$175,000 memorial proposed to honor Austin's homeless

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http://www.kvue.com/news/Proposal-for-175000-memorial-to-honor-Austins-homeless-221575031.html

$175,000 memorial proposed to honor Austin's homeless
by KRIS BETTS / KVUE News and photojournalist DATHAN HULL
Posted on August 28, 2013 at 10:22 PM

AUSTIN -- For 20 years thousands of joggers on the Lady Bird Lake Hike and Bike Trail have run past a plaque honoring Austin’s homeless.

“People love the bench. They love the tree and sometimes they read the plaque, but they don't bring it together,” said Richard Troxell, the founder of “House the Homeless."

"House the Homeless" donated the plaque and bench as well as planted the tree along Auditorium Shores in 1993.

Now Troxell hopes to personally create a new 17 by 8 feet memorial that will cost around $175,000. ...

[snooper2]

1. this thread should be interesting...

[Dreamer Tatum]

2. In other news, a $100,000 bronze sandwich is planned to honor the hungry.

Said a local starving person before fainting, "what a timely gesture toward the hungry this metallic
representation of food will be."

[mahina]

5. Well said.

Exactly.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

7. SNARK-NADO!

Well-played.

[madamesilverspurs]

3. In case we are looking for

yet another reason to bang our heads against a brick wall?

Ye gods.

[idwiyo]

4. How about just raising more money and spending it on buying a property for homeless shelter?

Sorry, $175K is a lot of money that can be spent on getting those homeless people off the streets instead.

[Golden Raisin]

6. I suspect $175,000

could/might be better spent on food, shelter and actual helpful services for the homeless.