Seattle
tried to attack the homeless problem with taxes on business to raise
Stung
by business condemnation rather than praise
Pulled
its tax increase back
But
kept its house building restrictions intack
Easier
for the proverbial camel to throught eye of a needle go
Than
to get permit for building affordable housing
from the city to bestow
Add
to the costs a $15 minimum wage and jobs start to disappear
As
more jobless on the streets start to appear
San
Francisco with a proposition C placed by concerned citizens on the ballot this
fall
If
passed a receipts tax of ½ % of sales over $50 million to solve a problem that
appall
Sidewalks
covered in urine and feces and used syringes
The
charm that once was San Francisco filth that makes one cringe
If
passed millions will be raised to get people into shelters off the streets
If
passed will businesses with jobs beat from San Francisco a hasty retreat
If
defeated will the crime, filth, and open use of drugs cause more companies to
move
Disgusted
by the failure to the collateral damage of the plight of the homeless has not
improved
A
true Hobson’s choice that the voters must make
In
a vacuum of a lack of building code and zoning review would be a mistake
Building
codes and zoning that the costs of building housing raises
Are
aspects of government that merits condemnation not praise
© October 15, 2018 Michael P. Ridley
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