Houston Government Permits Keep Couple From Giving Homeless Meals

The government would rather people go hungry because a couple who provides the food do not have the right "permits" or they aren't serving the from a "certified" kitchen under the watchful eye of a "certified" manager.

This is bullshit. These people just want to eat. And there is a couple who is providing meals for Houston's homeless. But the statists are not involved so they are shutting them down with regulations. Unbelievable. Used to be people could do good without having to apply for a permit to do it.

Bobby Herring has a heart for Houston’s (TX) homeless population. He and his wife, Amanda, have provided meals to the city’s downtown downtrodden almost every night for the last year. On any given night, they can see 60-120 people in need of a meal. But two weeks ago, that ended. Not for lack of funds, lack of food, or lack of dedication, but because the government says they don’t have the proper permit.

“We don’t really know what they want, we just think that they don’t want us down there feeding people,” Bobby told the Houston Chronicle.

Kathy Barton, a spokeswoman for the Health and Human Services Department, told the Chronicle exactly what “they” are looking for: food that’s prepared in a “certified” kitchen under the watch of a “certified” food manager. Those are the requirements for the Herring’s charity, “Feed a Friend,” to get the proper permit. But the Herrings are skeptical they will ever receive it because they don’t have the means to meet the stipulations.