Clean up on Main Street: A businessman has delivered to Denver officials solid proof of the city’s homeless crisis.
This from wndnewscenter.org.
And the gift to city leaders deposited on their entry steps? A box of human waste. Feces. Sh*t. Not his own, but what he cleaned up from just outside his business.
The local CBS affiliate pointed out that:
While Mayor Mike Johnston says addressing homelessness is his number one priority, a Denver businessman says he’s had it with the homeless going number two wherever they want.
The report described his message to the city as:
[A]n act of civil disobedience.
There, Jon Caldara delivered to city hall human feces he found outside his business.
This is genius!!
A Denver businessman, Jon Caldera says he's had it with the homeless going number two around his business. In what he calls an act of civil disobedience he dumped human poop that he found outside his business on the steps of the Denver City and County Building… pic.twitter.com/tn1kSCQeVj
— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) September 26, 2023
BREAKING (?): Jon Caldara, a Colorado-based libertarian activist and radio host, plans to deposit human poop (not his own) on the steps of the Denver City and County Building tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/ZuWerAdTQM
— Max Levy (@maxamillianlevy) September 25, 2023
He announced to visitors watching:
This is a present from the homeless to the people
who have kept this homeless problem going.
Caldara explained that multiple times a week, security cameras catch a homeless person defecating outside his business.
And it’s not just human feces.
He exclaimed:
We have to clean up vomit and urine and syringes and used condoms and feces. We didn’t cause the homeless problem in Denver but we have to clean up after it.
He said he’s previously tried appealing to police and the mayor, without results.
And he described the answer as jail cells.
He explained:
This is a drug crisis, this is a mental health crisis, and this is a crisis of law.
That these people who need help will never get help if they are not brought to jail where they are forced to get some help.
Meanwhile, the office of Denver’s mayor released a statement, saying:
Today’s a big day. It’s move-in day for around 70 people living in an encampment to a place they can call home as part of our homelessness initiative. The city has provided trash pickup for many encampments across the city to support both the residents living in the encampment as well as those who use those public spaces.
Mayor Johnston is focused on actions that promote true change and the milestone of move-in day indicates we’re on our way to reaching our goal to house 1,000 unsheltered individuals by the end of 2023.
Final thoughts: Michael B. Hancock (C/G) was mayor of Denver from 2011 to 2023. The new mayor, Mike Johnston (C/G) assumed office in June 2023.
Don’t anticipate a meaningful positive change anytime soon.
