How can this homeless Tarrant County woman find a lasting place she can live?
Real-world solution needed now
I’ve spent two frustrating months trying to find shelter for a 70-year-old homeless woman who lives a few miles from my home in southwest Fort Worth. She recently spent two nights with temperatures in the 30s in a field with nothing but a sleeping bag and an old tarp.
I have called city officials and homeless shelters. The Presbyterian Night Shelter told me that she would have to get in line at 2 p.m. for a bed that night — offered on a first-come, first-serve basis — and leave first thing in the morning.
Some great people from the Tarrant County Homeless Coalition and Community Solutions came out three weeks ago and got her on a waiting list for housing. But I hope that with 2,000 others waiting for help and temperatures dropping, my friend can hang on until there’s an opening.
- Sharon Austry, Fort Worth
It’s more than the message
I agree with Martin Schram’s Sunday column, “Once again, Democrats have flunked message politics,” (4C) regarding Democrats’ messaging and President Joe Biden’s competence and command. Schram claims Biden’s actions have the virtue of being true. They certainly are.
His pullout from Afghanistan allowed 13 U.S. servicemen and women to be killed and hundreds of U.S. citizens to be left at the mercy of the Taliban. His guidance of the economy finds us in spiraling inflation. He is allowing thousands of people to illegally cross our southern border each month. He sits by while thousands of shipping containers sit unloaded, causing empty shelves at stores.
Biden’s competence and command have the virtue of being true. Unfortunately they don’t make for good “messaging.”
- Gary Lambert, Mansfield
Need way to stop deer roadkill
It breaks my heart to see numerous dead deer on the side of road when traveling Interstate 20/Highway 180 toward Weatherford. On Friday, I saw an entire group that was wiped out. I counted six fawns and one doe.
Practically speaking, the deer are a hazard to drivers. Barriers would be an immediate deterrent. Will anyone step forward to help?
- Karen Gudknecht, Fort Worth
Don’t help the law-breakers
Rommel Sandino has a lot of nerve blaming the government for him being placed in a detention camp when his parents were breaking the law. (Nov. 5, 13A, “Immigration laws need to be updated with path to citizenship”)
He arrived here as a 4-year-old with his parents illegally in 1989. He grew up in the shadows and said he was a law-abiding, working citizen. Did he pay income taxes? Did he have a Social Security number?
Before we make plans for citizenship for those here illegally, our government needs to stop all illegal immigration. We also need to help people who have been waiting years to legally become citizens before we offer it to people who broke the law.
- Donna Bierd, Keller
We must have that wall, and now
Build the border wall and help stop the flood of illegal drugs, human trafficking and people, including criminals, coming into the country illegally.
This is a travesty committed on purpose by negligent Democrats in power. Republican leaders in our state are desperately trying to stop this massive surge. I would like to see a binding national referendum on building a wall. It would protect all Texans, regardless of nationality or race.
- Paula Scoggin, Benbrook