Johnson County Commish Decries 'Burden' Of Upcoming Homeless Hotel

She's not completely wrong.

However . . .

Amid the age of digital surveillance . . . Suburbanite authorities are no longer allowed to push homeless to the urban core . . . Instead, allocating resources for this growing population is a new priority endorsed by the increasingly progressive JoCo electorate . . . Check the reaction from a conservative blog:

The Kansas City-based nonprofit reStart, which will operate the facility, estimates that grants and fundraising will contribute 2/3 of the $1.5 million annual cost to run the shelter, leaving $500,000 for the county and cities to add . . .

Commissioner Charlotte O’Hara is a consistent critic of the homeless shelter project:

“This is a money pit, which will be a burden to the taxpayers of JoCo for the foreseeable future because the BOCC (Board of County Commissioners) has allowed the County Manager and her staff to ignore the original criteria for the selection of a self-supporting organization.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

JoCo moving forward with hotel as new homeless shelter, wants cities to buy-in - The Sentinel

Johnson County commissioners voted 5-2 to buy a hotel and convert it to a homeless shelter, and may also have to subsidize its annual operating cost.