Homeless Problem from Valeri McGarveyJudi Funk
From: Valeri McGarvey <mcgarvey779@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2024 10:48 AM
To: Kalispell Meetings Public Comment
Subject: EXTERNAL Homeless population
I thought you might find the following article interesting. It would be wonderful if this council and our
mayor would be honest about the causes of homelessness in our community. To say that that the
problem began in 2020 because of the Warming Center is disingenuous. Correlation is not causation. I
have homeless folks in my neighborhood too, but I am not asking for the library to be closed down. Your
job as the mayor and council is to solve problems in our city, not blame the very people who are
attempting to solve the problem. Please do the job we elected you to do. If you think the homeless issue
will disappear if the Center closes down, you are mistaken.
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Valeri McGarvey
Kalispell