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Without new state funding, Georgia domestic violence, sexual assault programs brace for the worst

cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/11150455

From WABE Politics News:

The two dozen beds at the Haven, a domestic violence shelter in Valdosta, are almost never enough, according to Executive Director Michelle Girtman.  Rising demand for services and years of […]

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“I just can’t imagine young women with small children being turned away and left out on the street to survive on their own,” [Republican] Hitchens said

Oh bullshit, you freaks imagine brown people plotting to do terrible things and all sorts of other deranged shit with no basis in reality all the time, you just don't want to imagine the consequences of your politics

Hitchens told the Recorder that while he pushed for the additional funds, he also understood that not every program could receive all of its necessary funding.

“Unfortunately, there’s not enough money to go around for everything everybody wants,” he said. “You have to make hard choices sometimes.”

Unimaginable choices, even.

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