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When Rich Marsee sees people living on the street, he thinks of his son, Scott, who died last year at 41 after a long struggle with alcohol, drugs and homelessness.
There was a time when the sight of people sleeping on sidewalks might have irritated Marsee. Now, he feels compassion.
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