en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/209773 Comments by Mani http://www.komonews.com/news/local/31415344.html#IDComment8867813 This is NOT the first time this has happened. Teachers for example never seem to get a raise but the &quot;breaks&quot; get longer each year. &quot;The less you work, the less we have to pay you&quot; Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:34:38 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/31415344.html#IDComment8867813 http://www.komonews.com/news/30021014.html#IDComment7180613 For those who think that this is a HARMLESS camp. You were not around when the cops cleaned out the &quot;Jungle&quot; on Beacon hill. As a resadent of the hill and also working on the hill we got to see the effects of a long term encampment of homeless people. The large portable lights put up next to the PACMED building so the Hazmat teams could clean up the waste. &quot;Nearly a month after they began, workers have hauled 120 tons of debris out of &quot;The Jungle,&quot; the mile-long brushy hillside encampment above Interstate 5.&quot; &quot;Some carry their garbage out, but most bury it or throw it in heaps beyond their dwellings.&quot; &quot;It is a health hazard and a safety hazard both for the people living in the encampments and the neighborhood,&quot; -<a href="http://tinyurl.com/3fjxd7" target="_blank"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/3fjxd7 " target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/3fjxd7 </a></a> If this was a KOA I would be all for it but this is not the case. If the city wants to build a place for them to camp and we tax payers want to foot the bill for it, fine. Rogue camps are not the anwser to this problem. Thu, 2 Oct 2008 00:07:52 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/30021014.html#IDComment7180613