Homeless aid, Big Apple style
A one-way plane ticket out of there.
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Comments (7)
Why not a plain ticket to sunny, warm Hawaii? Hard to get a bus ticket back to the mainland!
Posted by PJB | July 29, 2009 2:45 AM
plain = plane
Posted by PJB | July 29, 2009 2:45 AM
Then it's no big surprise Portland has so many homeless people, with all the write ups the NY Times on how wonderful a place Portland is to live. Now I see why PDX needs to enlarge and build a second runway.
Posted by phil | July 29, 2009 6:24 AM
So... if Sam Adam loses his house to foreclosure...
Posted by Outta Here! | July 29, 2009 8:23 AM
What a great idea. I thought of it myself a long time ago. For instance a non refundable ticket from Portland to Salt Lake City is only $76.80 on Greyhound. Considering this city council wants to spend $40 Million on a day shelter center instead that amount of money could purchase 52,083 tickets. That would be a 20 year supply. Or purchase 20,000 tickets and give each person a $100 in cash spending money. Heck, we could end homelessness in Portland in one year. Only difference to NYC’s plan is that we would have to make it mandatory. So much for finding a new solution for the sit-lie ordinance.
Posted by John Benton | July 29, 2009 8:46 AM
Can we institute such a program in Oregon to get rid of the state legislature and Governor Klug?
Posted by Mike (the other one) | July 29, 2009 9:21 AM
Just bought my cheap one-way ticket to New York, after about a week, I'll show up at a shelter, and get my ticket home.
Posted by jeff | July 29, 2009 9:44 AM