The New Era - All about Sweet Home since 1929

The saying, “Hell is full of good meanings, while heaven is full of good works” may be theologically suspect, but it makes a valid point: that talk is cheap, but action produces consequences.

Which is exactly where Sweet Home is now.

The City Council’s agreement in principle last week to site a temporary homeless shelter in the rather expansive back parking lot behind the “new” City Hall is what we’re talking about.

What’s important here is that our leadership is actually taking genuine steps to deal with a problem most of us have likely complained about, and which is likel...