I target this problem because for almost three years I was part of the homeless community. A messy seperation and divorce left me with nothing monitarily and with basically nothing. The last two years I was homeless in Las Vegas. A town that makes millions of money. However, they have no compassion for their homeless what so ever. The mayor of Las Vegas doesn't like the homeless therefore, there is not alot done for help. Law enforcement is constantly harrassing the homeless and have almost made it illegal to be home-less. A number of the public parks are closed to the homeless or have been closed. One most recently, Frank Wright Park was closed on August 26th where alot of the city's homeless hung out during the day to sleep and eat etc. Since alot of the casinos discourage homeless into coming into their establishments. Only two casinos condone locals. While there is open container all through Las Vegas around Fremont and on the Strip, they are constantly locking up or ticketing homeless for open container in the parks or in the alleys while they recycle. While I realize there are problems with drugs, prostitution here. In most cities where there is homelessness. Some have mental health issues. Our government all too often throw these people away because they don't have income and can't afford health care. People who come to Las Vegas or any other big city it is because they hope to find financial stability in employment and get off the streets. Las Vegas has only four shelters. Two of these shelters only have a limited amount of beds therefore, alot of people get turned away. St. Vincent De Paul and Salvation Army provide beds that can be paid for on a regular basis. The Rescue Mission only allows a maximum stay of two weeks unless you join one of their programs for drugs or alcohol. What if you don't have these problems. Not all homeless abuse substances. The problems in Las Vegas though happen all over the country. We have homeless beaten up by others, just for being homeless. They are raped, robbed and killed, harrassed. We NEED to make a change! We need to SEE a change!!!!!!!!
