Legal Commentary

Governor?s Budget Abandons the Homeless

By Michael Froomkin

Governor Voldermort targets the homeless:

Last year, agencies that help Florida?s homeless received nearly $7 million in state funding to assist more than 74,000 people.But that money was wiped out of the budget unveiled by Gov. Rick Scott on Monday, which called for elimination of the state?s Office of Homelessness.

via Miami Herald, Gov. Scott?s budget cuts could hit needy.

Yes, that’s almost $95 per person served that will no longer be wasted on homeless people, saving each Floridian almost 37 cents.

Full post as published by Discourse.net on February 11, 2011 (boomark / email).