You might have noticed that it’s gotten cold. Of course, that happens about this time every winter. You might have heard or even seen that Columbia has a large and growing homeless population. No news there either.

But that recurrence of realities seemed to come as a terrible surprise to those behind the table at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. Not only are we having trouble getting the homeless vaccinated, but we don’t have enough warm places for them to sleep.


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