I am very conflicted on the homeless issue in Las Anchorage. I have lived down town for over 11 years and as both a business owner and property owner in this city, I often find an inner battle regarding the homeless. My mother always said never "judge until you put yourself in other people's shoe". While I often get so frustrated with homeless beggars at every corner of this town and angry at our city government for not dealing with it using my hard earned tax payments, I am also symptomatic to a helpless fellow human. I then ask myself, "what are the facts" and "how do we deal with such an epidemic"? It is so hard not to judge others. I wish the world was more compassionate and willing to compromise like my mother. Instead we have a lot of hate and blame going on, myself included. I feel sorry for the state of Alaska and or country at the moment. There is no one person to blame for the state of our nation, we as Americans are ALL to blame!