The Travelers Assistance Program for the Homeless
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher
homeless crazy guy is sitting at the bench talking to himself, and I'm
trying to keep her safe if an emergency arises)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Larry Bogan knows precisely how much it costs
for a bus ticket from Atlantic City back home to Pompano Beach, Fla.:
$126. Unfortunately, that's $126 more than he has at present.
And so instead of cooking in a restaurant or driving a tractor trailer
for someone like he used to do, Bogan eats at a soup kitchen and
sleeps on park benches or in a train or bus station each night. He's
one of about 500 homeless people living in the nation's second-largest
gambling market.
Reducing Atlantic City's homeless population is a key element of a new
effort to help the struggling casino resort get back on its feet after
more than four years of plunging revenues, lost market share and
layoffs. A state agency plans to allocate just under $100,000 to a
local homeless shelter to buy bus or plane tickets back home for any
homeless person who wants to leave.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110501/ap_on_re_us/us_atlantic_city_homeless
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PLUNGING REVENUES are a good reason to get rid of the homeless when
other reasons are not so obvious. Who wants to be near them? GOOD
REASON TO AVOID PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
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