Michigan City Decriminalizes Public Defecation, Concerned Businesses Fed Crock of Crap by Mayor – Opinion

According to the old saying, what you pay is what you get. Kalamazoo in Michigan and the other once-proud communities like San Franciso and Los Angeles and New York City are examples of this. Just what it saysWhat they do (taxpayers). Pay for the following: Out-of-control littering and homelessness, as well as public urination, are all signs of out-of control.

This was reported by Michigan Live Kalamazoo made several changes to its city code last week, most notably decriminalizing public urination and defecation, and littering — the latter being humorously anticlimactic, given the disgusting nature of the prior two. At least two downtown business owners “shockingly” [sarcasm]  objected to the decriminalization of using city streets As a bathroom.

According to the, this change changes offenses from misdemeanors to civil infractions. Michigan LiveAs part of an overall review of the city codes,

Becky Bil (co-owner) of Pop City Popcorn downtown Kalamazoo stated that there were aggressive and unstable panhandlers. As if they care about her or the concerns of any other owners of businesses opposed to the decision.

After all, what difference does it make if homeless people defecate on the sidewalk in front of Bil’s popcorn shop on a daily basis — or the owners of other businesses concerned by people avoiding downtown because of the commission’s decision? Zero.

Your business must clean up after their defecating right outside your doors. We can’t have that downtown.

Of course, you can have it, Becky — and you’re going to. #PublicDefacationMatters more than the success or failure of your business, in the eyes of the left.

Cherri Emery, owner of Cherri’s Chocol’art, who told the city commission that business owners are already dealing with urinating and defecating homeless people in front of their businesses on a daily basis, echoed Bil’s concerns:

I don’t understand why it would be proposed that the law would be less restrictive than it is now. I don’t know why they would make it easier for them.

Kalamooza Mayor David Anderson’s response was as laughable as it was illogical:

You are my friend. It is a complicated issue. These activities are also complex.

You must stop the taping. Where was the last issue? Pooping on sidewalks in cities become a “complicated issue”? Are you people insane? What the heck is that? decriminalizingIs this going to make the situation even worse? Kalamazoo is who exactly? for? Of course, rhetorical questions.

Commissioner Stephanie Hoffman played the “empathy and compassion” card in defense of Public poopers, tossing out leftist groupspeak about “building a partnership” to help “when the issue arises,” as reported by Michigan Live:

You would not see someone who is defecating if they were in a sane state. The issue is there, the trauma is there, and there’s a crisis.

Although I am compassionate and empathic, business owners are still left to deal with the terrible consequences of public urination. Do you want to follow homeless people on the streets with pooper scoopers or?

Crap — I better not suggest ThatIt is a way to solve the problem.

See also: After years of liberal governance, San Francisco has literally become a toilet.

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