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Sparky: No Homeless In CDA? What Are You Drinking?

re: Coeur d'Alene OKs homeless plan

So we have no homeless in Coeur d alene? So we will have homeless because if you build it they will come? Holy crap! Where do you live because I live in Coeur d Alene and I have seen them. Do I need to do a field trip to make you see what you refuse to acknowledge? There is a young man who is staying in his car behind where I work. He has a job! He is clean, polite, and shows no signs of drug abuse. I know his employer because I told him about the job opportunity. He shows up to work and does a great job. His mother threw him out of the home when her boyfriend moved in. He struggled to finish school and graduated. He has been saving money to get his own place but his car broke down and gas costs a fortune. He has no credit history and people hesitate to rent to single young guys. He lives in his car and once in while he sleeps on friend's couch or has camped out. But he must not be homeless because there is no such thing, right?

Sparky



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.