We can all agree that it’s unfortunate, but evidently unavoidable at the moment, I guess, that the warming shelter for the homeless is located way out on Riverside Street, far from where the heaviest concentration of homeless are. But why is it that people are turned out of the shelter at 6:30 a.m.?
Early morning is the coldest part of the day, after all, and what are people going to do with themselves when the bus delivers them to downtown that early in the morning? What they mostly do, I’m afraid, is huddle together in doorways and bus shelters. It seems that they should be able to stay in the warming shelter until at least 9 a.m., by which time the sun will have risen up in the sky a bit.
Cliff Gallant
Portland
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