Breakfast brigade trying to resume feeding homeless at Washington Jefferson Street Park. News

https://kval.com/news/local/breakfast-brigade-volunteers-eugene-city-council-permit-feeding

Breakfast Brigade, a homeless outreach group, is asking the City council tonight to restore its special use permit which allowed them to serve meals at Washington Jefferson Park four days a week. What say you?

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u/Fantastic_Gene1023 Sep 24 '24

I’ve seen some of the homeless people who get burritos from them litter the garbage and then just hang out at the park all day and leave a mess. Seems like a idea with good intentions but maybe the park isn’t the place to do it since it makes the park hard to use and messy

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u/TheMaskedTerror9 Sep 24 '24

This type of organization can't afford to own or rent property so public space is the only space available. How does a person eating a burrito make the park hard to use?

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u/terrencethetomato Sep 24 '24

Last time I walked through the park (using the outer walkway) during burrito brigade I was charged by a 120+lb dog, then assaulted by a group of 3 transients after yelling at the owner to grab his dog instead of literally beating him across the face while the dog was still within a foot of me.

The burrito brigade then told me to stop causing trouble and go away without asking if I was ok.

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u/ahughman Sep 25 '24

So a dog did a dog at you, you lashed out at the owner enough that volunteers thought you should stop.

So we shouldn't feed people.

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u/terrencethetomato Sep 25 '24

A careless accident was met with calm, the violent reaction from the owner to the dog was met with an assertive judgement. the violent intent from a group to me was met with loud and intentional defense. The reaction of the volunteers to then blame me was cowardly and craven.