| Why Is It Taking So Long For The City To Take Action?

Tuesday Allred

The state of Utah has no problem putting this statewide problem on one city to solve. I emailed County Mayor Jenny Wilson and asked if they have any services for the unsheltered. Her people emailed me back and said they do not, they leave it up to individual cities. While it is not fair to Mayor Mendenhall, she is doing next to nothing. She does not view unsheltered people as people, hence the term “abatement”.

Mendenhall has told Ty to reach out to her for a meeting, but she ignores emails and phone calls from Ty. Mendenhall does not care and has stated she will not allow a sanctioned campground for the unsheltered. Unsheltered people are ticketed and fined $650.00 for “camping” in city limits. They cannot pay that and end up with warrants. When an abatement happens or they go to a shelter, the police and shelter personnel check them for warrants and they get arrested. The only buildings open for the unsheltered are jails.

This woman is correct. Kudos for standing up for the homeless. We can house the thousands of illegals coming in, but not our own homeless. Pisses me off big time.