Former JCMO councilman weighs in on homeless issue

You can’t miss the growing numbers of homeless in downtown Jefferson City and across the area. City leaders think many of those individuals have come in from Columbia after that city tore down several homeless camps. But former Councilman Edith Vogel thinks the issue is compounded by groups offering handouts …

Some homeless stay at the Room at the Inn shelter downtown. Others have set up camps north of the Missouri River Bridge and elsewhere in the city.