Are you suggesting all criminals and homeless are mentally ill?  I've worked on the streets with the homeless far too long to know this is not true.  Criminals and homeless are a problem because most don't want to work 9 - 5 even if they could find a job in this town.  Sell drugs or stand on a corner and don't pay taxes, get a hot meal daily at tax payer expense has been made easy by our local and state government.   Yes there are mentally ill people, don't see government doing much about housing them or getting them off the street either.  Quit voting for liberals, they suck the tax payer dry and provide little.  How many times are we gonna redo downtown???