Meet the Chicago woman who rented hotel rooms for homeless people during polar vortex

[ABikerSailor]

This was a kind act by a kind person and only someone as disgusting as yourself would try to make it otherwise.

Kindness never put food on my table or gas in the tank of my car. I don’t give charity and I wouldn’t ever take it from someone else. .

If she has the money to waste on this, good for her; but I’d be willing to bet she’ll be expecting to deduct the amount she spent from next year’s taxes.

Hey, if she has the receipts, and it qualifies as a charitable contribution, why SHOULDN'T she deduct it from her taxes?

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Kindness never put food on my table or gas in the tank of my car. I don’t give charity and I wouldn’t ever take it from someone else. .

If she has the money to waste on this, good for her; but I’d be willing to bet she’ll be expecting to deduct the amount she spent from next year’s taxes.

Empathy is a quality that makes us human. You should pray for that gift.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Hey, did you guys hear about the prison protests in NYC over the week? Seems they had a fire in an electrical room, and it took out the heat and hot water.

Protest at NY jail power and heat failure

Protesters outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, a federal facility in Brooklyn, chanted: "Where is the heat"?

Many inmates have not been able to contact the outside world for days, following a partial power failure.

Members of Congress who visited the prison on Saturday described the situation there as a "nightmare".

How bad are the conditions?
"It is like living in a closet without lights," said Representative Nydia Velázquez, a Democrat whose district includes the prison.

She said temperatures in some cells were as low as 49 F (9.5C).

Image copyright Reuters

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

This is amazing. I know a bunch of people who don't have the wherewithal to organize a trip to an ice cream parlor.

Local businesswoman Candice Payne knew the frigid temperatures were deadly, so she took action.
Feb. 3, 2019, 7:41 AM PST / Source: TODAY

By Ronnie Koenig

Candice Payne, a Chicago real estate broker, is being hailed a hero after helping more than 70 homeless people get out of the blistering cold in Chicago's South Side and into a nearby hotel.

After thinking about the homeless population outside while the city experiences record sub-zero temperatures, she picked up the tab for the rooms, getting help from her friends who shuttled them, Payne said.

"No one wanted them, but one hotel, the Amber Inn, was nice enough to allow me to buy the rooms," Payne today TODAY. With the help of strangers who saw her post on social media, she was able to rent almost 60 rooms for a total of five nights.

Chicago woman rents over 30 hotel rooms for homeless in dangerous cold​

I understand that Chicago asked its churches to open up for the homeless during this....most didn't.

This was an emergency situation, I don't understand why they couldn't make a exception on a temporary basis.

 

[Kittymom1026]

This was a kind act by a kind person and only someone as disgusting as yourself would try to make it otherwise.

Kindness never put food on my table or gas in the tank of my car. I don’t give charity and I wouldn’t ever take it from someone else. .

If she has the money to waste on this, good for her; but I’d be willing to bet she’ll be expecting to deduct the amount she spent from next year’s taxes.

You are one of the most horrible people I have ever encountered. You hate everything and everyone. And you know what? You're not only deformed on the outside, you're deformed on the inside too. You lack any kind of humanity or compassion and wallow in it.
Oh, and have you quit your job yet and put your wife and her family out on the street?
Ever hear of Karma? She is coming for you, you can bet on it.

 

[Anathema]

Hey, if she has the receipts, and it qualifies as a charitable contribution, why SHOULDN'T she deduct it from her taxes?

That’s fine. She’s totally entitled to. Just don’t expect me to laud your activity as some great social action when you’re getting a significant financial gain out of it as well.

 

[Anathema]

Empathy is a quality that makes us human. You should pray for that gift.

Empathy defies Logic and is not something to be sought out. It’s a character flaw that can be exceptionally harmful to everyone.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

This was a kind act by a kind person and only someone as disgusting as yourself would try to make it otherwise.

Kindness never put food on my table or gas in the tank of my car. I don’t give charity and I wouldn’t ever take it from someone else. .

If she has the money to waste on this, good for her; but I’d be willing to bet she’ll be expecting to deduct the amount she spent from next year’s taxes.

Hey, if she has the receipts, and it qualifies as a charitable contribution, why SHOULDN'T she deduct it from her taxes?

She can't deduct these donations from her taxes since she isn't donating to an organization required to report donations. You could throw the money in the street or lose your wallet, same thing.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

This is amazing. I know a bunch of people who don't have the wherewithal to organize a trip to an ice cream parlor.

Local businesswoman Candice Payne knew the frigid temperatures were deadly, so she took action.
Feb. 3, 2019, 7:41 AM PST / Source: TODAY

By Ronnie Koenig

Candice Payne, a Chicago real estate broker, is being hailed a hero after helping more than 70 homeless people get out of the blistering cold in Chicago's South Side and into a nearby hotel.

After thinking about the homeless population outside while the city experiences record sub-zero temperatures, she picked up the tab for the rooms, getting help from her friends who shuttled them, Payne said.

"No one wanted them, but one hotel, the Amber Inn, was nice enough to allow me to buy the rooms," Payne today TODAY. With the help of strangers who saw her post on social media, she was able to rent almost 60 rooms for a total of five nights.

Chicago woman rents over 30 hotel rooms for homeless in dangerous cold​

I understand that Chicago asked its churches to open up for the homeless during this....most didn't.

This was an emergency situation, I don't understand why they couldn't make a exception on a temporary basis.

Fumigating for lice and fleas is too expensive. That is, IF the homeless didn't shit in the pews or steal the crosses.

 

[Kittymom1026]

When will the lib scum try to prosecute her?

This was a kind act by a kind person and only someone as disgusting as yourself would try to make it otherwise.

No, I just watch what filthy democrats do to people who try to help others. I haven't made it into anything. But if you be honest (fat chance) hardly a week goes by without some scum sucking dem trying to prosecute someone for helping others.

Well as you probably know by now, I'm a liberal Democrat and if you check out the first comment here, it's by me and I said she was an angel. Oh, and it's not the Democrats who want to cut food stamps, social security, medicaid and medicare, it's Republicans.
And please give links or verifiable examples to back up what you claim.
One last thing, I donate many items to a church who then distributes them to the homeless. I also knit scarves for them because I was told they like those because they know they are personal. I have also bought shoes, good ones and not those from the Goodwill, and donated them too. I am blessed that I have money and try to help out those less fortunate in any way I can. Many times, I'm even a sucker and give to those standing on the street corners with their signs. I also volunteer with an animal rescue group.
I am not bragging about any of this, just pointing out your false statement. The fact is, many on both sides are kind, caring people who go out of their way to help the less fortunate and this shouldn't be about anything other than a kind person helped those in need. If you can't see that, then I feel sorry for you.

There is nothing false in my statement. You can see it on the "news" quite often. I'm sorry you are so stupid that you are in denial about your own kind. I don't normally try to "prove" anything to you idiots because it just makes you spew more garbage.

In Tampa, Food Not Bombs activists arrested for feeding the homeless—again

Is giving food to the homeless illegal in your city too?

Police continue reminding people to not feed homeless, yet do-gooders persist

Now do what you do, spin and twist the facts.

These links were done by the police and if you read it, it was because they were afraid of food contamination. One said they needed to get a permit. Well, in most places, services like that do need permits to assure that what they're giving out is safe for consumption. Here, we have food banks who have to have permits and I never read where it was a big deal. We also have food kitchens where the homeless can go to and get a hot meal as often as 3 times a day. And, they're all over the city and not in just one place. If not regulated, who is to say that some sadist wouldn't give a poor soul a sandwich they know is going to make them sick.
Please, I don't want to fight with you, but can't we set this your side/ my side aside in this thread and just agree that this lady did a good deed for these people? Does everything have to be blown up?

 

[miketx]

When will the lib scum try to prosecute her?

This was a kind act by a kind person and only someone as disgusting as yourself would try to make it otherwise.

No, I just watch what filthy democrats do to people who try to help others. I haven't made it into anything. But if you be honest (fat chance) hardly a week goes by without some scum sucking dem trying to prosecute someone for helping others.

Well as you probably know by now, I'm a liberal Democrat and if you check out the first comment here, it's by me and I said she was an angel. Oh, and it's not the Democrats who want to cut food stamps, social security, medicaid and medicare, it's Republicans.
And please give links or verifiable examples to back up what you claim.
One last thing, I donate many items to a church who then distributes them to the homeless. I also knit scarves for them because I was told they like those because they know they are personal. I have also bought shoes, good ones and not those from the Goodwill, and donated them too. I am blessed that I have money and try to help out those less fortunate in any way I can. Many times, I'm even a sucker and give to those standing on the street corners with their signs. I also volunteer with an animal rescue group.
I am not bragging about any of this, just pointing out your false statement. The fact is, many on both sides are kind, caring people who go out of their way to help the less fortunate and this shouldn't be about anything other than a kind person helped those in need. If you can't see that, then I feel sorry for you.

There is nothing false in my statement. You can see it on the "news" quite often. I'm sorry you are so stupid that you are in denial about your own kind. I don't normally try to "prove" anything to you idiots because it just makes you spew more garbage.

In Tampa, Food Not Bombs activists arrested for feeding the homeless—again

Is giving food to the homeless illegal in your city too?

Police continue reminding people to not feed homeless, yet do-gooders persist

Now do what you do, spin and twist the facts.

These links were done by the police and if you read it, it was because they were afraid of food contamination. One said they needed to get a permit. Well, in most places, services like that do need permits to assure that what they're giving out is safe for consumption. Here, we have food banks who have to have permits and I never read where it was a big deal. We also have food kitchens where the homeless can go to and get a hot meal as often as 3 times a day. And, they're all over the city and not in just one place. If not regulated, who is to say that some sadist wouldn't give a poor soul a sandwich they know is going to make them sick.
Please, I don't want to fight with you, but can't we set this your side/ my side aside in this thread and just agree that this lady did a good deed for these people? Does everything have to be blown up?

Sure thing, all you gotta do is stop making false claims about me.

 

[Pogo]

A beautiful person doing a beautiful thing. Just another example of charity over socialism.

There's always one, isn't there. SMH

"Hey look! A human interest story!! I can score me some points for muh team!!"

 

[Pogo]

This is amazing. I know a bunch of people who don't have the wherewithal to organize a trip to an ice cream parlor.

Local businesswoman Candice Payne knew the frigid temperatures were deadly, so she took action.
Feb. 3, 2019, 7:41 AM PST / Source: TODAY

By Ronnie Koenig

Candice Payne, a Chicago real estate broker, is being hailed a hero after helping more than 70 homeless people get out of the blistering cold in Chicago's South Side and into a nearby hotel.

After thinking about the homeless population outside while the city experiences record sub-zero temperatures, she picked up the tab for the rooms, getting help from her friends who shuttled them, Payne said.

"No one wanted them, but one hotel, the Amber Inn, was nice enough to allow me to buy the rooms," Payne today TODAY. With the help of strangers who saw her post on social media, she was able to rent almost 60 rooms for a total of five nights.

Chicago woman rents over 30 hotel rooms for homeless in dangerous cold​

I understand that Chicago asked its churches to open up for the homeless during this....most didn't.

Chicago also asked mosques and temples to help...none did.

USMB also asked for a link. None showed up.

 

[Anathema]

You are one of the most horrible people I have ever encountered. You hate everything and everyone. And you know what? You're not only deformed on the outside, you're deformed on the inside too. You lack any kind of humanity or compassion and wallow in it.

Oh, and have you quit your job yet and put your wife and her family out on the street?
Ever hear of Karma? She is coming for you, you can bet on it.

I’ll take “horrible” as a compliment, coming from you. You’re right that I hate pretty much everyone, and I have good reason to. I don’t wallow in my lack of humanity or compassion, I bask in it and celebrate it.

I will be moving on to a couple new, unique employment opportunities in the coming months. I’m documenting my processes for my current employer then moving on. My wife’s family has been offered an official lease for the other side of the house, at market rate (no more family discounts) and with strict terms and regulations. My guess is they’ll be gone by the end of the summer, and my wife may go with them.

 

[Anathema]

[QUOTE="Tipsycatlover, post: 21747261, member: 59451”]She can't deduct these donations from her taxes...[/QUOTE]

That’s good to hear.

 

[Likkmee]

Her reward awaits her

 

[Anathema]

Her reward awaits her

...In Hell

 

[Aba Incieni]

This is amazing. I know a bunch of people who don't have the wherewithal to organize a trip to an ice cream parlor.

Local businesswoman Candice Payne knew the frigid temperatures were deadly, so she took action.
Feb. 3, 2019, 7:41 AM PST / Source: TODAY

By Ronnie Koenig

Candice Payne, a Chicago real estate broker, is being hailed a hero after helping more than 70 homeless people get out of the blistering cold in Chicago's South Side and into a nearby hotel.

After thinking about the homeless population outside while the city experiences record sub-zero temperatures, she picked up the tab for the rooms, getting help from her friends who shuttled them, Payne said.

"No one wanted them, but one hotel, the Amber Inn, was nice enough to allow me to buy the rooms," Payne today TODAY. With the help of strangers who saw her post on social media, she was able to rent almost 60 rooms for a total of five nights.

Chicago woman rents over 30 hotel rooms for homeless in dangerous cold​

I understand that Chicago asked its churches to open up for the homeless during this....most didn't.

Chicago also asked mosques and temples to help...none did.

USMB also asked for a link. None showed up.

USMB answers to me and I'm right here.

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

Hey, if she has the receipts, and it qualifies as a charitable contribution, why SHOULDN'T she deduct it from her taxes?

That’s fine. She’s totally entitled to. Just don’t expect me to laud your activity as some great social action when you’re getting a significant financial gain out of it as well.

Yeah, that's why she did this, for the perspective tax break it would provide

I've had to work outdoors in freezing temperatures on a temporary basis. That gave me a lot more perspective on the challenges people living on streets face.

 

[Likkmee]

Her reward awaits her

...In Hell

UM **** You is appropriate here. You let someone die in the cold......you're DONE