,000 a month in the market. ![]() Both of my kids live in a different state cause they can’t afford to live here. I mean, when it comes to our housing crisis, so many times we talk about taxpayer subsidized housing and we’re leaving out of the discussion that missing middle, which I think is incredibly important. Scott Sherman: To talk about important issues in a different light than had been talked about so far. So, um, tell us why you are running for mayor.
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