Seattle authorities cleared out a homeless encampment from a park earlier this week, only for the homeless to return within less than a day.
Rotary Viewpoint Park in the western part of the city was cleared Wednesday. By Thursday, tents had already been reerected, people were committing substance abuse openly, and personal belongings were piling up on the sidewalk, according to KIRO-FM.
“We wanted homelessness to be solved, so we have thrown tax dollars at it, and nothing substantial has come out of it,” Iris Hicks, who lives near the park, told KIRO-FM…