Open Up The Streets, The Homeless Are Coming, The Homeless Are Coming Thanks To A City Department's Heartlessness!!!

No, this is not Paul Revere's warning to the Colonials that the British are coming, this is Ron Gauthier's warning to the citizens of Hollywood, FL that the homeless are coming....yes, the homeless are coming.

This may appear to seem a bit outrageous or extreme, but the truth of the matter is, thanks to our local Fire Chief and his regulations, approximately eighty  formerly homeless human beings are about to once again become homeless in the city of Hollywood, FL.

A sudden fire code enforcement that strangely enough was dormant for the past seven years has surfaced, forcing The Homeless Voice Shelter in Hollywood, FL to evict these people back into the streets. Where is the logic, where is the compassion, where is the common sense in our so-called leaders of this community?

Many of you out there view the homeless as a bunch of bums, drinking beer, taking drugs and lazy people looking to live their lives on handouts and pan handling money to support their habits. I will admit that this scenario applies to some homeless people, they are the ones who choose to live their lives this way and nothing, nor no one will ever change their desires to live this way, however, the fine people that are about to be cast out into the streets of Hollywood, FL are hard working individuals with morals, values and YES folks, INTEGRITY....they were merely victims of our economic times caused by our government and they are once again about to become victims of yet another government, that of the Hollywood, FL Fire Chief.

It seems as though the city of Hollywood, FL will only acknowledge shelters that are funded by Federal programs....why so, because the city can't touch the Federal Government and who's to say that the city of Hollywood, known for corruption by its officials in the past, isn't getting kickbacks from someone to exempt those shelters and agencies that are publicly funded....think about it!!! This same individual, our local fire chief has received awards and commendations from a Federally funded shelter in the city of Hollywood.

The Homeless Voice Shelter is a non-profit organization accepting no funds from any government agency on any level.....perhaps the very fact that this shelter is self-sufficient and not in the political game of greasing palms is the reason they are now being targeted by our city officials as being a thorn in their sorry, political sides.

The Homeless Voice Shelter has been operating for better than a decade, providing a home, food, clothing and yes jobs for those who lost it all. These individuals have been able to save money through their hard work and move on, back into mainstream society and perfectly functional and lest we forget, once again becoming tax paying citizens. The shelter also houses human beings that have disabilites, human beings that have been abandoned by their loved ones for one reason or another. These disabled people now living at the shelter face being thrown out into the streets once again (and to make matters worse, while these same individuals go to the nearby bus stop to get transportation to their doctors or health clinics, they now have to await their bus, standing on their feet because the city officials have removed the bus stop near the shelter therefore giving them no means of comfort while waiting for the bus to arrive.)

This is their home, they are not on the streets, they are part of a family of men and women who care about eachother, take care of one another and love eachother as the only family they have and yet the City of Hollywood, FL Fire Chief doesn't care about that and would rather have all of you see them in your streets, your neighborhoods, your trash cans, looking for food, your back yards, looking for shelter....

We as citizens of a community pay property taxes in order to provide the services we require to live comfortably, yet, with YOUR hard earned money, your taxes are being applied to needless projects, your city officials do what they want to do, because they can. Your city officials are not listening to you, they could care less about you until that precious election year comes around, how ironic that this is the time they seem to remember you.

Without the Homeless Voice Shelter, many of the citizens we provide a home for would be out in the streets with nothing to look forward to, yet, our local Fire Chief could care less about that because of codes and regulations that are being enforced.

Let me ask you all, when did these city officials call you at home to ask your opinion as to how government in this city should be run. I fully understand that we elect officials to represent us and our best interests, but let's be REAL here, your city officials don't give a darn about you or me or the homeless. They are out to set policy that is in their best interest, not mine, not yours and certainly not that of the poor and homeless in this community.

I URGE YOU ALL WHO READ THIS LATEST POST TO WAKE UP, PROTEST TOWARD THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, FL and let your officials know that you do not want formerly homeless citizens who now have a better life and a more promising future to be cast out back into the streets due to some egotistic needs and illogical codes.....

Please help me help the homeless, because with your prayers, your support and your help, we can create a better life and a more fruitful future for those less fortunate than YOU!!!

Thank you and may God bless you all.

Ron Gauthier
Advocate for the poor, the oppressed and the homeless in America.

http://www.helpinghomelessinamerica.blogspot.com/