Question: What do Duane Hagadones’ proprosal for a garden on Sherman Avenue and Coeur d’Alene’s proposal for a Kroc Center grant have in common?

Answer: Neither one includes any provision for improving life-saving shelter and other basic needs for Coeur d’Alene’s homeless and hungry. As Kevin Taylor noted in his article today, two transients have died in Coeur d’Alene in as many weeks, and St. Vincent De Paul men’s shelter may be unable to meet the needs this winter. I’m very sad that red geraniums, recreation facilities, performing arts centers, senior centers, computer labs and Internet libraries apparently have a higher value than human life to the people in Coeur d’Alene who have the resources but not the will to make meaningful changes.

Bill McCrory
Coeur d’Alene

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