Editor: A recent article of George Kyle sleeping under a bridge in Chatham opened some eyes.
For him, as the story goes, the trouble starts when he closes his eyes.
Yet it states he had a room, but only had it for two weeks as he was evicted because he did not get along with his landlord.
He has had a bike stolen, and also a tablet, and has had his wallet stolen four times. That’s careless.
When the authorities move an encampment under one bridge, they said they hoped there would be no more. I, for one, was under the impression that was not going to be allowed again.
When I asked one person in authority how come it was being allowed, the answer was that the municipality worked with the initial group of ten and talked them into going to the homeless shelter.
But we can’t just say you have to move. It’s their right. I guess they earned it.
All this talk about how many people are flocking to Chatham to live, if the homeless situation is allowed to get much worse, they will wonder if they did the right thing, and perhaps move on.
The 7-Eleven on Grand Avenue is quite the hang-out place, also there is panhandling that goes on there.
It is surprising that this George Kyle said he moved from London to here 20 years ago. That’s about the time when a lot more did the same, no doubt hearing how good Chatham was and the freebies to be had.
That’s when most of all this started.
Helping some people who need help and trying is a good thing, but it is out of hand.
Ruth Draper
Chatham
