I definitely agree with the cost of living being what it is, it’s so easy to make a misstep and be destitute.

However, this story has far too many holes in it to make sense. “If you’re a defeated politician, no one wants to give you an opportunity,” including his cousin on city council? The “over-prescription” of medication? A seemingly successful family being no longer willing to help to the point you’re in a homeless shelter? The article does talk a little about depression after losing an election, and I suspect there’s more to that, possibly with mental health and possibly substance abuse. I’m not trying to write off his downfall as “just mental health” or blame him for our lack of social supports. I just wish we got the whole honest story, it’s hard to read this highly editorialized account.