Scenario: a newspaper reporter stumbles onto a story of a social injustice, reports it through his/her newspaper, and local government officals move to deal with the situation once they are made aware of the problem.
The above scenario doesn't always happen. But sometimes it does.
In one such (recent) situation, local government officials sat up, took notice, and moved to correct a major problem.
The Lansing State Journal reported in its Friday edition that local homeless people were worried that they would left out in the cold while the people and government of Michigan directed nearly all of their resources to help the displaced people from the Gulf Coast, while ignoring the plight of the locals who need just as much assistance.
Lansing officials sat bolt upright and kept reading. And then they took action.
Lansing (Michigan) officials formed a task force made up of twenty-four different agencies to address the homeless problem in the mid-Michigan area. The Mayor of Lansing announced the plan in a press conference earlier this week.
The city's efforts are greatly appreciated.
Thank you, Lansing State Journal, for bringing this to everyone's attention in a way that couldn't easily be ignored.
Hopefully the State of Michigan will follow the city's example.
Here's the update.
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