Right-wing meanness on display in Kentucky city

Covington, Kentucky, has become so hostile to homeless people that it appeared in a ranking of the worst cities in North America for the homeless. In addition to the illegal bulldozing of an encampment (in which a resident's cat was cruelly killed), there was also the infamous rally by wealthy locals attacking the homeless.

Now the meanness of right-wing city policies is being showcased once again for the whole wide world to ogle (beep).

Last year, the city of Covington unrepentantly outlawed homeless shelters (as reported in The Last Word of 11/3/07). Evidently, a year before, the city adopted a zoning rule to disallow new social service agencies anywhere near downtown.

These rules are being trotted out to keep a new shelter from opening - even though the shelter was already approved by the county, which owns the building.

You know, since conservatives jack off so much to "preemption" of local laws (one of Bush's major policies that he wields against regulation of Big Business), why doesn't it apply in this case?

And who's ever heard of a city zoning an entire district against social service agencies? A neighborhood might be zoned business or residential, but certainly not specifically against social service agencies.

(Source: http://nky.cincinnati.com/article/AB/20081121/NEWS0103/811210378)