What’s New Port Richey Saying About the ‘Sitting Ban?’

Earlier this week, we asked Tampa Bay area residents to chime in with their thoughts on . While the city of Clearwater has since moved forward with its plan, many Patch readers had mixed feelings about the notion.

Here’s what New Port Richey Patch readers had to say:

We should not rely on federal money or help to deal with what should be dealt with on a community level.
Most homeless fall into 3 categories: mental illness, drug addicts, and loss of job which means loss of a way to pay for housing and the care of thier families.
We should get together as a community, professionals and non professionals alike and do something. As a community we are strong and can accomplish anything.
Look at what 2 small towns in Ireland and Spain did to boost local economy (see- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18085630 and http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/shortcuts/2012/feb/14/spanish-town-peseta-euro )
or the doctor that still gives doctor visits at $5.00 (see-http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/25/russell-dohner-5-dollar-doctor-visit_n_1624497.html).
These communities got together and did something that helps all that are there. It is just up to us as a community to get together and possibly solve our own homeless and economic problems.....the feds be damned.

Where is the Compassion in man kind. When someone falls, do we kick them, or offer them a hand to rise again? I believe that every Community has the responsibility, to help these folks, who have fallen on hard times. If we all join together we can make this world a better place. Looking the other way from the fallen, is a very sad way to live our lives. Our Country was built on the trust in God, but if we believe in God, why won't we help our brother's? How can we judge, unless we be judged? People need to think with their hearts! Obviously, too many are brain dead, and heartless!

I am curious as to where these lawmakers would have the homeless move to? We have a huge number of homeless here and i continues to grow. Meanwhile, it is illegal for groups like Food Not Bombs to set up and feed them (which includes clean up afterward) We have families with small children living in cars or tents moving around from place to place. What is the aim of these laws, to lock them up? To fine them? Please...take money from the feds or whomever offers! I doubt the vast majority of them actually wants to be homeless and hungry! Some places, shelters, charge these folks to spend the night. We have an ever growing foreclosure crisis which promises even more homeless to come, while there are many empty homes sitting there falling apart due to being abandoned or lost in the nowhere zone because the banks can't figure out where the papers are. It is a sin to have all of these empty places and all of these homeless people. Nobody wins here. It's all nice to talk about the community being responsible but I have yet to see the community really pull together to solve a big problem like this especially when the only ones that will benefit are the very poor.

What do you think? Let us know in the comments section.