Posted on 04/06/2014 8:09:36 PM PDT by Islander7
Homeless Tent Cities have proven a disaster in Seattle, Portland, Sacramento and other mainland cities where they have been tried. Homelessness Industry organizers set up their tents in an area--and the meth-addled denizens generate a crime wave targeting local businesses and residents as they seek out anything they can steal to buy drugs. Exasperated local officials pay the organizers off in order to get them to move into a different jurisdiction where the cycle of crime and shakedown begins again.
In Honolulu, unofficial tent cities are now set up in strategic locations designed to pressure the tourism industry, the Chinatown community, the Korean community, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and the Honolulu Council debate over Housing First.
How were these tent cities established? Just look at the tents.
(Excerpt) Read more at hawaiifreepress.com ...
The weather and the political conditions are awesome for a homeless person in Hawaii.
That may end up being my retirement plan since Barney Frank tanked my 401K back in 2008.
One small propane torch would take care of the problem; most of those tents are made of nylon and will burn like gasoline once you get them started.
A MAPP gas torch might be more effective, given the greater heat output they generate. Best technology improvement for the home plumber ever.
They toss it in to one of the drainage canals. I avoid Honolulu like the plague. There is nothing pleasant there.
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