The truth is that these are not unusual.

Homeless people just take it on the chin and move to a more secluded area. We know that this is underreported.

If you die homeless, your death goes unnoticed, just like your life. This is a way for us to notice.

I'm not surprised by Mayor Goodman's reaction. I respect the mayor. I think he's a good guy, but he has always had an anti-homeless bent and he revels in name-calling. We didn't delight in ranking Las Vegas as a mean city again. We're just trying to put the spotlight on the city and let the mayor know that Las Vegas will never get off the list as long as he continues to declare war on the homeless.

In many of the cases, it's a crime of opportunity. A group of teenagers is roaming the street on a hot summer night and they come across a homeless person who might be mentally ill or alcoholic. When they hurt a homeless person, they think they can get away with it -- and they think they won't be hurt in return.

They could have been taken off the mean list if they would have just done away with that ordinance.

The Atlanta ordinance says this is how Atlanta is solving Atlanta's homeless problem. You're not aloud to say anything. You're not allowed to ask what time it is; you're not allowed to ask for directions. You're not allowed to ask for food. We don't consider that to be a model ordinance.

No area of America is immune from homelessness.

It just means other cities are now being meaner than Las Vegas.

It puts pressure on cities to rethink their criminalization strategies. No city should want to be labeled a mean city.