I have great empathy for homeless human beings and those struggling with addiction, but my neighborhood park is an unsafe, unusable garbage dump.

Opinions will vary, but I feel strongly that I shouldn’t have to walk my dog past people smoking dope and screaming and yelling crazy obscenities to no one while flailing around threateningly. I don’t feel safe, but I worked my whole life to be able to afford a place on Capitol Hill. I shouldn’t have to move because the city can’t help people, or enforce existing laws. We need to do better. <end rant>