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Gallup transients continue to settle in alleys, on rooftops
Brian McDonald, a dedicated local business owner, has scaled the roofs of Gallup businesses and homes for some 23 years.
In his more than two decades of heating and cooling work on downtown Gallup rooftops, he’s noticed that he’s not alone.
The people he sees at work are not colleagues, friends, or anyone he knows. They’re squatters.
These folks take shelter by haphazardly climbing pipes and jumping on trash bins to launch themselves onto roofs — building hutches and make-shift tents out of the sides of swamp coolers, and creating makeshift toilets and fire pods for warmth.
As the owner of Universal...