EDITORIAL – Finding somewhere for the street folks to go isn’t easy

YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED, as you drive up from Victoria Street West onto Seymour, there’s usually a half dozen street folks hanging out at the honking big utilities box beside the sidewalk.

It was installed during the rebuilding of the street. The work also included removing a set of stairs that ran from the street up to the West End.

The area at the top had become a gathering spot for the people of the street, and taking out the stairs solved the problem for nearby residents but the street people now congregate at the utilities box.

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Mel Rothenburger is a former mayor of Kamloops and a retired newspaper editor. He is a regular contributor to CFJC Today, publishes the ArmchairMayor.ca opinion website, and is a director on the Thompson-Nicola Regional District board. He can be reached at mrothenburger@armchairmayor.ca.