Archived Opinion

Thanks for exploration of homelessness issue

To the Editor

Cory Vaillancourt created a powerful, informative and moving piece of journalism (“Face to face: local homeless remain elusive”) which touched me as a former features journalist, columnist and creative writing teacher.

Diving into this elusive fringe, often forgotten sub-society living in our midst, Cory put flesh on the bones and brought to life issues that must be dealt with.

Thank you for superlative news reporting and for piercing this dark blot on society and offering hope for future success in conquering the mountain of problems.

Carol McCrite

Whittier

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