“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, with a permit.”
- Matthew 25:35 (Houston Revised Edition)
Bobby "Tre9" Herring, center, prays with John Bradley who had been on the streets for 41/2 months after his roommate lost his job and created financial stress during Feed a Friend anniversary event, Nov. 12, 2010, in Houston, under the Main Street bridge near downtown. Photo by Eric Kayne for the Chronicle.
It seems you can’t even help the poor any more without a permit.
Bobby and Amanda Herring spent more than a year providing food to homeless people in downtown Houston every day. They fed them, left behind no trash and doled out warm meals peacefully without a single crime being committed, Bobby Herring said.
That ended two weeks ago when the city shut down their “Feed a Friend” effort for lack of a permit. And city officials say the couple most likely will not be able to obtain one.
Read more of the article by Bradley Olson in the Houston Chronicle here.
Filed under: i'm not making this up, social justice Tagged: | bobby herring, bradley olson, health and human services, homeless, houston, kathy barton, matt 25, permit, poor, poverty
cities are passing those kinds of ordinances because it’s their way of driving the homeless and destitute out. as long as they aren’t in our back yard, etc.
sad. these people needed something to eat and this couple was quietly fulfilling this need. evil city. Jim is right, some cities try to stop this and other efforts. sometimes if a number of churches are involved, the city backs down.