To the editor:

It appears the homeless center will continue to be “homeless” itself for some time. Its special use permit expires in April. It wouldn’t surprise me if, with the previous objections from the neighbors and spring just around the corner, city commissioners might just say “it’s time” and put everyone out on the streets, parks, alleys, riverbanks, etc., where a lot of them are already.

The shelter’s attempt to move to the business park next to the Douglas County Jail was ill-advised. Police and sheriff’s cars enter from the northeast corner of the jail, not 50 feet from the vacant warehouse proposed for the shelter. Pretty soon, the jail would be the “homeless center annex.”

I would agree that the business park covenants don’t allow a “homeless park.” The judge is correct that the homeless shelter doesn’t have “standing” to sue. I don’t understand how it got that far.

Loring Henderson, John Tacha and the board of directors are all great people. They deserve our thanks and gratitude. But to me the answer is so simple. I’m referring to the vacant warehouse/ office/industrial space at Ninth and Delaware. There are plenty of existing buildings currently empty. The location used to be on the bus route, but is only a block away. The location is close to downtown services, and the property is for sale.

Makes sense to me. Clean up a long-neglected area in the middle of town instead of the middle of a cornfield. Everyone would seem to win.