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https://smokymountainnews.com/news/item/39001-of-truth-and-trust-lack-of-accountability-haunts-charitable-hurricane-relief-efforts
Seems like there might be some doubt about whether this guy's operation is on the up and up. A lot of it can be chalked up to the same kind of smears and fearmongering that is used against homeless encampments everywhere, but some stuff in the article still gave me pause.
I feel like the news didn't do due diligence here, like the article heavily features this Carr guy but they never talk to any of the other residents. Then they go ask the cops about how the operation doesn't meet permits. This is a common thing in mutual aid, landlords and local cops will come to fuck with you at the slightest whiff of you doing anything to house people for free. Of course in a situation where you're letting 100 people park in a meadow its going to not be sanitary, but clearly those people have nowhere else to be and its not like the governments going to help other than tack on fines.
But yeah there is a real issue with thieves, grifters, and opportunists getting in on these sorts of things, but I feel the governments response and the article to be very bad.
Yeah the article definitely sucks and is full of libshit, being like "ackshually its illegal to house people only existing property owners are allowed to set up unlicensed campers/tiny homes for themselves" is so scummy.
And yeah, like I said the smears and fearmongering do pop up any time you try to house people. And the personal background of the guy running the place is immaterial to me, so not the best journalism there either.
But if theres any truth to the allegations about hijacking donations from other relief orgs(incl. cajun navy who afaik are well regarded) and getting his crooked whacko county commissioner buddy to go track down this guy for talking bad about the operation, then that's pretty fuckin questionable regardless of the county being in the wrong for trying to enforce building code on people just trying not to freeze to death. I'm not on the ground, I don't know, just putting it out there since the status coup vid provided no additional context beyond this guys word and a couple residents