The Homeless Suffer While George Is In Town

Thousands of Americans are planning to descend on New York City for the Republican National Convention. Some are actually Republicans; others, protesters. But there is a group of people who will be forgotten for the week: the homeless who live in the area and whose lives will be totally disrupted so that George can take advantage of that Ground Zero 9-11 photo op. At the very least, the planners of the RNC should make a provision for these people.

The homeless should not be forgotten during the Republican National Convention.

While conventioneers play in the Big Apple, attending parties and shows, and celebrating whatever it is they celebrate while nominating a bad man as their candidate, there will be hundreds of disenfranchised people who depend on food and shelter usually provided in some basic way by people who care about them every day, bringing food and a sense of caring to the destitute. Most of these people are victims of mental illness. Could they be veterans, mothers, fathers, children, the downtrodden of our society who for whatever reason find themselves on the streets? They are already disappearing from their usual haunts, afraid of staying around during the convention. Where are they going? How will they survive?