An advocate for the homeless sends along comments and questions about Mayor Mark Stodola’s latest idea for providing a long-delayed day center for the homeless. He’d get space in the Union Rescue Mission facility on Confederate Boulevard.

Question No. 1: Is it merely coincidental that this is a trudge of many miles from the downtown business district from which city officials have long wanted to remove the homeless?

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The letter, from someone who didn’t want to be identified but whose understanding of most of the issues mirrors my own, follows:

UPDATE: After the letter, read Mayor Mark Stodola’s response.

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