r/Eugene • u/drrevo74 • Sep 24 '24

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/Warthog_Orgy_Fart Sep 25 '24 edited Sep 25 '24

It’s not a working solution, though, obviously, or else there wouldn’t be so many people who live here, work here, and pay taxes here, who have an issue with it’s current implementation.

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u/ahughman Sep 25 '24

Its a working solution as in people who have nothing are able to eat every day because of it... even when people in a good tax paying bracket complain to remove the permits so that they cant.

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u/Warthog_Orgy_Fart Sep 25 '24 edited Sep 25 '24

I do think that people deserve to eat, regardless of circumstance. And I wish my tax dollars went to paying for something more feasible, and less to the bloated budget of the EPD. But it’s not up to me in the end, I have no influence in the matter, except for voting in a manner that I feel would help the issue. Which I try to do. But a free for all in the park ain’t it. That’s not what that space is for. The community really shouldn’t have to step up in this regard. There should be a designated, indoor space, paid for by the city and/or state for such things. Because god knows they take enough of our money. It shouldn’t be a community issue, it should be a social contract issue. What it boils down to is I have an obligation to provide for and take care of my family. It’s what’s in my complete control. The government should provide for those who can’t or are unable to for themselves for whatever reason that the social contract accepts as legitimate.

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u/ahughman Sep 25 '24

What if I told you there WAS a city run indoor space, but they made it only open a fraction of the time because Covid made it unsafe... so the burrito groups stepped in to fill the need.

Do you still want this option for people to eat to be removed before your assumed solution exists?