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Fifty-three towns across Maine, including 11 in Washington County, have reverted to unorganized status.

Fifty-three towns across the state of Maine, including 11 in Washington County, have reverted to unorganized status.

and they sent me once to something called sanctuary, and i gave them the bed and said i would not sleep in this place, where the garbage and the beds are in the same place. and it smells like a pigsty. i was upset. next door is a little bit cleaner. some people who are there are a very mean to other people. they have been mean to the other people. [applause] i just want to say that i do not know how many educated people are homeless, i know i should not be. but i know that there are so...

i have been in the next door, and they sent me once to something called sanctuary, and i gave them the bed and said i would not sleep in this place, where the garbage and the beds are in the same place. and it smells like a pigsty. i was upset. next door is a little bit cleaner. some people who are there are a very mean to other people. they have been mean to the other people. [applause] i just want to say that i do not know how many educated people are homeless, i know i should not be...

system of homelessness, and also san francisco. i have been in san francisco for 25 years, part of the bay area for 35 years. i have taught high school for 38 years. there is no reason i should be homeless. i did when i was supposed to do but it was the government -- the system here, it treats people very badly. i have seen very sick people waiting for it their bed. some people cannot walk, and some people are hungry, they are tired and depleted, and some of them do not get a bed. it i...

i have been in the new york system of homelessness, and also san francisco. i have been in san francisco for 25 years, part of the bay area for 35 years. i have taught high school for 38 years. there is no reason i should be homeless. i did when i was supposed to do but it was the government -- the system here, it treats people very badly. i have seen very sick people waiting for it their bed. some people cannot walk, and some people are hungry, they are tired and depleted, and some of...

and make the united states a better place to live for everybody. >> thank you, an angel. >> thank you, and god bless you. >> hello. about six or eight months ago we were having the hearings on the money for homeless -- i sent you an e-mail that applies to this situation. basically, i am blind in one eye, with a degenerated disks. i have been given the top bonds, which i cannot access. i have $4,000 and spent most of that on motels and hotels because i cannot stand in line for three or ...

reform. thank you. [applause] >> may i have the overhead? i was first homeless in this town more than a dozen years ago, when my ssi was taken away. the shelter system was just as deplorable then as it is now. the lack of shelter access was occurring in 1998. this is the local homeless coordinator -- probably read by everyone over there. i know -- i have read that report and live to this in 1998. please, i beseech you, supervisor kim, can we do something different this year? [applause]...