Anyone reading this blog knows I pretty much don't give in to media spin. While I've lent my voice and likeness to a number of agencies when I thought it was for a good cause, there's tons of other times I've just had to say 'no'.Seems it's coming back around to that time again.
Recently the last two months have been a period when many agencies were putting the spin out that the sky was falling. The fact is it's not, there's going to be plenty of people experiencing homelessness to justify all the businesses 'doing what they do'.
The problem is justification of what they're doing. It all comes down to who rants the most, gives the best impression, all before packing up for the day and heading home for a well deserved drink.
I had the chance last week of speaking to a few people 'in the biz', being pretty disgusted by the tactics being used by some of non-profit providers in Jacksonville.
"If they need the money, then they need to quit concentrating on rubbing elbows for political success and start peddling to the millions of residents in their own county."
"They're more worried about setting up 'annual' hooplahs instead of getting out there weekly and doing car washes...they've got the ovens, they've got flour...do a bi-weekly brownie sale!"
"They became too much about businesses and whatever term starts getting used by someone else first. Too many people hurt or fired by people who can't get a job elsewhere...it's like a cancer here."
Got your own tripe to grill? Feel free to email 'homelessfamily' 'at' 'yahoo.com'. All contacts are kept confidential to protect the innocent from the assanine.
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