To: President Donald Trump
End Veteran Homelessness
Mister President we ask that you
Make a change only you can do
Heed the Lawsuit from the ACLU
Our veterans home that Arcadia meant
Forever as a home has been bent
20,000 sleep in the street
Awful, right!
Give them back their retreat!
Obama we want 'Barakracy'
Replace stagnation with vibrancy
Hope was your platform back in '08
Time to man up and show us your great
Ten years of war, finally ending
It’s time that we all stop pretending
Stuck in traffic by that big locked gate?
Heed the Deed of 1888
Arcadia’s commitment was profound
She gave fertile land on highest ground
So many are adrift and they need their land
And we need for you to take a stand
“Homeless” was not my MO
Sure I had problems and I felt low
But sleeping under that old tree
I found myself in good company
Several motivated gophers and a restless ghost
Who made me take a solemn oath
Not to stop my service when the war is through
There’s now more than ever work to do
To return the vets home to it’s right legacy
Is how we preserve democracy
Stand up for whats right
Join the Gopher Plan to give back the vets their promised land
Make a change only you can do
Heed the Lawsuit from the ACLU
Our veterans home that Arcadia meant
Forever as a home has been bent
20,000 sleep in the street
Awful, right!
Give them back their retreat!
Obama we want 'Barakracy'
Replace stagnation with vibrancy
Hope was your platform back in '08
Time to man up and show us your great
Ten years of war, finally ending
It’s time that we all stop pretending
Stuck in traffic by that big locked gate?
Heed the Deed of 1888
Arcadia’s commitment was profound
She gave fertile land on highest ground
So many are adrift and they need their land
And we need for you to take a stand
“Homeless” was not my MO
Sure I had problems and I felt low
But sleeping under that old tree
I found myself in good company
Several motivated gophers and a restless ghost
Who made me take a solemn oath
Not to stop my service when the war is through
There’s now more than ever work to do
To return the vets home to it’s right legacy
Is how we preserve democracy
Stand up for whats right
Join the Gopher Plan to give back the vets their promised land
Why is this important?
The Deed of 1888 needs to be upheld and the Supreme Court has said that it is unenforceable. The Deed provides a home for veterans on land now used only as a hospital. 400 acres of land left for vets that is being used for profit. In a city with more veterans than anywhere else in the USA this is unacceptable. In this election year please let our President know that you care that the Deed of 1888 is enforced.