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/Moist-Intention844 Sep 24 '24

By lottering littering and disrespecting others public spaces with entitlement and drug use

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u/ahughman Sep 25 '24

"It's not THEIR public space... its other's' public space!".

Awww are they disrespecting your space by having a meal that day?

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u/Moist-Intention844 Sep 25 '24

No it’s more when they start pissing and shitting on them while creating garbage and destroying the grass.

I find it incredibly ignorant that you don’t see the difference between the two and want tax paying citizens to continue to pay to repair the space

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u/ahughman Sep 25 '24

I see the difference between the cost to a tax payer of some damaged GRASS in a place where it rains all winter long - and the cost of eliminating the main option for people to have a hot meal.

You keep trying to figure that out.

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u/Moist-Intention844 Sep 25 '24

That is definitely not the main hot meal in town

lol

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u/ahughman Sep 25 '24

Oh yeah? What makes you say that?

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u/Moist-Intention844 Sep 25 '24

And we all know there is lots of damages due to impact of this on our parks

If it’s raining so much that this “main hot meal” happens why is it such a great spot? Why do you hate our parks and Mother Earth? Why do you defend destroying public spaces ?

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u/ahughman Sep 25 '24

The shelter from the rain comes from the overpass. The rain makes the grass grow back in a matter of weeks. The park under the overpass is not "mother earth", and feeding people is not destroying anything.

You need to tone down the save the grass display and realize this is about human beings having a meal.

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u/Moist-Intention844 Sep 25 '24

lol I can guarantee that I’ve been here longer and have struggled more than you You can tone down your need for attention

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u/ahughman Sep 25 '24

Okay you deserve a trophy as much as they dont deserve food i guess.

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u/Moist-Intention844 Sep 25 '24

Omg

They are not going to starve to death over moving this burrito giveaway to another location since this one has been abused and destroyed for years

There are SO MANY nonprofit organizations giving away food and y’all are fighting for a known nuisance situation to continue so you can virtue signal

When I brought 100 sandwiches to pass out I walked around to hand them out and talked with everyone

When I give my extra food away when I have extra after vending I pull my cart to a parking spot and serve hot dogs until they are gone

What do you do but spew bs to make yourself feel better about yourself? Because you are spinning in circles

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u/ahughman Sep 25 '24

I dont represent anyone but myself.

More trophies for the sandwiches and hot dogs, that's really good of you to do. Sincerely, I do commend you for that, I hope you keep it up. but Im not arguing that youre a bad person.. im saying right now, pulling this permit is wrong.

The meeting I went to last week had 2 church leaders explaining they were swamped, that other options werent keeping up.. police all over oregon includong eugene are stepping up their sweeps, making things harder for people, the numbers of hungry people are currently getting worse, doubling according to the local catholic church's account.

The bottom line is that removing a food option, in a crisis, is not okay. Doesnt matter if there is litter, or dead grass, or if you consider it a nuisance...you cant take away a food option when other food options arent enough. Thats the current situation. This permit was pulled because of people who, similar to your excuses, didnt like the view, and considered their comfort more important than these people's ability to eat this month.

Im glad you've helped, but it doesnt change the issue. I will be happy when a better optiom comes along, but until it does, being uncomortable with trash or dead grass is completely irrelevent.

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u/Moist-Intention844 Sep 26 '24

lol

As someone who pays to vend food in this county I’m about tired of ppl like you who attack the tax payers that are paying for you to feel good about yourself as you defend a community that doesn’t contribute anything to our community

They can get their burritos somewhere else

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u/Living_Plague Sep 25 '24

Do you complain about tax money every time it’s wasted? Maybe take a look at the military as a place to divert this energy. Or shut the fuck up and do something to help people in need if you don’t like the way it is being done currently. Which I agree is ineffective. You’re just pointing the anger at the homeless because it’s easier than examining the systemic societal problems which have created a complex problem. Yeah it sucks to see someone so fucked up they’re doing drugs in public and leaving trash around. If you sat on your ass and relaxed at all in the last week, you had time to improve the situation at least a little. If you’re not trying to fix the problem, you’re just another worthless complainer sitting around doing nothing. And yes, you should feel a responsibility to help others. As others have noted doubt helps you at times in life. Do better.