From nh-adapt@juno.com Wed Jan 1 11:55:28 2003 From: nh-adapt@juno.com (Thomas Cagle) Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 06:55:28 -0500 Subject: [Hpn] ADAPT rolls on Washington Message-ID: <20030101.100821.-292219.1.nh-adapt@juno.com> To: ADAPT members and supporters From: Nancy Salandra & Bob Liston Subject: ADAPT "Free Our People March," September 4-17, 2003 Join ADAPT for its historic march from the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, PA to our nation's Capitol in Washington, D.C where the march will culminate in a rally for MiCASSA and a day of visits with Congress. Make history. Show your pride and determination to pass MiCASSA and Free Our People! The entire march from Philly to DC will take 14 days of arduous effort and will take the place of the fall action in 2003. This is a huge commitment so show your strength, but show it wisely. If you are concerned about the amount of time involved or stamina / health issues you will have an opportunity to join the march at Baltimore for the final leg to D.C. Finally, you can join up in Washington, D.C. for the rally and Hill visits. BUT!!!!, whichever you choose MUST BE A FIRM COMMITMENT so we can plan accordingly. Logistics for this event will be extremely detailed and complicated while funding will be very tight. Choose carefully and wisely taking into account the time involved, money involved and your disability/health/stamina issues as well as need for personal attendant and so on. We will not be able to handle people jumping in and out of the march whenever and wherever. "Emergency" assistance will be limited to regular police/ambulance 911 services. Please come. Be tough. Be proud. Show your fire and commitment. But be realistic. Following is a sign up sheet with four options for participation. Make a firm choice and send it back to: Nancy Salandra WORK 215-627-7255 E-mail: nancydia@voicenet.com Bob Liston WORK 1-800-929-2611 E-mail: adaptmtbob@aol.com PS For information about ADAPT's Spring Action in DC, May 10-15, contact the ADAPT organizer closest to you at http://www.adapt.org/contlist.htm SIGN-UP SHEET. Check one box only. Each participant must complete a separate form. _____I commit to the entire 14-day march from Philadelphia, PA September 4 to Washington, D.C. September 17 (Arrive Philly on September 3, 2003 depart DC on September 18 or 19, 2003). _____I commit to the entire leg of the march from Baltimore, MD September 13 to Washington, DC September 17 (Arrive Baltimore September 12, 2003 depart DC September 18 or 19, 2003). _____I commit to participation at the ADAPT / MiCASSA rally and congressional visits on September 17-18, 2003. ____I am not able to march, but want to help in other ways such as funding raising, personal assistance, driving, setting up camp, etc. Please let me know how I can help make the march and rest of the event a success. Signed____________________________ Name Address Phone # E-mail ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com From wtinker@metrocast.net Thu Jan 2 00:23:38 2003 From: wtinker@metrocast.net (W.C.Tinker) Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 19:23:38 -0500 Subject: [Hpn] Homeless Awareness 2003 Message-ID: <012e01c2b1f5$32107b40$25f205cf@ney6w04jqsngtn> When I started this group I had the grandiose idea that we could interlink with other homeless groups and lists all over this country,and world to help each other when times got tough. In some ways we have crawled a few inches out of the street to get kicked in the face each time we attempted to address mans inhumanity to man,people think what do they know they are just ex gutter trash? But we the ex homeless,current homeless and disabled are aware that all the education and book learning in the world does not make you have a Doctorate In Poverty or Street Side Living,only with direct hands on experience can you be a truly realistic advocate or activist all others really are frauds and mouthing words they have read or heard from poor brothers and sisters. Now this is fine if they live by their words and are not swayed by glamor,fame or other offers, because then the ideology that we could end homelessness in 5 years goes out in the trash.I think if we are interacting and trying to resolve the housing and homeless issues even if we do not all agree we are at least showing we can as educated adults work togather towards the stated goals to end homelessness in our life times. And people please lets really dig in and do it..no gamesmanship of seeing whom can con some one into getting a bigger monetary grant for most homeless sheltered in one year! Please as a 2003 New Years Resolution state your mission and stick to it, or get out of the housing and homeless arena all-together because if you can not stand up for the people your working for,and in this business is displaced and disabled you should not be in this field of expertise. We disabled and displaced know which ones are for real, and which ones are the poverty pimps the fund & life sucking ghouls. I do not pretend to be anyone but myself. I am a person whom cares what happens to the working poor,the virtual homeless,the chronic homeless,the elderly in nursing homes wanting out and the parolees awaiting housing toand the housing thats priced above and beyound reality of the two parents struggling along on minimum wages,or worse having a disabled person recieve APTD money from state of $13.00 and when your homeless be denied housing or help from Local Welfare or NH Help Line.....This is insanity and if we do not turn it around we must demand that our New Governor open selected National Guard Armories for use by homeless and persons unable to afford a 2 bedroom apartment at $1000.00 to $1300.00 a pop! Even our elected leaders are not listening to this countries cries of "NO MORE WAR",history will show their was no reason for a war except for greed and glut,and since when has one man frightened a country?Please I know your all smart enough to see through the smoke here and know that Usama bin Laden,as well as Saddam Hussein could have been terminated any time by a CIA hit squad instead of creating a media news slant to put this war on target,and the increase of hate crimes against foreigners,by our presidents off the wall statement of "WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE" Didn't you notice soon after how people with accents and dusky complexions started getting beat up and abused ? WAKE UP AMERICA! A Brother In The Struggle Bill www.newhampshirehomeless.org From H C Covington Thu Jan 2 00:32:01 2003 From: H C Covington (H C Covington) Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 18:32:01 -0600 Subject: [Hpn] HAPPY NEW YEAR 2003! 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--Boundary_(ID_SnIGbyPlLJdk7/8xrxpFew)-- From H C Covington Thu Jan 2 01:28:09 2003 From: H C Covington (H C Covington) Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 19:28:09 -0600 Subject: [Hpn] Floating "Hostels" for those called Homeless - temporary shelter - NOT housing Message-ID: <02fd01c2b1fe$3a3422a0$8a229b44@icanamerica> Floating "Hostels" for those called Homeless - Will it work? Will they help? What do you think? In the recent press, New York and San Francisco are "considering" the use of floating "Hostels for the Homeless" (see article below). In California, this was discussed in the early 1990s and proposed again in FY 2000 by the Mayors Task Force on Homelessness. It is on the table again. (See definition of a Hostel at the bottom of the page.) How do feel about a 1,200 room Hostel facility that is "self contained" with medical services, education, job training, mini-mart, barber and beauty shops, clothing store, day care, recreational facilities, pool, mental health, on-board jobs, etc? If such a facility could be established in either New York or San Francisco as a "Pilot Program" would you want to live on the USS Hostel for a time to get back on your feet? Do you feel that this type of temporary Shelter would be better for long term homeless folks (chronic homeless) or quick turn- around first timers that need limited help to establish themselves? What do you think? How do you feel about this as a temporary measure to provide "Shelter" (not housing) long enough to build more affordable housing availability ? In the area of offshore Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, there are a number of smaller "Living Quarters" (shallow water barges) that are self contained and that can shelter 100 to 250 people. They are used as support facilities for offshore construction work. Could smaller units like these be considered in smaller areas for temporary Hostel quarters too? Remember, these are NOT suggested as "housing," but more like short term Shelters to allow some form of living enviroment with supportive services (when needed) without having to invest thousands and thousands of dollars to buy land and build buildings. If buildings are to be funded and constructed, it is my opinion the buildings should be for long term or permanent rental housing units (with and without supportive services.) What do you think? Sonny H. C. [Sonny] Covington hccjr@bellsouth.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Remember - to be truly helpful to, those called homeless, we must make housing possible, rather than despair convincing" =============================================== Housing idea: USS Homeless ________________________________________________________________ BY MINERVA PEREZ - The San Francisco Examiner - December 30, 2002 The Rev. Amos Brown, a former supervisor, has a novel idea for fixing The City's seemingly intractable homelessness problem -- converting part of the U.S. Navy's "mothball fleet" into temporary homeless shelters. "It's our responsibility as a civil society to help them," said Brown, referring to the estimated thousands of homeless people in San Francisco. "What we do doesn't work. We have to rethink the solutions." His solution is the former USS Proteus. After its service as a submarine tender ended in 1992, the Proteus was converted into a berthing barge, a home away from home for sailors whose ships were being renovated. Now it sits inactive as part of a mothball fleet of close to a dozen warships at Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia. Complete with laundry facilities, fitness center, store and barbershop, the 1,200-room barge is big enough to house hundreds, maybe thousands, of homeless people. Brown, the minister of The City's Third Baptist Church, is hoping private donations will help pay for his idea, and he also is exploring state and federal financing. It would cost about $4 million to refurbish the ship, including making it handicapped-accessible, but that wouldn't include the ongoing cost of providing shelter. Brown envisions berthing the ship near Bayview-Hunters Point. Jerry Royal, marketing manager of maritime for the San Francisco Port Authority, says the cost of berthing a ship on port land depends on the size and duration of stay. The average is $4,000 to $5,000 a day for a "24-hour parking permit," Royal says. Brown thinks his idea is more viable than ever because of the changing attitudes on strategies on how to deal with the homeless. For instance, the recent passage of Supervisor Gavin Newsom's Care Not Cash initiative, which replaces cash welfare grants with vouchers for services, is a step in a different direction in how The City deals with homelessness. Homeless advocates say the idea of housing people on ships is all wet. "It wasn't a lack of Navy ships that caused homelessness," says Paul Boden, director of The Coalition on Homelessness. "After 20 years I find it sad that we are heading that way." New York City has been considering the idea of using retired cruise ships as shelters. Jim Anderson, spokesman for the New York City Department of Homeless Services, says his department is only assessing the viability of the idea. Brown says he is open to the idea of using any kind of ship, but the local abundance of inactive vessels just makes more sense at the moment. "Sailors lived on them for months," said Brown. "There are people living on house boats and (there are) restaurants on boats." The fault with Brown's idea, according to Boden and shelter administrators, is the location of the ship and the difficulty of providing services to any potential residents. Even if Bayview residents were to accept a ship full of homeless people offshore, activists say, it would be too far away from facilities providing mental health care, substance abuse counseling, and vocational training, many of which are located in the mid-Market and South of Market neighborhoods. "We are aware of it and we are looking at any possible way to house people at the most efficient and humane manner," says Michael Farrah, aid to Newsom, of Brown's idea. Brown is not talking about keeping homeless on ships forever. He hopes to provide the same quality of services on board the Proteus as is found in The City . "It doesn't make sense to keep them idle," Brown says. "Ships used to kill people are being used to heal." ________________________________________________________________ © Homeless News source: http://www.examiner.com/news/default.jsp?story=n.mothball.1230w ______________________________________________________ What is a Hostel? A hostel provides supervised free (or low cost) communal shelter. They are able to do this by cutting out a lot of the amenities provided by regular hotels and motels. The hostel usually provides what is referred to as the "three S’s" - Shelter, Shower and Security. Instead of 3 hots and a cot, it's 3 hots and a bunk. Usually, sleeping arrangements are in dormitory-like rooms with bunk beds. For the most part, male and female sleeping quarters are separate. Other areas of the hostel are communal, and may include a kitchen, living area, recreation areas, showers and bathroom(s). _______________________________________________________ From nyceguy50@yahoo.com Thu Jan 2 05:46:52 2003 From: nyceguy50@yahoo.com (john macpherson) Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 21:46:52 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Hpn] Homeless Awareness 2003 In-Reply-To: <012e01c2b1f5$32107b40$25f205cf@ney6w04jqsngtn> Message-ID: <20030102054652.86135.qmail@web14005.mail.yahoo.com> I believe that you all mean very well, and have contributed a lot to our understanding of elements of the situation. I just wish that this social problem would be resolved with the fundamentals of the understandings of the professional. I tend to think that none of them ever took a course in biomechanics, statistical concepts, or urban development. I think that most of us understand that there is such a thing as saturation. It doesn't matter, weather we are dealing with the number of autos being sold or another product of commerce, such as soup kitchens, and service providers. An entity will populate the planet till it reaches a maximum balance with the environment. Where as it is just plane ignorance on the behalf of the cities not to recognize with the dismantling of the system set up in the second quarter of the last century that this population would retain the same needs or become a slight burden in other formats. This number has changed little over the past 3,000 years as the population of this planet continues to grow strongest in the underdeveloped regions of the world and they migrate to the wealthiest nations in hope out of desperation. This creates a deeper problem as our services for the poor become overlooked by the swelling of manual laborers stream in, going nearly unchecked taking the dollars out of the mouths of our rural poor. So the story remains the same as it did with the advent of foreign trade. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com From HOBOMATT@aol.com Thu Jan 2 15:18:46 2003 From: HOBOMATT@aol.com (HOBOMATT@aol.com) Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 10:18:46 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Hpn] Floating "Hostels" for those called Homeless - temporary shelter - ... Message-ID: <82.24aa0da9.2b45b256@aol.com> --Boundary_(ID_9u7F7Ml7jyzbDfqp9geV0g) Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit hccjr@bellsouth.net writes: > << contained" with medical services, education, job training, > mini-mart, barber and beauty shops, clothing store, day care, > recreational facilities, pool, mental health, on-board jobs, etc? > > If such a facility could be established in either New York or San > Francisco as a "Pilot Program" would you want to live on the USS > Hostel for a time to get back on your feet?>>> It would be a night-mare..... Same reasoning applies here as to why "Mega-shelters" are a bad idea. You concentrate those with problems, you end up with a "problem facility". Would YOU want to live in the community where this thing is docked? Something of that size would reguire a LONG list of harshly enforced rules to make it survivable. There's a "right size" for just about any human endeavor. The "right size for a homeless shelter? I'd say 100 to 150 people would be optimum. 1200 would be a Kafkaesq nightmare! Matt Parkhouse, RN Colorado Springs, CO --Boundary_(ID_9u7F7Ml7jyzbDfqp9geV0g) Content-type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit hccjr@bellsouth.net writes:

<<<How do feel about a 1,200 room Hostel facility that is "self
contained" with medical services, education, job training,
mini-mart, barber and beauty shops, clothing store, day care,
recreational facilities, pool, mental health, on-board jobs, etc?

If such a facility could be established in either New York or San
Francisco as a "Pilot Program" would you want to live on the USS
Hostel for a time to get back on your feet?>>>


It would be a night-mare.....  Same reasoning applies here as to why "Mega-shelters" are a bad idea.  You concentrate those with problems, you end up with a "problem facility".  Would YOU want to live in the community where this thing is docked?  Something of that size would reguire a LONG list of harshly enforced rules to make it survivable.  There's a "right size" for just about any human endeavor.  The "right size for a homeless shelter?  I'd say 100 to 150 people would be optimum.  1200 would be a Kafkaesq nightmare!
Matt Parkhouse, RN
Colorado Springs, CO



 --Boundary_(ID_9u7F7Ml7jyzbDfqp9geV0g)-- From wtinker@metrocast.net Thu Jan 2 15:41:21 2003 From: wtinker@metrocast.net (W.C.Tinker) Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 10:41:21 -0500 Subject: [Hpn] Floating "Hostels" for those called Homeless - temporary shelter - ... References: <82.24aa0da9.2b45b256@aol.com> Message-ID: <00b601c2b275$66a062a0$25f205cf@ney6w04jqsngtn> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00B3_01C2B24B.7DA1C400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I agree it also could be worlds biggest coffin! Bill New Hampshire Homeless / founded 11-28-99 25 Granite Street Northfield,N.H. 03276 USA 603-286-2492 Advocates,activists,for disabled,displaced human rights. http://www.newhampshirehomeless.org http://www.nationalhomeless.org/state/newhampshire.html NH-ADAPT / NOT DEAD YET ----- Original Message -----=20 From: HOBOMATT@aol.com=20 To: HPN@aspin.asu.edu=20 Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 10:18 AM Subject: Re: [Hpn] Floating "Hostels" for those called Homeless - = temporary shelter - ... hccjr@bellsouth.net writes: <<>> It would be a night-mare..... Same reasoning applies here as to why = "Mega-shelters" are a bad idea. You concentrate those with problems, = you end up with a "problem facility". Would YOU want to live in the = community where this thing is docked? Something of that size would = reguire a LONG list of harshly enforced rules to make it survivable. = There's a "right size" for just about any human endeavor. The "right = size for a homeless shelter? I'd say 100 to 150 people would be = optimum. 1200 would be a Kafkaesq nightmare! Matt Parkhouse, RN Colorado Springs, CO ------=_NextPart_000_00B3_01C2B24B.7DA1C400 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I agree it also could be worlds biggest = coffin!
Bill
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603-286-2492
Advocates,activists,for disabled,displaced human=20 rights.
http://www.newhampshirehomel= ess.org
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hccjr@bellsouth.net = writes:

<<<How do feel about a 1,200 room Hostel = facility that=20 is "self
contained" with medical services, education, job=20 training,
mini-mart, barber and beauty shops, clothing store, day = care,
recreational facilities, pool, mental health, on-board = jobs,=20 etc?

If such a facility could be established in either New = York or=20 San
Francisco as a "Pilot Program" would you want to live on the=20 USS
Hostel for a time to get back on your=20 feet?>>>

It would be a night-mare.....  Same = reasoning applies=20 here as to why "Mega-shelters" are a bad idea.  You concentrate = those=20 with problems, you end up with a "problem facility".  Would YOU = want to=20 live in the community where this thing is docked?  Something of = that size=20 would reguire a LONG list of harshly enforced rules to make it=20 survivable.  There's a "right size" for just about any human=20 endeavor.  The "right size for a homeless shelter?  I'd say = 100 to=20 150 people would be optimum.  1200 would be a Kafkaesq = nightmare!
Matt=20 Parkhouse, RN
Colorado Springs, CO



 ------=_NextPart_000_00B3_01C2B24B.7DA1C400-- From wtinker@metrocast.net Thu Jan 2 15:42:06 2003 From: wtinker@metrocast.net (W.C.Tinker) Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 10:42:06 -0500 Subject: [Hpn] Homeless man charged in dog beatings Message-ID: <00ba01c2b275$80f45850$25f205cf@ney6w04jqsngtn> By Associated Press, 1/2/2003 BARRINGTON, R.I. (AP) A homeless man is charged with beating two dogs owned by a woman who had taken him in. One of the animals later died. Michael Kaner, 56, of no permanent address, was arraigned in District Court Tuesday on two counts of domestic malicious injury to or killing of animals, and ordered held on $20,000 bail with surety. The case was continued to Jan. 13. He was paroled in December 1997 for the 1981 ''stomp beating'' and strangling of his 81-year-old uncle, with whom he lived in Pawtucket. Kaner had been staying with the Barrington woman for about a week, police said. When the woman found her Jack Russell terrier, Feather, lying beaten and unresponsive late Sunday night, the police said Kaner told her that Knight, her Labrador retriever, had attacked the smaller dog. On Monday, a veterinarian said he called the woman to tell her Feather had died. The woman put Kaner on a RIPTA bus bound for downtown Providence that afternoon, before she discovered that her other dog was also injured, the police and the veterinarian said. Barrington police found Kaner in Providence. ''We believe there's enough supporting evidence that the individual committed both acts, but we want to make sure that the first dog wasn't injured by the larger dog,'' Police Chief John LaCross told The Providence Journal. © Copyright 2003 The New York Times Company From wtinker@metrocast.net Thu Jan 2 16:32:06 2003 From: wtinker@metrocast.net (W.C.Tinker) Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 11:32:06 -0500 Subject: [Hpn] Homeless hearings Message-ID: <010f01c2b27c$7d15ba60$25f205cf@ney6w04jqsngtn> The Associated Press Thursday, January 2, 2003 SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) -- The City Council will take aim at homelessness Tuesday when it again looks at its contributions to a countywide five-year strategic plan on homelessness. The plan is designed to make a dramatic cut in the problem by 2008. Among the plan's goals is a significant increase in affordable housing targeted at the homeless, and better coordination of care for people with mental health and drug problems. The plan also will try to cut in half the number of low-income residents who become homeless each year; cutting in half the number shut out of emergency shelters; and ensuring that 10 percent of homeless people each year get jobs that pay a living wage or better. Mayor Emily Reilly said the council will review the broad plan and "try to pick some priorities, and make sure were not letting funding or services slip through the cracks." She also said the council must focus on a few specifics because the economy is likely to be "dismal" next year. "Without new revenue what's the point?" said Vice Mayor Scott Kennedy. "The plan doesn't break down the different objectives according to what they would cost nor does it indicate where to get the money." Paul Brindel of the nonprofit Community Action Board, which provides shelter and other services for the poor, said the plan is "not just to get the money. It is pretty much an inventory of resources and where are the gaps." ©2002 Associated Press AP From wtinker@metrocast.net Thu Jan 2 17:41:05 2003 From: wtinker@metrocast.net (W.C.Tinker) Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 12:41:05 -0500 Subject: [Hpn] CHARITY NIXES 100G LOTTO DONATION Message-ID: <018701c2b286$202ae8c0$25f205cf@ney6w04jqsngtn> By DAREH GREGORIAN David Rush: Salvation Army says no. January 2, 2003 -- Salvation Army says no.Take your Lotto money and shove it! The Salvation Army won't redeem a Florida man's $100,000 donation check because it's money he won playing the lottery. "Everybody has a right to be sanctimonious if they want to be," said David Rush, 71, who tried to make the donation after winning $14 million in a Florida Lotto drawing last month. The decision to turn the other check was made by Maj. Cleo Damon, head of the Army's local chapter near Rush's Marco Island home. "There are times where Major Damon is counseling families who are about to become homeless because of gambling," said spokeswoman Maribeth Shanahan. "He really believes that if he had accepted the money, he would be talking out of both sides of his mouth." Rush, a financial analyst, said he doesn't consider playing the lottery - which has raised billions of dollars for Florida schools - real gambling. "There's no bigger gamble than investing in the stock market," Rush said. "For them to say this is gambling is an overstatement." Copyright 2002 NYP Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved. From nyceguy50@yahoo.com Fri Jan 3 09:13:37 2003 From: nyceguy50@yahoo.com (john macpherson) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 01:13:37 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Hpn] Floating "Hostels" for those called Homeless - temporary shelter - ... In-Reply-To: <00b601c2b275$66a062a0$25f205cf@ney6w04jqsngtn> Message-ID: <20030103091337.60656.qmail@web14006.mail.yahoo.com> > Ok! Create a mega-shelter for those that can’t tolerate overcrowded conditions with mega-problems, And you say it has mega-medical services. This can only cause mega-dollar of ineffective governmental expenditures, of course it is government run. Who else can just print more money if they run out of it, by flushing it into our fresh clean watewr as toxic waste. Is my 1 + 1 clear so far for the bookkeepers that are reading this? That mini-mart is just another plant owned business that insures the slaves to stay as they will remain too far in debt with the company store to leave, and learn about the outside world. Everyone in the word enjoys the concepts of a recreation facility, where the medications are served on an hourly time schedule. Let’s just hang a shingle “CRACK COCAINE, and ALCOHOL SERVED HERE” On site job training is another phrase among the homeless and indigent, “we provide slaves here,” a term for “community service.” Yes, I read these words clearly. The mining towns were full of them today we have such corporations, like Alcoa, and Enron. Check out the cardboard shantytowns of today and you will see yet another cause for the homeless to prefer their meager existence. Learn a small lesson from our small social kindred, the ant. The ant has evolved only slightly in the millions of years of there existence. However they are the mightiest force of predators on the face of this planet and by far outnumber any other species. > << Facility that is "self > Contained" with medical services, education, jobs > Training, > Mini-mart, barber and beauty shops, clothing > Store, day care, > Recreational facilities, pool, mental health, > On-board jobs, etc? > > If such a facility could be established in > Either New York or San > Francisco as a "Pilot Program" would you wants to > live on the USS > Hostel for a time to get back on your feet?>>> > > > It would be a night-mare..... Same reasoning > applies here as to why "Mega-shelters" are a bad > idea. You concentrate those with problems, you end > up with a "problem facility". Would YOU want to > live in the community where this thing is docked? > Something of that size would reguire a LONG list of > harshly enforced rules to make it survivable. > There's a "right size" for just about any human > endeavor. The "right size for a homeless shelter? > I'd say 100 to 150 people would be optimum. 1200 > would be a Kafkaesq nightmare! > Matt Parkhouse, RN > Colorado Springs, CO > > > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com From quixote@mts.net Fri Jan 3 09:26:26 2003 From: quixote@mts.net (Rod Graham) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 03:26:26 -0600 Subject: Fw: [Hpn] Floating "Hostels" for those called Homeless - temporary shelter - ... Message-ID: <000d01c2b30a$31213560$0100a8c0@net.mts.net> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C2B2D7.E632D900 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Rod Graham=20 To: W.C.Tinker=20 Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [Hpn] Floating "Hostels" for those called Homeless - = temporary shelter - ... I think a floating hostel would be a great idea. #1. It would get the = homeless away from the areas they are stuck it. It is a vicious cycle, = any change may give a psychological boost. #2. The novelty of the idea = would be good for their morale. comming and going from one poverty = location to the next keeps one in a state of depression. #3 They should = not stop their but retrofit the buses too and take them on deep sea = fishing expeditions. this might sound extravegant but I am desperately = serious. There is a program here in Canada where the poor are taken = fishing and it has been a great program. The money wasted on grandeos = projects with the money going into poverty pimps pockets would be well = spent on such a creative idea. One of our supervisors in the city I = live in donates his entire pay check to a program that transports senior = citizens. He gets about half back (Amont that he gave) from the = government donation to keep. Most politicinas and pimps are vastly = overpayed not including the kick back type benifits they get after term. = Merry "Christmas" all. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: W.C.Tinker=20 To: HOBOMATT@aol.com=20 Cc: HPN=20 Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 9:41 AM Subject: Re: [Hpn] Floating "Hostels" for those called Homeless - = temporary shelter - ... I agree it also could be worlds biggest coffin! Bill New Hampshire Homeless / founded 11-28-99 25 Granite Street Northfield,N.H. 03276 USA 603-286-2492 Advocates,activists,for disabled,displaced human rights. http://www.newhampshirehomeless.org http://www.nationalhomeless.org/state/newhampshire.html NH-ADAPT / NOT DEAD YET ----- Original Message -----=20 From: HOBOMATT@aol.com=20 To: HPN@aspin.asu.edu=20 Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 10:18 AM Subject: Re: [Hpn] Floating "Hostels" for those called Homeless - = temporary shelter - ... hccjr@bellsouth.net writes: <<>> It would be a night-mare..... Same reasoning applies here as to why = "Mega-shelters" are a bad idea. You concentrate those with problems, = you end up with a "problem facility". Would YOU want to live in the = community where this thing is docked? Something of that size would = reguire a LONG list of harshly enforced rules to make it survivable. = There's a "right size" for just about any human endeavor. The "right = size for a homeless shelter? I'd say 100 to 150 people would be = optimum. 1200 would be a Kafkaesq nightmare! Matt Parkhouse, RN Colorado Springs, CO ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C2B2D7.E632D900 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Rod Graham =
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Hpn] Floating "Hostels" for those called = Homeless -=20 temporary shelter - ...

I think a floating hostel would be a = great=20 idea.  #1.  It would get the homeless away from the areas they = are=20 stuck it.  It is a vicious cycle, any change may give a = psychological=20 boost. #2.  The novelty of the idea would be good for their = morale. =20 comming and going from one poverty location to the next keeps one in a = state of=20 depression. #3 They should not stop their but retrofit the buses too and = take=20 them on deep sea fishing expeditions.  this might sound extravegant = but I=20 am desperately serious.  There is a program here in Canada where = the poor=20 are taken fishing and it has been a great program.  The money = wasted on=20 grandeos projects with the money going into poverty pimps pockets would = be well=20 spent on such a creative idea.  One of our supervisors in the city = I live=20 in donates his entire pay check to a program that transports senior=20 citizens.  He gets about half back (Amont that he = gave)  from the=20 government donation to keep.  Most politicinas and pimps are vastly = overpayed not including the kick back type benifits they get after = term. =20 Merry "Christmas" all.
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 W.C.Tinker
Cc: HPN
Sent: Thursday, January 02, = 2003 9:41=20 AM
Subject: Re: [Hpn] Floating = "Hostels" for=20 those called Homeless - temporary shelter - ...

I agree it also could be worlds = biggest=20 coffin!
Bill
New Hampshire Homeless / founded 11-28-99
25 Granite=20 Street
Northfield,N.H. 03276 =20 USA
603-286-2492
Advocates,activists,for disabled,displaced = human=20 rights.
http://www.newhampshirehomel= ess.org
http://w= ww.nationalhomeless.org/state/newhampshire.html
NH-ADAPT=20 / NOT DEAD YET
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 HOBOMATT@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, January 02, = 2003 10:18=20 AM
Subject: Re: [Hpn] Floating = "Hostels"=20 for those called Homeless - temporary shelter - ...

hccjr@bellsouth.net = writes:

<<<How do feel about a 1,200 room Hostel = facility=20 that is "self
contained" with medical services, education, job=20 training,
mini-mart, barber and beauty shops, clothing store, = day=20 care,
recreational facilities, pool, mental health, on-board = jobs,=20 etc?

If such a facility could be established in either New = York or=20 San
Francisco as a "Pilot Program" would you want to live on = the=20 USS
Hostel for a time to get back on your=20 feet?>>>


It would be a night-mare.....  Same = reasoning=20 applies here as to why "Mega-shelters" are a bad idea.  You = concentrate=20 those with problems, you end up with a "problem facility".  = Would YOU=20 want to live in the community where this thing is docked?  = Something of=20 that size would reguire a LONG list of harshly enforced rules to = make it=20 survivable.  There's a "right size" for just about any human=20 endeavor.  The "right size for a homeless shelter?  I'd = say 100 to=20 150 people would be optimum.  1200 would be a Kafkaesq=20 nightmare!
Matt Parkhouse, RN
Colorado Springs, CO



= ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C2B2D7.E632D900-- From wtinker@metrocast.net Fri Jan 3 11:32:42 2003 From: wtinker@metrocast.net (W.C.Tinker) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 06:32:42 -0500 Subject: [Hpn] Floating "Hostels" for those called Homeless - temporary shelter - ... References: <000d01c2b30a$31213560$0100a8c0@net.mts.net> Message-ID: <003d01c2b31b$d40dd380$25f205cf@ney6w04jqsngtn> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003A_01C2B2F1.EB226EC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Any time you start herding people into one area,or into "Rudyism" = [NIMBY] or SNOB zoning like ex mayors idea of gigantic plastic covered = croup tents for homeless you got to realize its being done to = control,and contain you. This floating hostel is not the salvation of the homeless or poor sorry! Also it would be a haven for illegal activities and communicable disease = night mare. The answer is affordable permanent housing or start buying body bags! Bill New Hampshire Homeless / founded 11-28-99 25 Granite Street Northfield,N.H. 03276 USA 603-286-2492 Advocates,activists,for disabled,displaced human rights. http://www.newhampshirehomeless.org http://www.nationalhomeless.org/state/newhampshire.html NH-ADAPT / NOT DEAD YET ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Rod Graham=20 To: homeless peoples network=20 Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 4:26 AM Subject: Fw: [Hpn] Floating "Hostels" for those called Homeless - = temporary shelter - ... ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Rod Graham=20 To: W.C.Tinker=20 Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [Hpn] Floating "Hostels" for those called Homeless - = temporary shelter - ... I think a floating hostel would be a great idea. #1. It would get = the homeless away from the areas they are stuck it. It is a vicious = cycle, any change may give a psychological boost. #2. The novelty of = the idea would be good for their morale. comming and going from one = poverty location to the next keeps one in a state of depression. #3 They = should not stop their but retrofit the buses too and take them on deep = sea fishing expeditions. this might sound extravegant but I am = desperately serious. There is a program here in Canada where the poor = are taken fishing and it has been a great program. The money wasted on = grandeos projects with the money going into poverty pimps pockets would = be well spent on such a creative idea. One of our supervisors in the = city I live in donates his entire pay check to a program that transports = senior citizens. He gets about half back (Amont that he gave) from the = government donation to keep. Most politicinas and pimps are vastly = overpayed not including the kick back type benifits they get after term. = Merry "Christmas" all. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: W.C.Tinker=20 To: HOBOMATT@aol.com=20 Cc: HPN=20 Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 9:41 AM Subject: Re: [Hpn] Floating "Hostels" for those called Homeless - = temporary shelter - ... I agree it also could be worlds biggest coffin! Bill New Hampshire Homeless / founded 11-28-99 25 Granite Street Northfield,N.H. 03276 USA 603-286-2492 Advocates,activists,for disabled,displaced human rights. http://www.newhampshirehomeless.org http://www.nationalhomeless.org/state/newhampshire.html NH-ADAPT / NOT DEAD YET ----- Original Message -----=20 From: HOBOMATT@aol.com=20 To: HPN@aspin.asu.edu=20 Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 10:18 AM Subject: Re: [Hpn] Floating "Hostels" for those called Homeless - = temporary shelter - ... hccjr@bellsouth.net writes: <<>> It would be a night-mare..... Same reasoning applies here as to = why "Mega-shelters" are a bad idea. You concentrate those with = problems, you end up with a "problem facility". Would YOU want to live = in the community where this thing is docked? Something of that size = would reguire a LONG list of harshly enforced rules to make it = survivable. There's a "right size" for just about any human endeavor. = The "right size for a homeless shelter? I'd say 100 to 150 people would = be optimum. 1200 would be a Kafkaesq nightmare! Matt Parkhouse, RN Colorado Springs, CO ------=_NextPart_000_003A_01C2B2F1.EB226EC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Any time you start herding people into = one area,or=20 into "Rudyism" [NIMBY] or SNOB zoning like ex mayors idea = of gigantic=20 plastic covered croup tents for homeless you got to realize its = being done=20 to control,and contain you.
 
This floating hostel is not the = salvation of the=20 homeless or poor sorry!
 
Also it would be a haven for illegal = activities and=20 communicable disease night mare.
 
The answer is affordable permanent = housing or start=20 buying body bags!
 
Bill
New Hampshire Homeless / founded = 11-28-99
25=20 Granite Street
Northfield,N.H. 03276 =20 USA
603-286-2492
Advocates,activists,for disabled,displaced human=20 rights.
http://www.newhampshirehomel= ess.org
http://w= ww.nationalhomeless.org/state/newhampshire.html
NH-ADAPT=20 / NOT DEAD YET
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Rod = Graham
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 = 4:26=20 AM
Subject: Fw: [Hpn] Floating = "Hostels" for=20 those called Homeless - temporary shelter - ...

 
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Rod Graham =
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Hpn] Floating "Hostels" for those called = Homeless -=20 temporary shelter - ...

I think a floating hostel would be a = great=20 idea.  #1.  It would get the homeless away from the areas = they are=20 stuck it.  It is a vicious cycle, any change may give a = psychological=20 boost. #2.  The novelty of the idea would be good for their = morale. =20 comming and going from one poverty location to the next keeps one in a = state=20 of depression. #3 They should not stop their but retrofit the buses = too and=20 take them on deep sea fishing expeditions.  this might sound = extravegant=20 but I am desperately serious.  There is a program here in Canada = where=20 the poor are taken fishing and it has been a great program.  The = money=20 wasted on grandeos projects with the money going into poverty pimps = pockets=20 would be well spent on such a creative idea.  One of our = supervisors in=20 the city I live in donates his entire pay check to a program that = transports=20 senior citizens.  He gets about half back (Amont that he=20 gave)  from the government donation to keep.  Most = politicinas=20 and pimps are vastly overpayed not including the kick back type = benifits they=20 get after term.  Merry "Christmas" all.
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 W.C.Tinker
Cc: HPN
Sent: Thursday, January 02, = 2003 9:41=20 AM
Subject: Re: [Hpn] Floating = "Hostels"=20 for those called Homeless - temporary shelter - ...

I agree it also could be worlds = biggest=20 coffin!
Bill
New Hampshire Homeless / founded 11-28-99
25 Granite=20 Street
Northfield,N.H. 03276 =20 USA
603-286-2492
Advocates,activists,for disabled,displaced = human=20 rights.
http://www.newhampshirehomel= ess.org
http://w= ww.nationalhomeless.org/state/newhampshire.html
NH-ADAPT=20 / NOT DEAD YET
----- Original Message ----- =
From:=20 HOBOMATT@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, January 02, = 2003=20 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Hpn] Floating = "Hostels"=20 for those called Homeless - temporary shelter - ...

hccjr@bellsouth.net = writes:

<<<How do feel about a 1,200 room Hostel = facility=20 that is "self
contained" with medical services, education, = job=20 training,
mini-mart, barber and beauty shops, clothing store, = day=20 care,
recreational facilities, pool, mental health, on-board = jobs,=20 etc?

If such a facility could be established in either = New York=20 or San
Francisco as a "Pilot Program" would you want to live = on the=20 USS
Hostel for a time to get back on your=20 feet?>>>


It would be a night-mare.....  Same = reasoning=20 applies here as to why "Mega-shelters" are a bad idea.  You=20 concentrate those with problems, you end up with a "problem=20 facility".  Would YOU want to live in the community where = this thing=20 is docked?  Something of that size would reguire a LONG list = of=20 harshly enforced rules to make it survivable.  There's a = "right size"=20 for just about any human endeavor.  The "right size for a = homeless=20 shelter?  I'd say 100 to 150 people would be optimum.  = 1200=20 would be a Kafkaesq nightmare!
Matt Parkhouse, RN
Colorado = Springs,=20 CO



<= /FONT> ------=_NextPart_000_003A_01C2B2F1.EB226EC0-- From gbacque@colosseum.com Fri Jan 3 22:27:58 2003 From: gbacque@colosseum.com (Graeme Bacque) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 14:27:58 -0800 Subject: [Hpn] FW: HOMELESS DEATHS: 1999-2002 Message-ID: -----Original Message----- From: Don Weitz [mailto:dweitz@pathcom.com] Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 10:25 AM To: ccrowe@ctchc.com Cc: ocap@tao.ca; ckln-news@sac.ryerson.ca Subject: HOMELESS DEATHS: 1999-2002 Some figures on homeless deaths in Toronto compiled by Coroner's Office - I just got this info from Deputy Coroner Dr. Bonnie Porter today (Jan.3/03) - getting fuller report shortly: 1999(May-Dec) total deaths 27: 26 men, 1 woman, 1 died from hypothermia 2000 total deaths 36: 34 men 2 women, 6 died from hypothermia 2001 total deaths 34: 33 men, 1 woman, 4 died from hypothermia 2002 total deaths 30-40 (unofficial) total homeless deaths 1999-2002: 140 (estimate) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.435 / Virus Database: 244 - Release Date: 12/30/02 From streetsheet@sf-homeless-coalition.org Fri Jan 3 19:34:10 2003 From: streetsheet@sf-homeless-coalition.org (chance martin) Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 11:34:10 -0800 Subject: [Hpn] Re: Floating "Hostels" for those called Homeless Message-ID: We would all do well to do our homework before weighing in on the idea of housing homeless folks on de-commissioned warships. For one thing, the US Navy enjoys a variance from OSHA so that they can paint their ships with lead-based paint and insulate hot pipes with asbestos. Then there's the issue that these vessels are designed to be operated by able-bodied sailors -- anything resembling a stairway to move between decks isn't often found, the general rule is ladders. Twenty years ago, when I worked for a defense contractor installing weapons systems on commissioned Spruance-class destroyers, any shipyard worker caught below decks without a hardhat got sent home for the day, and for good reason. Without splitting hairs further, it's probably safe to for us to assume such accommodations won't comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. As for the safety of Navy personnel, they're considered military property and as such are expendable. If we proposed to house prison inmates in such conditions, they would have a very win-able lawsuit. But then, homeless people don't enjoy as many rights as convicted felons do here in the U.S. The other idea, using cruise ships, sounds like it would be tolerable. They have all kinds of amenities for disabled folks like elevators and escalators (not top mention hot tubs and the like). But my guess is that they cost a small fortune in expenses for daily operation, even if they weren't putting out to sea. It would be interesting to see if someone has done a cost analysis that projects a per bed cost for housing homeless people on unused cruise ships. And then there's those pesky viral infections that so many people are getting on cruise ships these days. I can only imagine how TB might spread in such a cloistered environment. Again, what's not being discussed is WHY it is so hard to move policymakers to the belief that homeless people deserve the same rights, and certainly the same housing, as anyone else. What these stories DO serve to do is create a smokescreen to blot out any discussion of why we have so many homeless people in the first place, but when you start asking hard questions like that the newspapers are quick to call you a commie. Take it from me... peace, chance -- chance martin, Project Coordinator STREET SHEET A Publication of the Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco 468 Turk Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 415 / 346.3740-voice € 415 / 775.5639-fax streetsheet@sf-homeless-coalition.org http://www.sf-homeless-coalition.org From =?iso-2022-jp?B?GyRCTjlPMj9NGyhCL0pJTEw=?=" Comrades; "Ein glueckliches neues Jahr!" from osaKKKa. Save our poor & homeless comrades' lives! Struggle for our comrades' lives! Stop the War against our poor & homeless comrades' lives immediately! 31 december 2002-3 january 2003, 4 Tent Village in osaka city begin Winter Struggles intensively for our poor & homeless comrades' lives. thanks. in solidarity,(rebel_JILL) following are our schedules; @Nagai Park Tent Village 31 december 2002 -3 january 2003 12/31 18:00- soup kitchen & noodle for new year's eve 25:00- night patrol for homeless comrades(suburb of the Nagai park & Nagai park) 1/ 1 14:00- starting of soup kitchen 16:00- supplying foods for homeless comrades. starting an exchange meeting 25:00- night patrol for homeless comrades 1/ 2 12:00- starting to make rice cakes $B!!!!!!!!(B14:00- medical consultations 16:00- supplying rice cakes and foods for homeless comrades. starting an exchange meeting 25:00- night patrol for homeless comrades(suburb of the Nagai park & Nagai park) 1/ 3 14:00- starting of soup kitchen 16:00- supplying foods for homeless comrades. starting an exchange meeting 25:00- night patrol for homeless comrades(suburb of the Nagai park & Nagai park) @Ougimachi Park Tent Village 20 december 2002 -28 february 2003? 12/31 18:00- soup kitchen & noodle for new year's eve 1/ 1 11:00- supplying rice cakes and foods for homeless comrades. starting an exchange meeting 16:00- starting of soup kitchen 19:00- supplying foods for homeless comrades. starting an exchange meeting 21:00- night patrol for homeless comrades around the Umeda and Tenjinbashisuji district 1/ 2 10:00- starting of soup kitchen 13:00- supplying foods for homeless comrades. starting an exchange meeting 16:00- starting of soup kitchen 19:00- supplying foods for homeless comrades 21:00- night patrol for homeless comrades around the Umeda and others district 1/ 3 10:00- starting of soup kitchen 13:00- supplying foods for homeless comrades. starting an exchange meeting 16:00- starting of soup kitchen 19:00- supplying foods for homeless comrades 21:00- night patrol for homeless comrades around the Umeda and Tenjinbashisuji district @Osaka Castle Park Tent Communities 1/ 4 9:00- starting to make rice cakes 12:00- supplying rice cakes and foods for homeless comrades. starting All Osaka tent communities exchange meeting. @Nishinari Park 1/ 3 9:00- starting to make rice cakes 12:00- supplying rice cakes and foods for homeless comrades. starting an exchange meeting. From hic_mail@yahoogroups.com Wed Jan 1 15:40:48 2003 From: hic_mail@yahoogroups.com (HIC Coordinator) Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 16:40:48 +0100 Subject: [Hpn] =?iso-8859-1?Q?R:_=5Bhic=5Fmail=5D_Bonne_et_heureuse_ann=E9e?= In-Reply-To: Message-ID: ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C2B1B4.89D40B80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit hi all very nice map sidiki.you keep the flag flying high my brother.hi every one my best wishes to you all.Together we have to stop any form of violence against the human race.let us rededicate our work for a just and peaceful society becuase only then can we achieve shelter and a better life for all our people. remember there are still more then 3.5billion people in the world that live in squallar and abject poverty.let us deepen the sruggle and show greater solidarity to all oppressed peoples in the world. viva the plo viva. 2003 the year of the poor and vulnerable kindly yours jerry eldrige ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C2B1B4.89D40B80 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
hi all
very nice map sidiki.you keep the flag flying high my brother.hi every one my best wishes to you all.Together we have to stop any form of violence against the human race.let us rededicate our work for a just and peaceful society becuase only then can we achieve shelter and a better life for all our people.
remember there are still more then 3.5billion people in the world that live in squallar and abject poverty.let us deepen the sruggle and show greater solidarity to all oppressed peoples in the world.
viva the plo viva.
2003 the year of the poor and vulnerable
kindly yours
jerry  eldrige

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------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C2B1B4.89D40B80-- From hic_mail@yahoogroups.com Wed Jan 1 16:02:05 2003 From: hic_mail@yahoogroups.com (Tent City) Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 08:02:05 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Hpn] Re: =?UNKNOWN?Q?R=3A=5F=5Bhic=5Fmail=5D=5FBonne=5Fet=5Fheureuse=5Fan?= =?UNKNOWN?Q?n=E9e?= In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20030101160205.18443.qmail@web11301.mail.yahoo.com> --Boundary_(ID_MmRTMyoIMp/0+NZhJSuN7w) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Greetings Jerry Eldrige and all who receive this Bonne et heureuse annee to all who dwell in shanytowns everywhere and to all allies in the struggle for housing and better livity for all poor people. Jack Tafari, Dignity Village. Portland, Oregon, USA http://dignityvillage.org HIC Coordinator wrote:hi allvery nice map sidiki.you keep the flag flying high my brother.hi every one my best wishes to you all.Together we have to stop any form of violence against the human race.let us rededicate our work for a just and peaceful society becuase only then can we achieve shelter and a better life for all our people.remember there are still more then 3.5billion people in the world that live in squallar and abject poverty.let us deepen the sruggle and show greater solidarity to all oppressed peoples in the world.viva the plo viva.2003 the year of the poor and vulnerablekindly yoursjerry eldrige Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: hic_mail-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. "No one should question the faith of others, for no human being can judge the ways of God." H.I.M. Emperor Haile Selassie I --Boundary_(ID_MmRTMyoIMp/0+NZhJSuN7w) Content-type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT

Greetings Jerry Eldrige and all who receive this

Bonne et heureuse annee to all who dwell in shanytowns everywhere and to all allies in the struggle for housing and better livity for all poor people.

Jack Tafari, Dignity Village.

Portland, Oregon, USA

http://dignityvillage.org

 

 HIC Coordinator wrote:

hi all
very nice map sidiki.you keep the flag flying high my brother.hi every one my best wishes to you all.Together we have to stop any form of violence against the human race.let us rededicate our work for a just and peaceful society becuase only then can we achieve shelter and a better life for all our people.
remember there are still more then 3.5billion people in the world that live in squallar and abject poverty.let us deepen the sruggle and show greater solidarity to all oppressed peoples in the world.
viva the plo viva.
2003 the year of the poor and vulnerable
kindly yours
jerry  eldrige


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--Boundary_(ID_MmRTMyoIMp/0+NZhJSuN7w)-- From jos_reyn@yahoo.com Sat Jan 4 20:24:19 2003 From: jos_reyn@yahoo.com (joe reynolds) Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 12:24:19 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Hpn] floating hostels Message-ID: <20030104202419.41382.qmail@web21403.mail.yahoo.com> Don't know sounds like almost everyone considers this to be more of a problem than a help. While I can see a limited usefulness to the idea aren't there enough empty buildings in every city and town already? And while they might have barbershops and all that why shouldn't the local barbers getthe chance to do this anyway and keep some money in the local economy. Besides this isn't to far from building a ghetto for the "unwanted" - out of sight, out of mind! They don't see use so problem solved as far as they are concerned. Health problems and accessability are a concern also. Besides if the cities are claiming they can't afford to have afffordable housing even when unsubsidized how the hwell are they going to pay dockage fees? Do you know how much a liner is chaged for just being at dock each day? Makes airport fees seem insignificant and god help you if you need services like having the water system cleaned or the valves replaced in the waste water system! In the end would still be temporary shelter all of which only works temporarily. We need jobs - hell the whole country needs jobs! Jobs with decent livable wages will solve much of the problem. Hell if I and otheres had such not only would we have our own place but also what we would be buying would provide ewmployment opportunities. Unfortunately American business not interested in having employees hping to make a killing by IPOs and such stock manipulation. I think the reason why they want to nraid - I mean "privatize" Social Security isn't just because there is money ther but because they really, really need it as the house of cards is starting to collapse. Local Californian economy despite all the bombast looks more and more like a zero sum gain and in economics that is a collapse. I think it would be easier to use existing housing and businesses. However it might be a great idea to convince all the yuppie scum to go on long sea cruises, say during hurricane season? Pass the sea-sick pills? Zen hugs, Joe R! www.geocities.com/jos_reyn __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com From wtinker@metrocast.net Sat Jan 4 20:51:42 2003 From: wtinker@metrocast.net (W.C.Tinker) Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 15:51:42 -0500 Subject: [Hpn] floating hostels References: <20030104202419.41382.qmail@web21403.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <001701c2b433$16087520$25f205cf@ney6w04jqsngtn> From: "joe reynolds" To: "HPN" Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 3:24 PM Subject: [Hpn] floating hostels > Don't know sounds like almost everyone considers this > to be more of a problem than a help. While I can see a > limited usefulness to the idea aren't there enough > empty buildings in every city and town already? And > while they might have barbershops and all that why > shouldn't the local barbers getthe chance to do this > anyway and keep some money in the local economy. > Besides this isn't to far from building a ghetto for > the "unwanted" - out of sight, out of mind! They don't > see use so problem solved as far as they are > concerned. Health problems and accessability are a > concern also. Besides if the cities are claiming they > can't afford to have afffordable housing even when > unsubsidized how the hwell are they going to pay > dockage fees? Do you know how much a liner is chaged > for just being at dock each day? Makes airport fees > seem insignificant and god help you if you need > services like having the water system cleaned or the > valves replaced in the waste water system! > In the end would still be temporary shelter all of > which only works temporarily. We need jobs - hell the > whole country needs jobs! Jobs with decent livable > wages will solve much of the problem. Hell if I and > otheres had such not only would we have our own place > but also what we would be buying would provide > ewmployment opportunities. Unfortunately American > business not interested in having employees hping to > make a killing by IPOs and such stock manipulation. I > think the reason why they want to nraid - I mean > "privatize" Social Security isn't just because there > is money ther but because they really, really need it > as the house of cards is starting to collapse. Local > Californian economy despite all the bombast looks more > and more like a zero sum gain and in economics that is > a collapse. > I think it would be easier to use existing housing > and businesses. However it might be a great idea to > convince all the yuppie scum to go on long sea > cruises, say during hurricane season? > Pass the sea-sick pills? > Zen hugs, Joe R! > www.geocities.com/jos_reyn > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > HPN maillist - HPN@projects.is.asu.edu > http://projects.is.asu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hpn > From wtinker@metrocast.net Sat Jan 4 21:08:28 2003 From: wtinker@metrocast.net (W.C.Tinker) Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 16:08:28 -0500 Subject: [Hpn] floating hostels References: <20030104202419.41382.qmail@web21403.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <001c01c2b435$6de84480$25f205cf@ney6w04jqsngtn> Joe,and Hpn...Sorry about the dud send! Joe you make more sense than some of them poli-ticks we got playing at running this country. If money is the issue why don,t some of them self righteous millionaires like Bill Gates come forward and do a communuty service conscience gift of unspecified amount toward refurbishing some of these empty buildings for safe housing for people needing a warm place and place to rest from the storm. Personally I believe involuntary homelessness could be ended in 5 years if the homeless persons had a budget similar to Pine Street Inn Boston Ma. of 30 million a year. I see a lot of money put into grants for transient housing that could be better used for affordable permanent housing. Think of the war budget 40 plus billion blown away in Afghanistan already ,my GOD what we could have done to end homelessness with a budget like that? A Brother In The Struggle Bill www.pagerealm.com/wtinker/index.html From: "joe reynolds" To: "HPN" Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 3:24 PM Subject: [Hpn] floating hostels > Don't know sounds like almost everyone considers this > to be more of a problem than a help. While I can see a > limited usefulness to the idea aren't there enough > empty buildings in every city and town already? And > while they might have barbershops and all that why > shouldn't the local barbers getthe chance to do this > anyway and keep some money in the local economy. > Besides this isn't to far from building a ghetto for > the "unwanted" - out of sight, out of mind! They don't > see use so problem solved as far as they are > concerned. Health problems and accessability are a > concern also. Besides if the cities are claiming they > can't afford to have afffordable housing even when > unsubsidized how the hwell are they going to pay > dockage fees? Do you know how much a liner is chaged > for just being at dock each day? Makes airport fees > seem insignificant and god help you if you need > services like having the water system cleaned or the > valves replaced in the waste water system! > In the end would still be temporary shelter all of > which only works temporarily. We need jobs - hell the > whole country needs jobs! Jobs with decent livable > wages will solve much of the problem. Hell if I and > otheres had such not only would we have our own place > but also what we would be buying would provide > ewmployment opportunities. Unfortunately American > business not interested in having employees hping to > make a killing by IPOs and such stock manipulation. I > think the reason why they want to nraid - I mean > "privatize" Social Security isn't just because there > is money ther but because they really, really need it > as the house of cards is starting to collapse. Local > Californian economy despite all the bombast looks more > and more like a zero sum gain and in economics that is > a collapse. > I think it would be easier to use existing housing > and businesses. However it might be a great idea to > convince all the yuppie scum to go on long sea > cruises, say during hurricane season? > Pass the sea-sick pills? > Zen hugs, Joe R! > www.geocities.com/jos_reyn > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > HPN maillist - HPN@projects.is.asu.edu > http://projects.is.asu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hpn > From H C Covington Sun Jan 5 12:34:33 2003 From: H C Covington (H C Covington) Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 06:34:33 -0600 Subject: [Hpn] Los Angeles, CA - Mr. Jack Ass Sues Over TV Show 'Jackass' - NBC 4 TV News - January 3, 2003 Message-ID: <019f01c2b4b7$dd450ca0$25a45341@icanamerica> >From the "Can you believe this" news: I could not resist sharing this one, even if it is not serious and not about homelessness this morning. Sonny ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mr. Jack Ass Sues Over TV Show 'Jackass' Man Legally Changed Name To Jack Ass in 1997 ________________________________________________________________ By AP Staff Writers - NBC 4 TV News - January 3, 2003 LOS ANGELES -- A guy who legally changed his name to Jack Ass is suing the company that owns MTV, saying that the TV show and movie "Jackass" is ruining his reputation. Mr. Ass was born Bob Craft. He changed his name in 1997 to raise awareness about drunken driving after his brother and a friend were killed in a car crash. Court papers on the Smoking Gun Web site say Mr. Ass wants $10 million in damages for the effect he says "Jackass" has had on his reputation. Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press ________________________________________________________________ source page: http://www.nbc4.tv/irresistible/1867086/detail.html From nh-adapt@juno.com Sun Jan 5 11:39:00 2003 From: nh-adapt@juno.com (Thomas Cagle) Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 06:39:00 -0500 Subject: [Hpn] Background on Sacto suit from a disabled focus Message-ID: <20030105.081624.-297557.9.nh-adapt@juno.com> On Sat, 4 Jan 2003 16:28:28 EST LE3293@aol.com writes: > CALIFORNIANS FOR DISABILITY RIGHTS > 1722 J Street > Suite 2 > Sacramento, Ca., 95814 > Phone 916-447-2237 > Fax 916-447-7324 > > Press Release > > Contact: Laura Williams, President > Phone: (626) 335-0613 > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > 9 AM PST, January 3, 2003 > > CALIFORNIANS FOR DISABILITY RIGHTS DEMANDS EQUAL ACCESS TO THE CITY > OF > SACRAMENTO SIDEWALKS > CDR, a grassroots disability advocacy membership organization from > every > corner of this great State implores the Mayor and Council of the > City of > Sacramento to withdraw its appeal to Barden v. sacramento.  As > disabled > citizens we have the right to traverse the sidewalks of the > beautiful city > that is our State Capitol!  Yet, the leaders of our Capitol City > continue to > fight and appeal the ninth courts decision that would require that > the city > take measures to make the sidewalks safe for wheelchair travel and > travel by > the blind and deaf of our state. > Please serve all the citizens of this great state and MAKE OUR > CAPITOL > ACCESSIBLE > > Disability Activists from all over the State will rally on Monday, > January > 6th at 5:00 pm at the main Library at Ninth and 'I' [828 i street]. > They > will then proceed to the Convention Center and the Governor Davis > Inauguration celebration. > LOOK for the BADGES of HONOR! > > CDR will have a volunteer at the CDR State Office Monday afternoon > from 4:00 > pm to approx. 8:00 pm for out of area supporters to rest and wash. > CDR offices are at 16th and J St. > 1722 J Street call 1-800-838-2237 or 916-447-2237 ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com From nh-adapt@juno.com Sun Jan 5 11:35:58 2003 From: nh-adapt@juno.com (Thomas Cagle) Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 06:35:58 -0500 Subject: [Hpn] from the Ragged Edge: The Hall Of Shame; Have you contacted YOUR City? Message-ID: <20030105.081624.-297557.8.nh-adapt@juno.com> Hm lets do some cross-disability exchange. Sacramento doean't want to have to do things like maintain it sidewalks or build curb cuts for access of mobility disabled people, What homeless folks of California may want to to is to look over this list of towns and cities and note to The Ragged Edge are the towns-cities who are more than a little preoccupied with homeless purging of their streets too, that signed onto Sacto's court case. Tom C On Sat, 4 Jan 2003 14:52:37 EST LE3293@aol.com writes: > > > HALL OF SHAME > > The following cities and towns have supported Sacramento in its > effort to exclude public sidewalks from ADA access requirements: > [from the Ragged Edge] > > CITY OF ALAMEDA > c/o Carol A. Korade > City Attorney > 2263 Santa Clara Avenue, Room 280 > Alameda, CA 94501 > State Bar No. 82133 > > CITY OF ALBANY > c/o Robert Zweben > City Attorney > 1730 Solano Avenue > Berkeley, CA 94797 > State Bar No. 52917 > > TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY > c/o M. Neal Singer > Singer & Silvergleid > 3880 Lemon Street, Suite 420 > Riverside, CA 92501 > State Bar No. 34466 > > CITY OF ARCATA > > CITY OF AVALON > c/o Pamela Albers > City Attorney > P.O. Box 1676 > Avalon, CA 90704 > State Bar No. 110877 > > CITY OF BAKERSFIELD > c/o Robert M. Sherfy > Assistant City Attorney > 1501 Truxtun Avenue > Bakersfield, CA 93301 > State Bar No. 82809 > > CITY OF BARSTOW > c/o Michael G. Colantuono > City Attorney > Neufeld, Jaffe, Levin & Colantuono > 555 West Fifth Street, 30th Floor > Los Angeles, CA 90013 > State Bar No. 143551 > > CITY OF BENICIA > c/o Heather C. McLaughlin > City Attorney > 250 East L Street > Benicia, CA 94510 > State Bar No. 131234 > > CITY OF BURBANK > c/o Terry B. Stevenson, Sr. > Assistant City Attorney > 275East Olive Avenue > Burbank, Ca 91502 > State Bar No. 72821 > > CITY OF CARLSBAD > c/o Ronald R. Ball > City Attorney > 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive > Carlsbad, CA 92008 > State Bar No. 74105 > > CITY OF CHINO > c/o Jimmy L. Gutierrez > 126 Central Avenue > Chino, CA 91710 > State Bar. No. 59448 > > CITY OF CHULA VISTA > c/o John M. Kaheny > City Attorney > 276 Fourth Avenue > Chula Vista, CA 91910 > State Bar No. 59571 > > CITY OF CLOVERDALE > > CITY OF COMMERCE > > TOWN OF CORTE MADERA > c/o Jeffrey A. Walter > Walter & Pistole > 670 West Napa Street, Suite F > Sonoma, CA 95476 > State Bar No. 63626 > > CITY OF COTATI > c/o Jeffrey A. Walter > Walter & Pistole > 670 West Napa Street, Suite F > Sonoma, CA 95476 > State Bar No. 63626 > > CITY OF DEL REY OAKS > c/o Robert R. Wellington > City Attorney > 857 Cass Street, Suite D > Monterey, CA 93940 > State Bar No. 39460 > > CITY OF EMERYVILLE > c/o Michael G. Biddle > City Attorney > 1333 Park Avenue > Emeryville, CA 94608 > State Bar No. 139223 > > CITY OF ESCONDIDO > c/o Jeffrey R. Epp > City Attorney > 201 North Broadway > Escondido, CA 92025 > State Bar No. 123565 > > CITY OF EUREKA > > CITY OF FORT BRAGG > > CITY OF FORTUNA > > CITY OF FRESNO > c/o Hilda Cantu Montoy > City Attorney > 2600 Fresno Street, Room 2031 > Fresno, CA 93721 > State Bar No. 77485 > > CITY OF GLENDALE > c/o Scott H. Howard > City Attorney > 613 East Broadway, Room 220 > Glendale, CA 91206 > State Bar No. 71269 > > CITY OF HAYWARD > c/o Michael O'Toole > 777 B Street, 4th Floor > Hayward, CA 94541 > State Bar No. 97779 > > CITY OF HEALDSBURG > > CITY OF HOLLISTER > c/o Elaine Cass > City Attorney > 375 Fifth Street > Hollister, CA 95023 > State Bar No. 68157 > > CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH > c/o Gail Hutton > City Attorney > 2000 Main Street > Huntington Beach, CA 92648 > State Bar No. 57372 > > CITY OF INDIAN WELLS > c/o John L. Cook > City Attorney > 44-950 Eldorado Drive > Indian Wells, CA 92210 > State Bar No. 42759 > > CITY OF INGELWOOD > > CITY OF JACKSON > c/o J. Dennis Crab > 591 Tahoe Keys Boulevard > Suite D8 > South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 > Stat Bar No. 60880 > > CITY OF LAFAYETTE > c/o Charles J. Williams > City Attorney > 1330 Arnold Drive, Suite 149 > Martinez, CA 94553 > State Bar No. 26659 > > CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH > c/o Philip D. Kohn > City Attorney > Rutan & Tucker LLP > P.O. Box 1950 > Costa Mesa, CA 92628 > State Bar No. 90158 > > CITY OF LAKEWOOD > c/o John Sanford Todd > City Attorney > 4909 Lakewood Boulevard, Suite 300 > Lakewood, CA 90712 > State Bar No. 21099 > > CITY OF LATHROP > c/o Susan Burns Cochran > City Attorney > 16775 Howland Road > Lathrop, CA 95330 > State Bar No. 136268 > > CITY OF LODI > c/o Randall A. Hays > City Attorney > P.O. Box 3006 > Lodi, CA 95241 > State Bar No. 46785 > > CITY OF LONG BEACH > c/o Robert E. Shannon > City Attorney > 333 West Ocean Boulevard > Eleventh Floor > Long Beach, CA 90802 > State Bar No. 43691 > > TOWN OF LOOMIS > c/o Dave Larsen > Town Attorney > P.O. Box 1327 > Loomis, CA 95650 > State Bar No. 90313 > > CITY OF LOS BANOS > > CITY OF MADERA > c/o Joseph A. Soldani > City Attorney > 205 North G Street > Madera, CA 93637 > State Bar No. 89179 > > CITY OF MARINA > c/o Robert R. Wellington > City Attorney > 857 Cass Street, Suite D > Monterey, CA 93940 > State Bar No. 39460 > > CITY OF MENDOTA > c/o David J. Weiland > City Attorney > Dowling, Aaron & Keeler > 6051 North Fresno Street, Suite 200 > Fresno, CA 93710 > State Bar No. 160447 > > CITY OF MERCED > > CITY OF MODESTO > c/o Michael D. Milich > city Attorney > 1010 Tehnth Street > Suite 6300 > Modesto, CA 95353 > State Bar No. 54137 > > CITY OF MONROVIA > c/o Michael G. Colantuono > City Attorney > Neufeld, Jaffe, Levin & Colantuono > 555 West Fifth Street, 30th Floor > Los Angeles, CA 90013 > State Bar No. 143551 > > CITY OF MONTCLAIR > c/o Diane E. Robbins > City Attorney > 11800 Central Avenue, Suite 125 > Chino, CA 91710 > State Bar No. 106766 > > CITY OF MONTEREY > c/o William B. Conners > City Attorney > City Hall > Monterey, CA 93940 > State Bar No. 76106 > > CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW > c/o Michael D. Martello > City Attorney > 500 Castro Street > Mountain View, CA 94039 > State Bar No. 97710 > > CITY OF NATIONAL CITY > > CITY OF NOVATO > c/o Jeffrey A. Walter > Walter & Pistole > 670 West Napa Street, Suite F > Sonoma, CA 95476 > State Bar No. 63626 > > CITY OF ORINDA > c/o Linda C. Roodhouse > City Attorney > Lombarid, Loer & Conant > 1999 Harrison Street, Suite 1950 > Oakland, CA 94612 > State Bar No. 96009 > > CITY OF PACIFICA > > CITY OF PALM DESERT > c/o David J. Erwin > Best Best & Krieger LLP > 740760 Highway 111, Suite 200 > Indian Wells, CA 92210 > State Bar No. 32126 > > CITY OF PIEDMONT > c/o George S. Peyton, Jr. > City Attorney > 1999 Harrison Street, Suite 1950 > Oakland, CA 94612 > State Bar No. 37643 > > CITY OF PLACERVILLE > c/o John W. Driscoll > City Attorney > 487 Main Street > Placerville, CA 95667 > State Bar No. 45037 > > CITY OF PLEASANTON > c/o Michael H. Roush > City Attorney > P.O. Box 520 > Pleasanton, CA 94566 > State Bar No. 72456 > > CITY OF RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA > CITY OF REDLANDS > c/o Daniel J. McHugh > City Attorney > P.O. Box 3005 > Redlands, CA 92373 > State Bar No. 112197 > > CITY OF REDONDO BEACH > c/o Jerry Goddard > City Attorney > 415 Diamond Street > Redondo Beach, CA 90277 > State Bar No. 68932 > > CITY OF RIALTO > c/o Robert A. Owen > City Attorney > 268 West Hospitality Lane, Suite 302 > San Bernardino, CA 92408 > State Bar No. 123205 > > CITY OF RIO VISTA > > CITY OF RIPON c/o Thomas H. Terpstra > Herum Crabtree Brown > 2291 West March Lane, B-100 > Stockton, CA 95207 > State Bar No. 142972 > > CITY OF RIVERSIDE > c/o Gregory P. Priamos > Interim city Attorney > 3900 Main Street, Fifth Floor > Riverside, CA 92522 > State Bar No. 136766 > > CITY OF ROHNERT PARK > > CITY OF ROSEVILLE > c/o Mark J. Doane > City Attorney > 2005 Hilltop circle > Roseville, CA 95747 > State Bar No. 76248 > > TOWN OF ROOS > c/o Hadden Roth > City Attorney > 1050 Northgate Drive > San Rafael, CA 94903 > State Bar No. 28205 > > CITY OF ST. HELENA > c/o Diane M. Price > City Attorney > Coombs & Dunlap LLP > 1211 Division Street > Napa, CA 94559 > State Bar No. 88155 > > CITY OF SALINAS > c/o Christine Davi > 200 Lincoln Avenue > Salinas, CA 93901 > State Bar No. 178389 > > TOWN OF SAN ANSELMO > c/o Hadden Roth > Cityi Attorney > 1050 Northgate Drive > San Rafael, CA 94903 > State Bar No. 28205 > > CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO > c/o James F. Penman > City Attorney > 300 North "D" Street > San Bernardino, CA 92418 > State Bar No. 91761 > > CITY OF SAN BUENAVENTURA > c/o Robert G. Boehm > City Attorney > 501 Poli Street, Room 213 > Ventura, CA 93002 > State Bar No. 44871 > > CITY OF SAN CARLOS > c/o Filbert Lanzonie > City Attorney > 939 Laurel Street, Suite D > San Carols, CA 94070 > State Bar No. 45484 > ============================== > CITY OF SAN DIEGO > c/o Leslie Devaney > Executive Assistant City Attorney ===RESCINDED=== > 1200 Third Avenue,Suite 1620 > San Diego, CA 92101 > State Bar No. 115854 > ==============================| > CITY OF SAN JOAQUIN > c/o Mark A. Blum > Henry, Logoluso & Blum > 441-C South Madera Avenue > Kerman, CA 93630 > State Bar No. 160477 > > CITY OF SAN JUAN BAUTISTA > c/o Patrick Whitnell > City Attorney > Meyers, Nave, Riback, Silver & Wilson > 777 Davis Street, Suite 300 > San Leandro, CA 94577 > State Bar No. 184204 > > CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO > c/o Jeffrey G. Jorgensen > City Attorney > 990 Palm Stret > San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 > State Bar No. 68576 > > CITY OF SAN RAFAEL > c/o Gary T. Ragghianti > City Attorney > 1400 Fifth Avenue > San Rafael, CA 94901 > State Bar No. 43049 > > CITY OF SANTA CLARA > c/o Michael R. Downey > City Attorney > 1500 Warburton Avenue > Santa Clara, CA 95050 > State Bar No. 44207 > > CITY OF SANTA PAULA > c/o PHILLIP H. ROMNEY > City Attorney > 137 North Tenth Street > Santa Paula, CA 93060 > State Bar No. 51448 > > CITY OF SANTA ROSA > c/o Brien J. Farrel > Acting City Attorney > 100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Room 8 > Santa Rosa, CA 95404 > State Bar No. 88318 > > CITY OF SEBASTOPOL > > CITY OF STOCKTON > c/o Rickahrd K. Denhalter > City Attorney > 425 North El Dorado Street > Stockton, CA 95202 > State Bar No. 68824 > > CITY OF SUNNYVALE > c/o Valerie J. Armento > City Attorney > P.O. Box 3707 > Sunnyvale, CA 94088 > State Bar No. 78717 > > TOWN OF TIBURON > c/o Ann R. Danforth > Town Attorney > 1505 Tiburon Boulevard > Tiburon, CA 94920 > State Bar No. 110399 > > CITY OF THACHAPI > c/o Tom Schroeder > 254 H Street > Bakersfield, CA 93304 > State Bar No. 62683 > > CITY OF TORRANCE > c/o John L. Fellows III > City Attorney > 3031 Torrance Boulevard > Torrance, CA 90503 > State Bar No. 103968 > > CITY OF TRACY > c/o Debra E. Corbett > city Attorney > 325 East Tenth Street > Tracy, CA 95376 > State Bar No. 112453 > > TOWN OF TRUCKEE > c/o J. Dennis Crabb > 591 Tahoe Keys Boulevard, Suite D8 > South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 > State Bar No. 60880 > > CITY OF TURLOCK > c/o Richard C. Burton > Ctiy Attorney > 156 South Broadway, Suite 240 > Turlock, CA 95380 > State Bar No. 44928 > > CITY OF TUSTIN > > CITY OF VACAVILLE > c/o Charles O. Lamcree > Ctiy Attorney > 650 Merchant Street > Vacaville, CA 95688 > State Bar No. 53941 > > CITY OF WESTMORLAND > c/o Mitchell A. Driskill > city Attorney > Ewing, Johnson, Graves & Driskill > 636 State Street > El Entro, CA 92243 > State Bar No. 157046 > > CITY OF YREKA > c/o Larry G. Bacon > City Attorney > 701 Fourth Street > Yreka, CA 96097 > State Bar No. 38943 > > ========================================== > > > WHAT YOU CAN DO > > -- from activist HolLynn D'Lil 1. Contact your own local city > government > and ask them not to join the City of Sacramento in their appeal of > the Barden > v. Sacramento decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. Call your city > attorney and > ask specifically if they have agreed to sign onto the brief. If > "yes," follow > the HREF="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20021127-9999_2m27disable. html">lead > of San Diego advocates and organize protests and demonstrations. > > Advocates have until early 2003 to get cities to reverse their > decisions. 2. > Contact the Sacramento City Council officials (email links below.) > Present > them with the facts stated, and tell them to stop the senseless > discrimination against people with disabilities and the destruction > of their > lives. > Mayor and Council Offices are located at: City Hall, 915 I Street, > Room 205, > 95814 > Mayor/City Council (916)264-5407 > FAX - all Councilmembers -- (916)264-7680 > TDD - all Councilmembers -- (916)264-5819 > Email addresses:Heather > Fargo , Mayor > Ray Tretheway, > District 1 ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com From inspiringmind@netzero.net Sun Jan 5 13:35:30 2003 From: inspiringmind@netzero.net (Mary) Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 05:35:30 -0800 Subject: [Hpn] New to list... some thoughts References: <20030104202419.41382.qmail@web21403.mail.yahoo.com> <001701c2b433$16087520$25f205cf@ney6w04jqsngtn> Message-ID: <02e001c2b4bf$51d40d80$3d3d5d3f@marymike> Hello. I just got onto the list a few days ago. I have had boughts of being homeless with my family and right now we are living in a motel, mostly because where we live doesn't have any really good homeless advacets. I think that if a family is homeless and they have some kind of income (especially low income) that a homeless shelter or other agency should be in constant, working contact with local landlords in the community. They should be able to call these people and say "I have a family looking for (whatever size) bedroom and this is their income." We have a very low income and right now it would be pretty unprobable that we could try to rent from someone an apartment or such cause they would wonder how we would be able to pay. They should lower the rent some for people too. Section 8 is fine but the waiting list is SO long and then you have a hard time finding someone to rent to you still. Public housing is fine too but for the wait. Where I live also has very bad food banks and soup kitchens. It would be great if we could find a place where they had a great transitional housing for families (including dad) and me be able to get a job so we could get a place. It is very difficult to find a job where I live without jumping through hoops first. Anyway, my husband and I created a social services directory web site. We have about 450 links to different resources for the homeless and low income on the site. It goes by state. I think we figure if we can't help ourselfes then we will try and help others. The web site address is: http://www.social-services-directory.easywebhome.net/ Mary From worldhome@thesociety.net Sun Jan 5 14:39:20 2003 From: worldhome@thesociety.net (Harmony Kieding) Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 06:39:20 -0800 Subject: [Hpn] New to list... some thoughts Message-ID: <3e184398.61c.0@lookscool.com> Hi Mary, And welcome to HPN! What area of the US are you in? Am curious. I've been homeless in California and Minnesota. Also, I've been there in being homeless in a motel sometimes... I like your social services directory- it looks well organized and easy to use. I myself have a homeless section on my website- "worldhome": worldhome http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/7076/causesindex.html My husband and I were last homeless in 1999- we wound up having to move to another country (long story). I wish other human beings/"society" would listen to homeless people and homeless advocates. Mostly it feels as if they just want to cover all of us over with dirt to get us out of sight so they can forget about us. Of course, every now and then there are break-throughs, but always in front of us is the job of blasting away stereotypes. Why, oh why, is it so hard for society to hear the message that we need more affordable housing? I hear you when you talk of jumping through hoops -having the transitional housing/getting a job/. On top of being cold, stressed and exhausted and malnourished, sometimes it's not easy to know where to begin. Or even if you do know where to begin, the obstacles that are put in your way... Anyway, am glad you are here and hope to hear more from you, Harmony What Causes Homelessness? http;//www.planetsave.com/u/Harmony/ American Homeless Land Model http://www.dreamwater.org/biz/kenchurchill/index.html >Hello. I just got onto the list a few days ago. I have had boughts of >being homeless with my family and right now we are living in a motel, mostly >because where we live doesn't have any really good homeless advacets. > >I think that if a family is homeless and they have some kind of income >(especially low income) that a homeless shelter or other agency should be in >constant, working contact with local landlords in the community. They >should be able to call these people and say "I have a family looking for >(whatever size) bedroom and this is their income." > >We have a very low income and right now it would be pretty unprobable that >we could try to rent from someone an apartment or such cause they would >wonder how we would be able to pay. They should lower the rent some for >people too. Section 8 is fine but the waiting list is SO long and then you >have a hard time finding someone to rent to you still. Public housing is >fine too but for the wait. > >Where I live also has very bad food banks and soup kitchens. It would be >great if we could find a place where they had a great transitional housing >for families (including dad) and me be able to get a job so we could get a >place. It is very difficult to find a job where I live without jumping >through hoops first. > >Anyway, my husband and I created a social services directory web site. We >have about 450 links to different resources for the homeless and low income >on the site. It goes by state. I think we figure if we can't help ourselfes >then we will try and help others. The web site address is: >http://www.social-services-directory.easywebhome.net/ > >Mary > >_______________________________________________ >HPN maillist - HPN@projects.is.asu.edu >http://projects.is.asu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hpn > > _______________________________________________________________ Get Your Lifetime, Free Web Address at http://www.lookscool.com From inspiringmind@netzero.net Sun Jan 5 14:50:57 2003 From: inspiringmind@netzero.net (Mary) Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 06:50:57 -0800 Subject: [Hpn] New to list... some thoughts References: <3e184398.61c.0@lookscool.com> Message-ID: <036c01c2b4c9$dbb69f40$3d3d5d3f@marymike> Hello Harmony, Right now we are in Las Vegas...probably the worst place in the world for homeless resources since they think that everyone who is homeless gambles the money away. Also the hardest place to get a job since they want you to have a in state ID and then on top of that a sheriff's card to work (which costs $35 to get) and you have to get the job first! The last time we had a solid place to live was about 2 years ago. It is very difficult since we have two small boys and our oldest is on school (At least I could get him into the school system here without a permanent address.) Lucky for us our boys seem to adjust very well to not being in a permanent place. We came from Ohio and spent a lot of time in free campgrounds and Wal-Mart parking lots sleeping in our conversion van. We think at the end of the current school year we will be going somewhere else. We are not positive where, but we are leaning towards Phoenix, Arizona. I am going to add your link to our directory. We actually had a place where people with websites could add a link of their own, but we decided it wouldn't be needed too much. But I can add any in that come up and will add your soon. Mary > Hi Mary, > > And welcome to HPN! > > What area of the US are you in? Am curious. I've been homeless in California > and Minnesota. Also, I've been there in being homeless in a motel sometimes... > > > I like your social services directory- it looks well organized and easy to use. > I myself have a homeless section on my website- "worldhome": > > worldhome > http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/7076/causesindex.html > > > > My husband and I were last homeless in 1999- we wound up having to move to another > country (long story). > > I wish other human beings/"society" would listen to homeless people and homeless > advocates. Mostly it feels as if they just want to cover all of us over with > dirt to get us out of sight so they can forget about us. Of course, every now > and then there are break-throughs, but always in front of us is the job of blasting > away stereotypes. > > Why, oh why, is it so hard for society to hear the message that we need more > affordable housing? > > I hear you when you talk of jumping through hoops -having the transitional housing/getting > a job/. On top of being cold, stressed and exhausted and malnourished, sometimes > it's not easy to know where to begin. Or even if you do know where to begin, > the obstacles that are put in your way... > > Anyway, am glad you are here and hope to hear more from you, > > Harmony > > What Causes Homelessness? > http;//www.planetsave.com/u/Harmony/ > > American Homeless Land Model > http://www.dreamwater.org/biz/kenchurchill/index.html From gbacque@colosseum.com Sun Jan 5 21:48:14 2003 From: gbacque@colosseum.com (Graeme Bacque) Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 13:48:14 -0800 Subject: [Hpn] FW: (en) Brazil: Two Thousand Homeless Families to be Evicted Message-ID: -----Original Message----- From: worker-a-infos-en@ainfos.ca [mailto:worker-a-infos-en@ainfos.ca]On Behalf Of David Christian Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 11:43 AM To: a-infos-en@ainfos.ca Subject: (en) Brazil: Two Thousand Homeless Families to be Evicted ________________________________________________ A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E http://www.ainfos.ca/ http://ainfos.ca/index24.html ________________________________________________ Two thousand homeless families in Guarulhos, Brazil are facing the risk of eviction on Monday morning. Your international solidarity may be decisive. The camp in Osasco. Their story begins on July 2002 when a group of a few hundred families squatted an abandoned urban area in Osasco, near Sao Paulo, Brazil. The 50 hectares area in a fancy neighborhood used as a clandestine garbage field was soon occupied by ten thousand poor people living in simple tents. The city government and the rich neighbors immediately started a campaign accusing them of stealing land and bringing thiefs and drug dealers to the neighborhood. After a 5 months campaign, they were evicted. The owner of the area and the city government broughtbulldozers protected by riot police who violently destroyed people's houses. One could see workers, women with children and the elderly crying over their destroyed houses filled with poor furniture and their personal possesions. Osasco camp evicted. Bulldozers destroy houses. Building the new camp in Guarulhos. The homeless managed to get a deal with the state government and were transferred to a state unused area in Guarulhos - still near Sao Paulo but over 20 miles away from their former houses and jobs. But once the buses transferring them arrived, they had again to face the police. The city government of Guarulhos (controlled by the PT, the "Worker's" Party) had called the city police to prevent them from getting into the area. City government argued that the city has no structure to host the families and that their transferring violated urban legislation. After long negotiations they managed to get in. But the city government went to the courts and a judge just decided for a new dramatic eviction, due to next Monday, January the 6th. The homeless have no option but to resist. Riot police will arrive early in the morning and people fear a massacre as families can't leave because they simply have nowhere to go. Local activists are mobilizing to join the homeless. ******* ******** ****** The A-Infos News Service ****** News about and of interest to anarchists ****** COMMANDS: lists@ainfos.ca REPLIES: a-infos-d@ainfos.ca HELP: a-infos-org@ainfos.ca WWW: http://www.ainfos.ca/ INFO: http://www.ainfos.ca/org -To receive a-infos in one language only mail lists@ainfos.ca the message: unsubscribe a-infos subscribe a-infos-X where X = en, ca, de, fr, etc. (i.e. the language code) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.435 / Virus Database: 244 - Release Date: 12/30/02 From jos_reyn@yahoo.com Mon Jan 6 00:01:21 2003 From: jos_reyn@yahoo.com (joe reynolds) Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 16:01:21 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Hpn] re:Tinker Message-ID: <20030106000121.94324.qmail@web21406.mail.yahoo.com> Hi Tinker, I was wondering about that e-mail! Sometimes I have to reqalize how different our situations are when I don't get what you are saying. Sometimes I disagree and a lot of the time I just have to look closer and opay attention before I get what is obvious! Which brings me to the point of making me making more sense than "the poli-ticks". Only because they aren't trying buddy, to paraphrase Zapphod Beeblebrox - "I'm just this guy." Well actually that was from his brain care specialist but fact is there isn't that much different or outstanding about me. Fact is I can be a real screw up too - way too often I am sorry to admit. ('Course my ex says, "he's just sorry...", know what I mean!) One thing about comparing politicals to blood sucking types. My friends in the local Vampyre/Goth scene are offended. Vamps insist they have a higher noble purpose (like who else wants to work nights only?) and polits don't have a reason to live. Sometime the end of this week I am back to living out of my car- well this time is a Ford Aerostar so more room than '90 Plymouth Colt hatchback. My stuff will be in storage and hopefully will have another place soon. This guy is a little tired of working more and more for less and less. Got some college, was production machinist and then a bench jeweler (no stone settting, I made hand forged jewelry for small company in NH.) and now well I don't know what I am now. Doubt itis some word for polite company. I write, I draw, I care, I feel and none of it is worth a damn, Tinker!Just so tired of-it-all and don't have "the" answers; I just know this situation is because "we" aren't trying. Tinker even when I have towork to get some point I appreciate that you and others are trying so damn hard when that collective "we" out there don't seem to give a Tinker's damn! (Old phrase my family still uses - I couldn't resist! _ Hmm, that could be the story of my life or at least an explanation of same.) And Mary, Welcome to the group! Will visit your site as soon as out of e-mail. Nice to see more people trying as opposed to those who merely "are trying" hmm, 'nother old joke there, right up with its alright to be the common man as long as one isn't exceedingly common! Zen hugs and the best of the year to you, one and all - Joe www.geocities.com/jos_reyn __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com From mristic@cinci.rr.com Mon Jan 6 00:35:26 2003 From: mristic@cinci.rr.com (mristic) Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 19:35:26 -0500 Subject: FW: [Hpn] New to list... some thoughts - health and human services informatoin listing Message-ID: Hi Mary, you have a good site, nice, simple, user friendly. We are also trying to promote a nationwide, 211 health and human services system but unfortunately, we've made little progress to date. Part of the reason is that we have no marketing budget and we have to pay for the system to be implemented. That requires us to partner with agencies in major metropolitan areas to find funding sources to put the systems in place. The systems has been implemented in 9 counties in Texas under the domain name of www.TexasOne.com. For all of you who have WEB sites, please add a link for TexasOne so that anyone living or traveling through the sate of Texas can look up all services available. Our approach to the 211 WEB site is to have a comprehensive listing of all all service providers in a given area, county, state, and some day include all the states in the union. The system is laid out very logically by what type of service you require and everything is standardized so that once we get the system up and running in all the states, the search function would be the same everywhere. Once you fill out a form with some basic information, you can look up multiple listings for multiple services, place a chekmark next to the ones you need, and apply only line with one click of the mouse to all of the agencies at once. This is one of those dream systems that if implemented, would allow either individuals or agencies to apply for services all at once, in one single location. No more shuffling clients from place to place and waiting in line at diferent locations. No more excuse for not knowing what other services or agencies are in your region. Privacy features are built into the system and it is bi-lingual as well, English and Spanish. Our biggest problem is finding agencies that want to take the lead and work with us to get funding for loading the information and maintaining the site(s). Maybe what is needed is a grass roots type of movement to mention such systems to agencies so that we can work with them to get it implemented. At the moment we are working to get the sytem loaded for the Pittsburgh PA area and hopefully the whole state of PA but we need many more people to work with us to get it out to all the states. Ignorance should never be an obstacle to providing services to people. The technology is available now. We have to take down barriers, get a truly national information system up and running and we have to tell our government that we want them to cooperate and not play politics with the peoples money, not to throw up barrieres to working with other agencies and work toegether to provide truly comprehensive services to their clients no matter if the agency is government, non-profit or for profit. Everyone that has something to offer to those in neeed should be listed and have the ability to be located by those in need. Our group is called SARS211. SARS stands for "Service Asistance Refferal System" + (211) being the national desigantion for Health and Human Services Informatin systems. If anyone out there runs an agency that wants to take the lead and work with us, please contact myself, Mike Ristic, or Joseph Myers at the following email addresses: The SARSS211 Group Mike Ristic - mristic@cinci.rr.com Joseph R. Myers - sarsceo@hotmail.com Keep in touch with us so that as we add different regions you can update your sites. Sincerely, m.r. -----Original Message----- From: hpn-admin@lists.is.asu.edu [mailto:hpn-admin@lists.is.asu.edu]On Behalf Of Mary Sent: Sun, January 05, 2003 8:36 AM To: HPN Subject: [Hpn] New to list... some thoughts Hello. I just got onto the list a few days ago. I have had boughts of being homeless with my family and right now we are living in a motel, mostly because where we live doesn't have any really good homeless advacets. I think that if a family is homeless and they have some kind of income (especially low income) that a homeless shelter or other agency should be in constant, working contact with local landlords in the community. They should be able to call these people and say "I have a family looking for (whatever size) bedroom and this is their income." We have a very low income and right now it would be pretty unprobable that we could try to rent from someone an apartment or such cause they would wonder how we would be able to pay. They should lower the rent some for people too. Section 8 is fine but the waiting list is SO long and then you have a hard time finding someone to rent to you still. Public housing is fine too but for the wait. Where I live also has very bad food banks and soup kitchens. It would be great if we could find a place where they had a great transitional housing for families (including dad) and me be able to get a job so we could get a place. It is very difficult to find a job where I live without jumping through hoops first. Anyway, my husband and I created a social services directory web site. We have about 450 links to different resources for the homeless and low income on the site. It goes by state. I think we figure if we can't help ourselfes then we will try and help others. The web site address is: http://www.social-services-directory.easywebhome.net/ Mary _______________________________________________ HPN maillist - HPN@projects.is.asu.edu http://projects.is.asu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hpn From H C Covington Tue Jan 21 15:30:29 2003 From: H C Covington (H C Covington) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 09:30:29 -0600 Subject: [Hpn] HOMELESS NEWS DIGEST for January 20, 2003 - Issue 377 - 7:00 AM Live Link Edition Message-ID: <01ae01c2c162$097036e0$30a45341@icanamerica> Note: You have NOT been subscribed to 'The Homeless News' This copy comes to you courtesy of the Homeless Peoples Network [HPN] ListServ listed at the bottom of this page _________________________________________________________ THE HOMELESS NEWS DIGEST © January 20, 2003 - Issue 377 - 7:00 AM Live Link Edition Website: http://egroups.com/group/HomelessNews/ _________________________________________________________ To view the below articles, click on the "Live Link" under each article OR go to: http://egroups.com/group/HomelessNews/ and click on "Messages" to browse through any or all of the more than 3,760 articles on homelessness posted since January 2002. There are 15 new articles in this issue. 1. HOMELESS NEWS DIGEST for January 19, 2003 - Issue 376 - 7:00 AM Live Link Edition - 20 articles http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HomelessNews/message/3746 2. Minneapolis, MN - Booming sales of attached housing expected to continue - Star Tribune - January 18, 2003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HomelessNews/message/3747 3. NYC, NY - Pride Was Behind Lawsuit, Woman at the Heart of It Says - The New York Times - January 19, 2003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HomelessNews/message/3748 4. Morristown, NJ - Homeless dilemma: survival vs. system - Daily Record - January 19, 2003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HomelessNews/message/3749 5. Los Angeles, CA - No Hard Time for Prison Budgets - The New York Times - January 19, 2003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HomelessNews/message/3750 6. Wellesley, MA - State investigating assignment of Barton Road units - The Wellesley Townsman - January 16, 2003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HomelessNews/message/3751 7. Wellesley, MA - For homeless family, playing by PHA's rules doesn't pay - The Wellesley Townsman - January 16, 2003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HomelessNews/message/3752 8. Borough Park, NY - Homeless Woman Found Dead On Rooftop - WABC 7 TV News - January 16, 2003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HomelessNews/message/3753 9. Valdosta, GA - LAMP revamps image - Valdosta Daily Times - January 19, 2003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HomelessNews/message/3754 10. Halethorpe, MD - County's shelter location is fourth this winter - Arbutus Times - January 15, 2003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HomelessNews/message/3755 11. El Cajon, CA - 'Bumfights' case has its main counts thrown out - San Diego Union Tribune - January 16, 2003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HomelessNews/message/3756 12. Deerfield Beach, FL - $50 Million in Milk Supplies Donated by USDA - PNN Online - January 16, 2003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HomelessNews/message/3757 13. Queens, NY - Clergy gather at York to oppose group homes - Times-Ledger - January 16, 2003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HomelessNews/message/3758 14. Groton, MA - Veterans' mobile clinic coming - The Public Spirit - January 16, 2003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HomelessNews/message/3759 15. Bloomington, IN - Poverty gets new analysis - Indiana Daily Student - January 17, 2003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HomelessNews/message/3760 _________________________________________________________ Share the "©Homeless News" with others who are interested in Ending Homelessness in America. You may copy, distribute, display, and use this document - and derivative works based upon it - if proper credit is given to the original source and their copyright is not violated. To submit an article or a note send it in any format to: e-editor@egroups.com To e-FAX an article, send it to 1-775-213-6070 twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. 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From streetsheet@sf-homeless-coalition.org Wed Jan 22 22:43:13 2003 From: streetsheet@sf-homeless-coalition.org (chance martin) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 14:43:13 -0800 Subject: [Hpn] San Francisco Protest honors the dying homeless Message-ID: Protest honors the dying homeless S.F. urged to resume annual study of deaths Ilene Lelchuk, Chronicle Staff Writer Wednesday, January 22, 2003 ©2003 San Francisco Chronicle URL: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/01/22/BA49612.DTL San Francisco homeless advocates held a demonstration Tuesday to criticize public health officials for ending the city's in-depth analysis of homeless deaths. Citing budget constraints and repetitive results, the Department of Public Health issued its last report on who died and why in 1999. That was the year when health officials reported 169 deaths -- the highest number ever recorded by the city in its 13 years of tracking homeless deaths. The in-depth study routinely found that most deaths were related to drugs or alcohol and most occurred in the Tenderloin neighborhood. On Tuesday, the Coalition on Homelessness staged a demonstration at the cable car turnaround at Market and Powell streets and then led a march through the Tenderloin to honor three people who died recently on the streets or in shelters. "There have been a lot of accomplishments from the homeless death count," said Jennifer Friedenbach of the coalition. "The information really helped show us where there were holes in the system." Friedenbach said, for example, that the research led to efforts to get intoxicated people, whose blood is thinned from alcohol, off the cold streets. The city created the McMillian drop-in center where inebriates can grab a few hours of sleep until they sober up, and shelters changed their rules to allow intoxicated people inside, she said. But as San Francisco faces a $320 million-plus and growing deficit, it's unlikely the coalition will get its in-depth study back. The staff who produced it in past years is now working on the city's response to potential bioterrorism threats, said Dr. Mitch Katz, the public health director. "Our focus is on preventing homeless deaths, not on counting them," Katz said. "There are multiple years of data to show us what causes of deaths are and where deaths most occur." While no analysis is being conducted anymore, the medical examiner's office continues to tally the dead brought in without fixed addresses -- the total was 108 people in 2002. Homeless advocates counter that the true number of deaths is much higher. Medical examiner administrator Herb Hawley acknowledged that his count isn't all-inclusive. "I know there are people who are dying in other situations that we never hear about it," he said. E-mail Ilene Lelchuk at ilelchuk@sfchronicle.com. ©2003 San Francisco Chronicle   Page A - 19 -- END FORWARD In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. *********************************************************** From streetsheet@sf-homeless-coalition.org Thu Jan 23 01:20:56 2003 From: streetsheet@sf-homeless-coalition.org (chance martin) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 17:20:56 -0800 Subject: [Hpn] STREET SHEET Spotlights the Most Remarkable News Story of 2002 Message-ID: NEW YORK'S FINEST STREET SHEET Spotlights the Most Remarkable News Story of 2002 by chance martin "Write about something positive. There's a world full of canned worms out there and you're always running around with your Swiss army knife. Write something for readers to feel good about." This past year the American public solidified its collective denial while the American juggernaut lurched ever closer to war with a frequently re-defined Axis of Evil, meaning very few local stories that didn't involve crimes, scandals, or violence managed to penetrate the national news sources' seasonal "white out" of feel-good holiday articles contrived to spotlight some high-profile charitable institution. For mainstream media, charity is very sexy during the holidays. And while charity's ideal probably represents the sole spiritual employment of wealth, charitable institutions certainly can't do much to end poverty and homelessness. Charity at best can only provide temporary relief from the suffering poverty and homelessness create. The news seemingly seeks to have all of us little people believe that such seasonal expressions of individual generosity are the remedy to poverty and homelessness, so as the numbers of homeless Americans continue to spiral upward, most of us are left frustrated and angry to see homeless people continue to die at our doorsteps. That's because ending the suffering requires employing a somewhat less probable spiritual ideal -- justice. A just society requires little charity. Charity could be described as employing wealth justly. In a just society the charitable ideal is a year-long practice, but because the overreaching goal of a society that would call itself Just is ending unnecessary suffering, charitable institutions whose philosophies advocate a more just society might represent the best bang for the buck. Charitable organizations can promote generous and more just communities. But such a society requires more than generosity with money, it requires a generosity of spirit -- and not only with those who can easily benefit from our attentions, but especially with the least members of our human family. The same people with whom many of us seem to find offense at the very fact of their existence. Let's term the human capacity to treat each other justly as kindness. Real kindness is being unconditionally charitable. The American psyche is undeniably invested in seeing itself as a just society -- and most lately to further rationalize military aggression -- so simple themes like justice and kindness seem to be qualities that are harder and harder for folks to find in the news. Anyone who's ever panhandled, or sold a STREET SHEET, or held a political fundraiser, or organized a direct mail campaign, etc., prefers donations from folks who feel it's the right thing to do, not because the donor feels guilty or pressured. As someone once quipped, it's much easier to demand justice than it is to ask for money. We could also argue whether panhandling is more symptomatic of humans with an economic disorder or of an economy with a humanity disorder, but the fact remains that successful panhandlers and STREET SHEET vendors alike must develop human contact with patrons because most people are good, and are often moved to kindness -- to do right by one another as well as the community at large. Good recognizes good, so when we do find ourselves in need -- when we must rely on kindness of strangers -- a kind stranger is the best kind of stranger we can find. And sometimes we can see that when everyday people act from the goodness in their hearts even a single act of kindness can multiply. Kindness can create radical change. Imagine that. If you disagree, we understand -- but that doesn't mean that we'll close our eyes, or our hearts. Besides, if no-one bothered to envision a better world and then found the courage to act from their hearts to make it happen, not much could ever change. But what we just described are some reasons why we found the following holiday news story so remarkable. At first glance, we might have overlooked this story because it fit the typical profile of local stories picked up by the national newsfeeds. It involved a cop (crime), and a bit of a scandal. Well, maybe not as big a scandal as the doings of some our local copsŠ doubtlessly inducing handsprings of joy from local researchers attempting to prove genetic causes for alcoholism. Regardless, the officer we're talking about was held accountable for his deed, and he was disciplined for his scandal. On November 22, 2002, Officer Eduardo Delacruz, an eight-year rank and file veteran of the NYPD -- an outfit already undeniably distinguished for sacrifice and duty in the public interest -- was working NYPD's "Homeless Outreach Unit," rousting homeless people out of a New York shopping district. Retailers and businesses in New York, as here, are always seeking scapegoats to account for shortfalls in expected revenues, never mind the economy. We're not here to evaluate the efficacy of such extraordinary efforts to salvage some retailers' disappointing holiday season bottom line. When he came across 44 year-old Stephen Neil sleeping in a Manhattan parking garage, Officer Delacruz refused to arrest him for trespassing because he knew there was nowhere else for this homeless guy to go. The New York Times quoted the devout Catholic, husband, and father telling his superiors, "I told you before, I'm not going to do it. I won't arrest an undomiciled person." NYC has always ranked right beside San Francisco and Atlanta as the most egregious examples of local police departments selectively enforcing the now-ubiquitous, so-called "quality of life" laws that criminalize homeless people for survival activities like sleeping, so the fact that Officer Delacruz broke ranks to act from his heart was remarkable in itself. And no matter how we might characterize his action, most would find agreement that disobeying a direct order -- right or wrong -- required no small amount of courage. Experience tells us cops aren't likely to be very compassionate toward homeless people. But Delacruz was pretty remarkable. According to Newsday, this policeman carried old blankets and clothing in his car to distribute to street people, and enjoyed reminding the other officers that Jesus Christ was homeless, too. But because the 37 year-old Officer Delacruz held the simple moral conviction that arresting the Mr. Neil was the wrong thing to do, and because this simple moral conviction was in direct conflict with his superior's orders, Delacruz was immediately placed on 30 days suspension without pay... during the holidays. "He's a good guy -- he's got a heart," asserted one of his homeless supporters. "He knows it's not a crime to be homeless, and the NYPD should be ashamed of itself." Here we could ponder that perhaps it was that fateful September morning when New York's towering monuments to capitalism were rendered to a smoking hole for the newscamera's terrorized benefit, or maybe it was those bagpipes balefully moaning "Amazing Grace" in the funeral season that followed, or maybe it was just the moonlight that particular New York winter evening -- whatever the impetus, it would certainly seem that something rather remarkable happened in Officer Eduardo Delacruz's life as well, something that spoke to the better angels of his nature... something that made him decide that jailing homeless people for being homeless wasn't the right thing to do, orders and consequences be damned. Call it an act of conscience. We call it radical change. And that was a pretty remarkable story, but the story didn't end there. On December 24, the Associated Press reported that a group of 30 homeless and formerly homeless people presented Officer Delacruz, his wife, and their five children with a check in the amount of $3000.00. AP also reported the three grand came mostly from recycling cans and bottles, panhandling and, yes, lots of it came from homeless people's welfare checks. "We just wanted to thank him by contributing however we could," explained one of the homeless donors, "And a lot of us gave quarters, nickels and dimes." And who knows? Maybe Officer Delacruz's NYPD buddies even sweetened a few beggars' cups to help the effort. Officers will do that sometimes, anyway. It was the holidays, after all. It certainly isn't like we can say we've never seen a cop be compassionate and kind toward homeless people. At least, not anymore. And that's why Officer Eduardo Delacruz's story is so remarkable. Charity, justice, strangers, kindness, police officers and homeless people, and how a single act of kindness can multiplyŠ creating radical change. Perhaps it's multiplying even now. * * * * * And perhaps this would also be a great opportunity for us to say a big THANK YOU to all the many kind people who responded so generously to the Coalition on Homelessness' holiday fundraising campaign -- our most successful ever! Thanks for sharing in our vision of a just society, because it would never be possible without your help. (1485 words) -- chance martin, Project Coordinator STREET SHEET A Publication of the Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco 468 Turk Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 415 / 346.3740-voice € 415 / 775.5639-fax streetsheet@sf-homeless-coalition.org http://www.sf-homeless-coalition.org From streetsheet@sf-homeless-coalition.org Thu Jan 23 19:58:53 2003 From: streetsheet@sf-homeless-coalition.org (chance martin) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 11:58:53 -0800 Subject: [Hpn] NY Times -- Finding a Home Under Highway, Even as Rats Flee Message-ID: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/23/nyregion/23COLD.html?todaysheadlines ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NY Times January 23, 2003 Finding a Home Under Highway, Even as Rats Flee By COREY KILGANNON moking an after-dinner Tiparillo in the candlelight and savoring his commanding view of the Hudson River, Frank Wait did not exactly look like a man whose life was in danger. "They say it's cold, but the winters were much worse in the 80's," he said early yesterday, propping himself up on one elbow and lighting several candles. The dim light flickered around the cavernous room that Mr. Wait calls home. Its roof is the underside of the northbound Henry Hudson Parkway and its 30-foot-high walls are the massive concrete support slabs that hold up the elevated road. One wall has a window-size opening that overlooks the river and the twinkling lights of the George Washington Bridge nearby. An icy wind whips through the hole, but Mr. Wait, with several cushions beneath him and several blankets over him, seems snug. This week's cold snap has driven many of the city's homeless indoors, and outreach workers and police officers have combed the streets, urging holdouts to seek refuge from the dangerous cold in shelters. But the dire warnings are lost on Mr. Wait, 49. He has no plans to head indoors. In some ways, the cold has helped his plight. The swarms of rats that normally gnaw on his blankets and skitter over his sleeping body prefer to stay underground. Drunken homeless neighbors no longer barge in. "I'm sleeping better than I have in years," he said. It should also be said that the temperature outside was 12 degrees as he spoke and that the bunk next to Mr. Wait's was empty because his roommate headed indoors several days ago. Nearby subway stations, shelters and emergency rooms have been packed this week with shivering comrades. The below-freezing temperatures that have gripped the region for the last week are expected to continue until Sunday, said Nancy L. Figueroa, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, in Upton, N.Y. But for the hardiest of New York's hardy homeless, the cold leads them to burrow deeper into the city's infrastructure, making shelter out of anything they can, from bridge abutments to abandoned equipment sheds and crawl spaces. Late Tuesday night, a group of people slept in a large, new tent set up under an off-ramp of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive, near 125th Street. In a small crawl space under a footbridge over the drive, a man slept soundly in a green sleeping bag, next to an empty fifth of vodka. The City Department of Homeless Services said that 8,239 single adults went to shelters late Tuesday and early yesterday, compared with last month's nightly average of 7,967. Many more sought assistance in drop-in centers, which provide showers and meals but no beds. The police, who are authorized to remove homeless people incapable of caring for themselves when the temperature drops below freezing, approached 111 people between Tuesday night and yesterday evening, and took 47 to shelters, said Detective Robert Price, a police spokesman. The Homeless Services commissioner, Linda I. Gibbs, said yesterday that the city was aggressively trying to persuade those who chose to remain on the streets in the bitter cold to check into shelters. "We recognize that there are a small group of street homeless individuals that resist the outreach, but we will never give up on getting our teams to them," she said. They will have a tough time with Mr. Wait, who has lived on the streets of Manhattan's West Side since he became addicted to crack in his mid-20's. He has lived here for the last three years, and the preceding 15 in similar bridge abutments nearby. A soft-spoken, scruffy man whose slight frame goes hidden under five layers of clothing, he spends his days collecting cans, panhandling and scavenging. The money goes for beer, water and cigarettes. Food and clothes come mostly from the trash. He is virtually toothless, but otherwise, he says, his health is fine. He eats lots of sardines, smokes a pack of Pall Malls a day and favors King Cobra malt liquor when the sunsets fill the chamber with a bright orange glow. He has never had a driver's license and has not written his name in many years. He never married and is not registered for any type of government assistance, he said. There are bad memories of attempts in the 80's to register for social services. The paperwork and bureaucracy seemed impossibly complicated. The shelters are dangerous or have other problems, he said. Going back indoors would be as difficult as at first adjusting to living outdoors, all those years ago, he said. Visits have increased from outreach workers warning him to take refuge. One group called Project Rescue had just stopped by but had no luck persuading Mr. Wait to leave. Instead, a worker left a business card on his night table. "Some guys see it as a loss of their freedom," said Andrew Apicella, program director for Project Rescue. "Our guys said, `Frank, we'll take you to a shelter, and if you don't like it, we'll bring you back.' But he wouldn't go." Mr. Wait explained why. "If I went in," he said, "I'd come back in two weeks and someone else will be living here. My stuff would be gone." Early yesterday morning, Mr. Wait sat on his bed in the cave. Around it, the ground is pockmarked with dozens of rat holes the size of corner pockets. Mr. Wait conceded that the winter nights were long outdoors, and cold, too. He tends to think about how things would have been had he stayed in school and married. He grew quiet and listened to the steady ka-thump of the cars passing overhead, driving home toward Westchester. "Everyone's going home to their families and their warm houses," he said. "Here, it's just me and the rats." Copyright 2003 The New York Times Company -- END FORWARD In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. From wtinker@metrocast.net Fri Jan 24 18:48:29 2003 From: wtinker@metrocast.net (W.C.Tinker) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 13:48:29 -0500 Subject: [Hpn] Brink of Decision Message-ID: <00ba01c2c3d9$2fdf5440$25f205cf@ney6w04jqsngtn> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00B7_01C2C3AF.46E57090 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: tony hearn=20 Brink of Decision! America Must Choose! =20 George W. Bush - Saddam Hussein =20 Which Man Is Evil? =20 =20 Because America's George W. Bush is locked in a conflict with Iraq's = Saddam Hussein, the world is at the brink of catastrophe. =20 Because Saddam Hussein wants to keep lethal armaments and the means to = make more given to him by past American presidents, his use of power to = maintain Iraqi sovereignty over vast oil reserves can no longer be = tolerated by President George W. Bush. The son vows to finish what a = decade earlier the father left undone. Hussein will be forced to = surrender to America virtual control over Middle Eastern oil. =20 Because George W. Bush wants those in positions of economic superiority, = in the United States as well as in his pockets of partnership around the = globe, to be assured of as well as to enlarge their privilege over = others - the poor of this world who have no part in protecting their = lives or the lives of their children - his use of military super power = to affect hegemony over another nation is supported by the portion of = Americans who believe "might makes right" and the Holy Grail contained = oil, not the Blood of Christ. =20 Saddam Hussein, nurtured for decades by American foreign policy and = supported in power by the dark doings of the Central Intelligence = Agency, is, without a question, an evil man. He does evil deeds. =20 George W. 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Brink of=20 Decision!

America Must Choose!

 

George W.=20 Bush =96 Saddam = Hussein

 

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Because=20 America=92s George W. Bush is locked in a conflict with Iraq=92s Saddam = Hussein, the=20 world is at the brink of=20 catastrophe.

 

Because Saddam=20 Hussein wants to keep lethal armaments and the means to make more given = to him=20 by past American presidents, his use of power to maintain Iraqi = sovereignty over=20 vast oil reserves can no longer be tolerated by President George W. = Bush. The=20 son vows to finish what a decade earlier the father left undone. Hussein = will be=20 forced to surrender to America virtual control over Middle Eastern=20 oil.

 

Because George=20 W. Bush wants those in positions of economic superiority, in the United = States=20 as well as in his pockets of partnership around the globe, to be assured = of as=20 well as to enlarge their privilege over others =96 the poor of this = world who have=20 no part in protecting their lives or the lives of their children =96 his = use of=20 military super power to affect hegemony over another nation is supported = by the=20 portion of Americans who believe =93might makes right=94 and the = Holy Grail=20 contained oil, not the Blood of=20 Christ.

 

Saddam Hussein,=20 nurtured for decades by American foreign policy and supported in power = by the=20 dark doings of the Central Intelligence Agency, is, without a question, = an evil=20 man. He does evil deeds.

 

George W. Bush,=20 nurtured for decades by a privileged mother and an aristocratic father, = the=20 41st president of the United States and scion of a family = blotched=20 with the stains of the oil wealth of the filthy rich, is an unrepentant=20 Zaccheus, a latter-day (Re)publican, who lives above others in a family = tree of=20 power, gawking at a passing opportunity to use vast resources to = guide this=20 world into a millennium of peace and mutual=20 prosperity.

 

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------=_NextPart_000_00B7_01C2C3AF.46E57090-- From HOBOMATT@aol.com Fri Jan 24 19:15:23 2003 From: HOBOMATT@aol.com (HOBOMATT@aol.com) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 14:15:23 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Hpn] RFPs for Colorado Springs projects Message-ID: --Boundary_(ID_VRA11BXVyXW8GeLIAgqPGA) Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Homeward Pikes Peak has released the five RFPs for the "immediate recommendations" of the Commission on Homelessness for Southern Colorado. They are for: A Community Dining Facility (a soup kitchen with lots of "enhanced services") An Emergency Shelter (for those who cannot/will not work a case-managed plan) Service Enriched Transitional Housing (for those who CAN/WILL work such a plan) Improved Communication/Coordination ( an HMIS set-up, essentially) A Youth Shelter (21 and under) The El Pomar Foundation has allocated "around" $3.5 million towards these five projects. The entire ten page packet is retreivable from: www.chsconline.org A print copy or email copy can be obtained by calling 719-471-6213 Questions regarding the completion of the application should be directed to Melissa Hansen at 471-6165 Matt Parkhouse, RN; Colorado Springs, CO --Boundary_(ID_VRA11BXVyXW8GeLIAgqPGA) Content-type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Homeward Pikes Peak has released the five RFPs for the "immediate recommendations" of the Commission on Homelessness for Southern Colorado.  They are for:
A Community Dining Facility (a soup kitchen with lots of "enhanced services")
An Emergency Shelter (for those who cannot/will not work a case-managed plan)
Service Enriched Transitional Housing (for those who CAN/WILL work such a plan)
Improved Communication/Coordination ( an HMIS set-up, essentially)
A Youth Shelter (21 and under)

The El Pomar Foundation has allocated "around" $3.5 million towards these five projects.

The entire ten page packet is retreivable from:    www.chsconline.org
A print copy or email copy can be obtained by calling 719-471-6213
Questions regarding the completion of the application should be directed to Melissa Hansen at 471-6165

Matt Parkhouse, RN;
Colorado Springs, CO --Boundary_(ID_VRA11BXVyXW8GeLIAgqPGA)-- From paula_95814@yahoo.com Fri Jan 24 23:04:05 2003 From: paula_95814@yahoo.com (paula farrell) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 15:04:05 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Hpn] It takes a different village Message-ID: <20030124230405.65745.qmail@web10906.mail.yahoo.com> Yeah! I'm getting HPN digest again. Don't know why I wasn't getting it for a month, maybe my pleas to yahoo to help me get rid of unsolicited ads for sexual products, I don't know. I forget if I sent you this editorial, but I'm so excited about it, I'd feel like sending it out again. Its from Sacramento News & Review, our most popular weekly newspaper. A week before the Sac Bee (daily) had article "Sacramento denies tent city for homeless". I'm pretty sure I sent you that one. We've applied at another location and are being helped by some of the officials within the denying offices. We realize chances are slim to get a permit but the effort seems to be a community magnet. Glad to be hearing from you again! Sincerely, Paula Lomazzi SN&R January 16, 2003 issue Editorial It takes a different village Behind a bush. Beneath an overhang. On a flattened cardboard box inside a doorway. It's where Sacramento's homeless often sleep, especially in the winter, when the shelters fill up or are otherwise prohibitive. For instance, there are currently no places where couples without children can stay together, few where families with children can stay together and, naturally, none that allow dogs. Now, Sacramento's homeless have asked for a lawful place to pitch a tent. Advocates have proposed that the city allow a tent village to go up in Muir Park on 16th and C streets--a place where people without homes can take a shower and eat a meal, where families can stay together safely, out of range of muggers and alcohol and drug use. The homeless want a legal site where people who are down on their luck--there are at least 3,000 homeless sleeping in Sacramento every night--can safely and reasonably attempt to regroup and get their lives together. Clifford Crooks from the Sacramento Homeless Organizing Committee has heard nothing but a flat out "no" from officials in response to this proposal. The city's Parks and Recreation administrators have told him, simply, that it's against city code to camp in city parks. Period. Over. The end. But that shouldn't be the end. Don't get us wrong; we agree that camping in parks largely should be banned and that city parks weren't meant to be used that way by residents. But the merits of exempting one aptly placed park or finding a plot of land so as to allow a tent city seem obvious. They did for officials in the city of Portland, which, in 2000, exempted a one-acre parcel of land just outside the city center to allow homeless people to create what has become known as Dignity Village. Though administered by Portland's housing department, the Village has become its own self-policing nonprofit, providing legal shelter to 100 or so homeless, hosting fund-raisers to pay use fees on the land and encouraging "mini-businesses" to assist people in getting back on their feet. Dignity Village continues to attract controversy; alcohol has been found at the site occasionally, and there have been accusations of violence. (Where doesn't that happen?) Still, the general concept seems to be working. About half the village's residents reportedly are employed full time now, and many others are employed part time or are enrolled in an educational program. Following Portland's lead, the city of Seattle initiated its own tent city last March. Sacramento churches and nonprofits, such as Loaves and Fishes, continue to do their best to assist the region's homeless. Local governments are also involved in trying to provide services, through a variety of agencies and in a dozen ways. But a variety of approaches is best, including one that assists the many who can't be helped by traditional shelters. We urge city officials to allow the tent-village approach in Sacramento. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. 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. --385005061.1041807481593.JavaMail.SYSTEM.emaserver2-- From tentcitypdx@yahoo.com Tue Jan 21 11:20:23 2003 From: tentcitypdx@yahoo.com (Tent City) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 03:20:23 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Hpn] Fwd: Drugs, alcohol and democracy. Message-ID: <20030121112023.82518.qmail@web11308.mail.yahoo.com> --0-732937417-1043148023=:82349 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-778815540-1043148023=:82349" --0-778815540-1043148023=:82349 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Greetings Paula in Sacramento, John Hubbird in Portland, Robert Norse and Becky Johnson in Santa Cruz, Clare Cochrane in South London, Joan in Hood River, Brother Bill in New Hamphshire, Lee Larson in Happy Valley, Rayna Rusenko in Tokyo and Cathy Crowe and Boni Champage in cold Ontario. Thought you might appreciate Mother Clu of Santa Barbara's words and wisdom. Jah guide and protect. Jack. Note: forwarded message attached. "No one should question the faith of others, for no human being can judge the ways of God." H.I.M. Emperor Haile Selassie I --0-778815540-1043148023=:82349 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii

Greetings Paula in Sacramento, John Hubbird in Portland, Robert Norse and Becky Johnson in Santa Cruz, Clare Cochrane in South London, Joan in Hood River, Brother Bill in New Hamphshire, Lee Larson in Happy Valley, Rayna Rusenko in Tokyo and Cathy Crowe and Boni Champage in cold Ontario. Thought you might appreciate Mother Clu of Santa Barbara's words and wisdom.

Jah guide and protect.

Jack.

 Note: forwarded message attached.



"No one should question the faith of others, for no human being can judge the ways of God."

H.I.M. Emperor Haile Selassie I --0-778815540-1043148023=:82349-- --0-732937417-1043148023=:82349 Content-Type: message/rfc822 X-Apparently-To: tentcitypdx@yahoo.com via 216.136.131.207; 20 Jan 2003 20:39:35 -0800 (PST) X-Track: 1: 100 Return-Path: Received: from 64.12.136.8 (EHLO imo-m05.mx.aol.com) (64.12.136.8) by mta207.mail.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 20 Jan 2003 20:39:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from HomesOnWheels@aol.com by imo-m05.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.13.) id r.1d5.5d637e (4592); Mon, 20 Jan 2003 23:39:20 -0500 (EST) From: HomesOnWheels@aol.com Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 23:39:20 EST Subject: Drugs, alcohol and democracy. To: tentcitypdx@yahoo.com, boni@counsellor.com, shochome@cwnet.com CC: announcements-admin@eugenehomeless.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 139 Content-Length: 2411 Well said, Jack & Boni..as usual, you both hit several nails square-on with the same hammer:-) Boni said: Homelessness is also physically dangerous in that people who have nothing to lose can be far more dangerous than people who feel they have a stake in the societal maintainance of order.*** I reply: This is so true! I have Hepatitis C...got it in 1976 from a blood transfusion for an emergency surgery to address a ruptured ectopic pregnancy. This gift that keeps on giving has reduced me, a bright, energetic 46 year old woman, to an exhausted, depressed and often generally ill individual who stumbles from bed to toilet and back. It's not a pretty disease. We have so many people on the streets with Hep C (HCV) and HIV/AIDS, as well as other chronic, crippling diseases that I've lost count..and that's just here in Santa Babylon! When you are sick, all you want to do is what any animal does: curl up somewhere warm, dark, safe and quiet to try and pull yourself together without being attacked by other animals taking advantage of your weakness. However, when you have cops rousting you, neighbors harassing you, tickets sprouting on the windshield of your home, etc, it's pretty hard to be, get or stay well. We are deprived of what any animal has as its Creator-given right: that of shelter and the right to feed itself. And we call ourselves civilized nations?? Please..all we have to do is look at what Washington is threatening to do to Iraq to know differently! I have many dear friends and relatives with a variety of mental illnesses, as well, and yes, Boni, self-medication IS an absolutely viable and common form of survival. The side-effects of Western medications can be devastating, or at the very least, limiting to one's basic quality of life. I absolutely advocate for the right of people to put into and take out of their bodies anything they choose, and the gub'mint has NO business being involved. Is alcoholism and addiction to drugs (and having said that, I do NOT consider herb to be a "drug") a disease? Absolutely. I am an alcoholic with 25 years of sobriety...I like knowing where I am, where I was, and where I'm going, and being in control of my life. When I drank, that wasn't possible, and it gave The Man an in to control me and mine. I give NOTHING willingly to The Man. I think we have great power in having our minds functioning as well as possible, and one has a hard time doing that in an alcoholic haze. To criminalize people for being to poor to do their drinking in private is abhorrent. It's as if society is saying "Go be sick and die where we can't see it. Our property values are at stake here!" Jack said: Behaviour in public space in this country is highly regulated and by cracking a forty in a doorway a homeless man or woman runs the risk of 1) having his/her property confiscated and destroyed; 2) being arrested and jailed in which case a whole array of people are employed from finger print technicians to court stenographers; 3) becoming commodified and used as a resource by the service providers who maintain and regulate homelessne! ss and provide endless hoops to jump through. ** I reply: Indeed it is! And it doesn't stop there! It's not just the person downing his forty pounder in peace in a doorway, it spreads like a malignancy and encompasses EVERYONE who is forced to live their lives in public..and YES..the network of poverty pimpdom and all the peripheral parasites connected to it in a sick symbiosis is astounding. It's right in everyone's faces..yet people refuse to see it..the way the sick alcoholic, the AIDS sufferer, the old man with no legs, the single woman making 6 dollars an hour in a 30 dollar an hour world, etc, all these are the raison d'etre for poverty pimps and their minions. Decriminalize poverty and suddenly, all the parasites and pimps are out of a job. Is it any wonder the laws get stiffer and the harassment gets worse? There is BIG money involved in keeping us as we are; poor, sick, and powerless....being herded and tagged and shoved into "transitional programs" that go nowhere but to a holding pattern of dependency a la "please..may I have some more?" Clu Carradine Founding Mother: Santa Barbara Homes On Wheels Santa Barbara, California "Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has" Margaret Mead --0-732937417-1043148023=:82349-- From wtinker@metrocast.net Wed Jan 22 01:39:43 2003 From: wtinker@metrocast.net (W.C.Tinker) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 20:39:43 -0500 Subject: [Hpn] Re:Drugs, alcohol and democracy. Message-ID: <008301c2c1b7$24523b20$25f205cf@ney6w04jqsngtn> From: Clu Carradine In a message dated 1/21/2003 4:56:43 AM Pacific Standard Time, wtinker@metrocast.net writes: Your post certainly should awaken the caretakers of society to not cut public health funding but to improve on it all across this country. I have a brother in Ireland whom was original co-founder of NH Homeless whom helped me start my list,whom has Hep C and because of years of living impoverished life just got diagnosed with TB also. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Yes, it's terrifying. I have SSD/SSI, Medicare A&B, and Medi Cal..and have already seen prescription drug cuts: I can't get Nexium anymore, which I need to keep my upper GI tract calm. Hep C is a GI disease with far reaching effects, and I guess the GERD is part of the package..but now I can't get one of the meds I need to keep things calm. We in California are suffering the effects of a 35 billion dollar budget shortfall. This state, if it were a country, would be the fifth largest economic power in the world, yet we refuse..REFUSE..to extend help to our OWN PEOPLE in need. I worked six days a week for all my working life, at two or three jobs at a time and paid lavishly into this system, and now that it's my turn, I'm told I may lose my benefits?? I don't see Gray Davis or his pals in politics (they are ALL whores, IMO!) lining up to cut THEIR salaries, benefits, free housing, travel, healthcare,etc. No..they slash the survival benefits to the disabled and out of work to the very bone. ..and call it "hard decisions". Please..spare me the rhetotic and political whoredom: when I see those bastards making the same sacrifices they are forcing on US, I'll believe it. Maybe. My good thoughts go to your brother in Ireland in his fight to survive the diseases of his body. TB on top of HCV is NOT good...all those meds he will need now will be processed through his liver, straining it evermore:-( Clu~ From gbacque@colosseum.com Sun Jan 26 06:11:31 2003 From: gbacque@colosseum.com (Graeme Bacque) Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 22:11:31 -0800 Subject: [Hpn] Test Message-ID: Test --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.445 / Virus Database: 250 - Release Date: 1/21/03 From wgcp@earthlink.net Sun Jan 26 03:32:28 2003 From: wgcp@earthlink.net (Tom Boland) Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 22:32:28 -0500 Subject: [Hpn] HPN list emailer and Archives work again -- and listworker Tom can send email again Message-ID: <410-22003102633228950@earthlink.net> Greetings to all my friends at HPN. Listworker Tom (me) is back finally -- after over four months of glitches on my home computer that prevented me from sending e-mail. I've been reading HPN posts via the online archives, and also unblocking bounced posts via the Net even while I couldn't send or easily get email. A clog on HPN list which began January 6 is now cleared, thanks to HPN's technical guru, Sandy at Arizona State University.) If you know any "currently or formerly homeless" person who has written my email address requesting to sub to HPN since NOV 2003, please ask them to resend the request. Anyone who has sent me an e-mail since early November 2002, please resend it. (I had to get a new computer, plus dump all prior email, to get back online.) Write ON! For economic justice through nonviolent direct action. -- Tom Boland From gbacque@colosseum.com Sun Jan 26 06:37:40 2003 From: gbacque@colosseum.com (Graeme Bacque) Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 22:37:40 -0800 Subject: [Hpn] HPN list emailer and Archives work again -- and listworker Tom can send email again In-Reply-To: <410-22003102633228950@earthlink.net> Message-ID: Welcome back, Bro! > -----Original Message----- > From: hpn-admin@lists.is.asu.edu [mailto:hpn-admin@lists.is.asu.edu]On > Behalf Of Tom Boland > Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 7:32 PM > To: hpn@lists.is.asu.edu > Subject: [Hpn] HPN list emailer and Archives work again -- and > listworker Tom can send email again > > > Greetings to all my friends at HPN. > > Listworker Tom (me) is back finally -- after over four months of glitches > on my home computer that prevented me from sending e-mail. > > I've been reading HPN posts via the online archives, and also unblocking > bounced posts via the Net even while I couldn't send or easily get email. > A clog on HPN list which began January 6 is now cleared, thanks to HPN's > technical guru, Sandy at Arizona State University.) > > If you know any "currently or formerly homeless" person who has written my > email address requesting to sub to HPN since NOV 2003, please ask them to > resend the request. > > Anyone who has sent me an e-mail since early November 2002, please resend > it. (I had to get a new computer, plus dump all prior email, to get back > online.) > > Write ON! > > For economic justice through nonviolent direct action. -- Tom Boland > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.445 / Virus Database: 250 - Release Date: 1/21/03 From worldhome@thesociety.net Sun Jan 26 12:36:56 2003 From: worldhome@thesociety.net (Harmony Kieding) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 04:36:56 -0800 Subject: [Hpn] HPN list emailer and Archives work again -- and listworker Tom can send email again Message-ID: <3e33d668.624.0@lookscool.com> Tom, Welcome back! It's a sheer relief and pleasure to "see" you again:-) You are certainly the heart, soul and driving impulse behind HPN. *Thinking aloud, here* You and HPN provide an incredibly valuable service- I am wondering (at least) a couple of things: 1)if there is any way of lining you up with some tech charities who recycle computers (for any future emergencies)- I've been on the digital divide mailing list for months now, and have heard about many such places. and 2)Ummm...any chance you'd consider getting a web-based email address for emergency communication purposes? Glad to see you back, Harmony American Homeless Land Model http://www.dreamwater.org/biz/kenchurchill/index.html >Greetings to all my friends at HPN. > >Listworker Tom (me) is back finally -- after over four months of glitches >on my home computer that prevented me from sending e-mail. > >I've been reading HPN posts via the online archives, and also unblocking >bounced posts via the Net even while I couldn't send or easily get email. >A clog on HPN list which began January 6 is now cleared, thanks to HPN's >technical guru, Sandy at Arizona State University.) > >If you know any "currently or formerly homeless" person who has written my >email address requesting to sub to HPN since NOV 2003, please ask them to >resend the request. > >Anyone who has sent me an e-mail since early November 2002, please resend >it. (I had to get a new computer, plus dump all prior email, to get back >online.) > >Write ON! > >For economic justice through nonviolent direct action. -- Tom Boland > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >HPN maillist - HPN@projects.is.asu.edu >http://projects.is.asu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hpn > > _______________________________________________________________ Get Your Lifetime, Free Web Address at http://www.lookscool.com From HC Covington Sun Jan 26 16:23:21 2003 From: HC Covington (HC Covington) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 10:23:21 -0600 Subject: [Hpn] TOM is back Home Again at HPN References: <410-22003102633228950@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <044801c2c557$4009b5c0$67755141@icanamerica> WELCOME HOME ! We all have been worried and confused when you disappeared and we thought of issuing a "TOM ALERT" accross the country to locate you. Did not know that the "GLITCH" that stole Chrstmas had kidnapped you too! Although we have had less cash money in the past year, if there is anything else we can ever do for you, remember we still have the toll free number working. Stay in touch. Sonny ====================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Boland" To: Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 9:32 PM Subject: [Hpn] HPN list emailer and Archives work again -- and listworker Tom can send email again Greetings to all my friends at HPN. Listworker Tom (me) is back finally -- after over four months of glitches on my home computer that prevented me from sending e-mail. I've been reading HPN posts via the online archives, and also unblocking bounced posts via the Net even while I couldn't send or easily get email. A clog on HPN list which began January 6 is now cleared, thanks to HPN's technical guru, Sandy at Arizona State University.) If you know any "currently or formerly homeless" person who has written my email address requesting to sub to HPN since NOV 2003, please ask them to resend the request. Anyone who has sent me an e-mail since early November 2002, please resend it. (I had to get a new computer, plus dump all prior email, to get back online.) Write ON! For economic justice through nonviolent direct action. -- Tom Boland _______________________________________________ HPN maillist - HPN@projects.is.asu.edu http://projects.is.asu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hpn From gbacque@colosseum.com Sun Jan 26 23:09:09 2003 From: gbacque@colosseum.com (Graeme Bacque) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 15:09:09 -0800 Subject: [Hpn] A silent, desolate and cold beginning Message-ID: http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Artic le_Type1&c=Article&cid=1035777082236&call_pageid=968332188492&col=9687939721 54 Jan. 26, 2003. 10:14 AM The Toronto Star A silent, desolate and cold beginning HAROLD LEVY AND CHRIS SORENSEN STAFF REPORTERS A maternity ward it was not. With a single concrete wall and an overhanging set of stairs to block the wind, the abandoned newborn baby found Friday night in the northeast corner of Nathan Phillips Square was lying just steps from the front door of Toronto City Hall. One or two skaters swooped in circles on the ice rink, barely 20 metres away. Most had already gone home, according to the rink attendant, who said he was closing up the skate rental shack when he noticed flashing ambulance and police cruiser lights shortly after 10 p.m. There were no street vendors nearby. Few pedestrians. And even the classic rock radio that normally blares across the rink had been silenced. Myint Tun, 35, a homeless man, said the square was about as desolate as it gets on a Friday night. He went to sleep at about 9:30 p.m. but awoke when one of several police officers shone a flashlight on him. "It was very cold," Tun said. Police said the baby, only minutes old, was lying "naked and uncovered on the cement" beside a stairwell leading to the underground parking lot when she was noticed by a passerby. The newborn was barely conscious, with her umbilical cord still attached. "It's critical that the mother come forward," said Bruce Rivers, executive director of the Children's Aid Society of Toronto. Rivers said the mother should at least contact the CAS and provide the infant's medical history. The baby suffered a heart attack on the way to St. Michael's Hospital, where she was first taken, but was revived in the ambulance, said Larry Roberts, a spokesperson for Toronto's Emergency Medical Services. Two paramedic crews were dispatched to the scene at about 10:15 p.m., but "whoever called 911 wasn't there," Roberts said. "I know the medics were very upset." The child was later taken to the Hospital for Sick Children. Hospital spokesperson Helen Simeon said in an interview the baby's condition was upgraded yesterday from "critical" to "serious but stable." Hospital staff believe the baby may have been delivered "a few weeks early, ... probably around 35 weeks," she said. The baby has been given a generic name for the time being. Rivers confirmed that the CAS is now the girl's legal guardian and in a position to instruct doctors on her care. The agency's need to contact the mother is motivated by concern for her health and that of the child, he said. "We need to get as much information as we can about the child's medical history, and on the (genetic) background both of the mother and the birth father, whoever he might be," Rivers said. "Obviously this mother, whoever she is, is in extreme crisis. She needs assistance, both medical and emotional, as well." Even if the mother is afraid to come forward, Rivers said, she can anonymously provide the information to the agency by telephone, at 416-924-4646, letter or e-mail. "Our number is on the second page of every telephone book in the city," he said. "We are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year." Rivers said that on a personal level, he is troubled that the mother did not seek support before taking such desperate action. "Why didn't she come to us?" he said. "We do have programs and provide support to women who are pregnant and struggling with their plans for their children, and struggling with the decision whether they can provide for their children." Councillor Olivia Chow, the city's child advocate, echoed Rivers' hope that the mother will come forward. "I don't know what she is going through," said Chow (Ward 20, Trinity-Spadina), whose ward includes Nathan Phillips Square. "It must be tremendously difficult and if she is homeless, we will find a place for her to stay." Jem Betschart, a student at George Brown College who is working as a volunteer at Nellie's Hostel, struggled yesterday to understand what could cause a mother to abandon her newborn in such circumstances. "She should not feel ashamed," she said. "And she should come forward for her own safety." Rivers is optimistic that Toronto's latest baby Jane Doe can survive her bitter start in life. He recollects three memorable incidents of abandonment of newborns over the past 10 years: an infant handed two hours after birth to a stranger in a mall, a baby abandoned in a shoebox outside a home in the winter, and a baby left in a hospital garbage container. "Remarkably, each of those children survived, they are incredibly healthy, and they have gone on to be adopted and are flourishing," Rivers said. "That says a lot about their resilience." --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.445 / Virus Database: 250 - Release Date: 1/21/03 From jos_reyn@yahoo.com Mon Jan 27 02:54:36 2003 From: jos_reyn@yahoo.com (joe reynolds) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 18:54:36 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Hpn] re: listworker Tom is back Message-ID: <20030127025436.39091.qmail@web21413.mail.yahoo.com> Ah, System glitch! that explains so much - and here I was thinking that maybe almost everyone had found a place and was busy settling in. No such luck I guess... Anyway can sympathize over comp troubles thiugh my latest ones I believe may have started with warning messages from my Black Ice Defender firewall/ anti-virus. Dialog box has terminate - always terminate - continue check boxes when some progam tries to tie in to browser or windows and I may have hit always terminate somewhere along the line in error. So IE5 and scan disk and defrag programs among others mysteriously disappeared... That is fine I guess cause Opera 5 works so much better and I never use the media players except for some Internet radio in the background (tend to favor techno as no one has good classical that I can find anyway!) If it wasn't for this on again/off again having to move out cause the property has been sold but wait more paperwork needs to be done so no one move... (arrgh, may just move out and into my van to avoid the frustration) but may have other digs anyway though that keeps getting blown off - wellwould drag tower down to tech hand have them reformat and reinstall XP. ME was a disaster on this machine and I was seriously looking at a cheap copy of Linux Red Hat. Well to make it short - yeah comp problems a pain. Biggest one is maintaining a place to plug it in. I might just end up in a tent in backyard renting space and hook up for power. Already has sepparate phone line in backyard that isn't turned on so if I get that one then I can pay to have it turned on an not need to share line with anyone. Truth is to a large extent I find my possible choices to be on the weird side. How I get me into this - well maybe I don't want to know really! Is it like this for anyone else trying to get oneself out of this and why is it so called "normal" people really don't seem to get how frustrating I find it all? Anyone use ZONE ALARM? Several of the cyber lounges here have that for virus protection and is it really as good as I hear and more is it easy to use? Any odd glitches? What i really want is a good well paying job in jewelry or some other art related field and a nice apartment or piece of land that is mine. Too much to hope for in modern America? But it would solve all the worst ofmy problems and that is what galls me. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com From jos_reyn@yahoo.com Mon Jan 27 02:54:49 2003 From: jos_reyn@yahoo.com (joe reynolds) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 18:54:49 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Hpn] re: listworker Tom is back Message-ID: <20030127025449.76892.qmail@web21412.mail.yahoo.com> Ah, System glitch! that explains so much - and here I was thinking that maybe almost everyone had found a place and was busy settling in. No such luck I guess... Anyway can sympathize over comp troubles thiugh my latest ones I believe may have started with warning messages from my Black Ice Defender firewall/ anti-virus. Dialog box has terminate - always terminate - continue check boxes when some progam tries to tie in to browser or windows and I may have hit always terminate somewhere along the line in error. So IE5 and scan disk and defrag programs among others mysteriously disappeared... That is fine I guess cause Opera 5 works so much better and I never use the media players except for some Internet radio in the background (tend to favor techno as no one has good classical that I can find anyway!) If it wasn't for this on again/off again having to move out cause the property has been sold but wait more paperwork needs to be done so no one move... (arrgh, may just move out and into my van to avoid the frustration) but may have other digs anyway though that keeps getting blown off - wellwould drag tower down to tech hand have them reformat and reinstall XP. ME was a disaster on this machine and I was seriously looking at a cheap copy of Linux Red Hat. Well to make it short - yeah comp problems a pain. Biggest one is maintaining a place to plug it in. I might just end up in a tent in backyard renting space and hook up for power. Already has sepparate phone line in backyard that isn't turned on so if I get that one then I can pay to have it turned on an not need to share line with anyone. Truth is to a large extent I find my possible choices to be on the weird side. How I get me into this - well maybe I don't want to know really! Is it like this for anyone else trying to get oneself out of this and why is it so called "normal" people really don't seem to get how frustrating I find it all? Anyone use ZONE ALARM? Several of the cyber lounges here have that for virus protection and is it really as good as I hear and more is it easy to use? Any odd glitches? What i really want is a good well paying job in jewelry or some other art related field and a nice apartment or piece of land that is mine. Too much to hope for in modern America? But it would solve all the worst ofmy problems and that is what galls me. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com From quixote@mts.net Mon Jan 27 03:56:44 2003 From: quixote@mts.net (Rod Graham) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 21:56:44 -0600 Subject: [Hpn] tommy Message-ID: <001c01c2c5b8$1de69420$0100a8c0@net.mts.net> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C2C585.D1562080 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Welcome back uncle tommy. I was lost in cyber space too ounce Roddy boy.. ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C2C585.D1562080 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Welcome back uncle tommy.  I was = lost in cyber=20 space too ounce
 
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------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C2C585.D1562080-- From norsehorse@hotmail.com Mon Jan 27 05:30:25 2003 From: norsehorse@hotmail.com (Morgan W. Brown) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 00:30:25 -0500 Subject: [Hpn] Contaminated Minds: Just a Thought Message-ID: Great to have you back Tom. Just wanted to call people's attention to a recent blog post of mine on my personal blog, Norsehorse's Home Turf , which may be of interest - and possibly even a certain amusement - to you and others you know. The post is entitled "Contaminated Minds: Just a Thought" Please feel free to share this e-mail message, as is, with others. Morgan Morgan W. Brown Montpelier Vermont USA Norsehorse's Home Turf: http://nht.blogspot.com _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 From norsehorse@hotmail.com Mon Jan 27 05:57:06 2003 From: norsehorse@hotmail.com (Morgan W. Brown) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 00:57:06 -0500 Subject: [Hpn] NAHNN Homeless News: Two Homelessness Marathon's; February 5 & 6, 2003 Message-ID: North American Homeless News Network (NAHNN): http://nahnn.blogspot.com Homeless News & Information Alert Please feel free to forward this entire e-mail, as is, on to others. This year, there will be two National Homelessness 14-Hour Radio Marathon Broadcast's. Yes, that is correct, two of them. -- The below forwarded information is as posted (with slight editing or additions) on NAHNN Friday, January 17, 2003: http://nahnn.blogspot.com/2003_01_12_nahnn_archive.html *******Announcement******* Homelessness Marathon http://www.homelessnessmarathon.org Nationwide U.S. Radio Broadcast February 5 & 6, 2003 Now Across the Nation of Canada Too http://www.ckut.ca/homeless.html with their very own Canadian Homelessness Marathon On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, beginning at 7:00 PM US eastern time, for fourteen hours the sixth annual U.S. Homelessness Marathon [click here] will broadcast the voices of people living homeless as well as interested others via radio stations across the nation & elsewhere around the world. The U.S. Homelessness Marathon focuses on homelessness and poverty as experienced by those living it. The 2003 U.S. broadcast will originate from the streets of Portland, Maine via WMPG: http://www.wmpg.org Karen D'Andrea from WMPG's Sound Ecology will host a 24 hour marathon in Portland's Monument Square begining Wednesday February 5th. There will be many service providers on site. If you'd like to get involved please contact Karen at karen@soundecology.org This year, for the first time, the U.S. Homelessness Marathon will be held in conjunction with a Canadian Homelessness Marathon: http://www.ckut.ca/homeless.html The two marathons will periodically link during discussions of international homelessness. The Canadian Homelessness Marathon 14-hour broadcast will begin at sunset on February 5th and continue through sunrise the next day. The Canadian broadcast will originate from the streets of Montréal, and include panel discussions, an open microphone on the street, short pre-produced pieces, and live call-ins all night long via a nationwide toll-free number. With the goal of being consciousness raising events, the two Homelessness Marathon's provide opportunity for homeless people and their advocates to take to the airwaves, allowing for nationwide discussion on matters concerning and relating to homelessness in both the United States and Canada. The two Homelessness Marathon's are available for free to all non-commercial broadcasters. Morgan Morgan W. Brown Montpelier Vermont USA North American Homeless News Network (NAHNN): http://nahnn.blogspot.com & Norsehorse's Home Turf: http://nht.blogspot.com _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail From worldhome@thesociety.net Mon Jan 27 11:09:32 2003 From: worldhome@thesociety.net (Harmony Kieding) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 03:09:32 -0800 Subject: [Hpn] Are my posts to HPN getting through? Message-ID: <3e35136c.38c.0@lookscool.com> Hi, I have written a number of posts to HPN and none of them seem to be getting through. Is there some problem? Harmony _______________________________________________________________ Get Your Lifetime, Free Web Address at http://www.lookscool.com From streetsheet@sf-homeless-coalition.org Mon Jan 27 18:10:58 2003 From: streetsheet@sf-homeless-coalition.org (chance martin) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 10:10:58 -0800 Subject: [Hpn] The politics of fear Message-ID: Hello, Every now and again something comes along and I have to break STREET SHEET's rule about narrowing coverage to issues of poverty and homelessness. For obvious reasons, war is one of those circumstances. There's also the time factor, and the fact that this won't actually be out in print until 2/1/03. This is pretty important stuff, and goes far in explaining exactly why the public should resist this war. I thought I'd pass it along to all of you now. peace, chance ======================= The politics of fear "No American would dare to suggest that, in the name of society, everything was permitted." Alexis de Toqueville Co-opting Todd Beamer from the doomed United Airlines Flight 93, President Bush after September 11 announced what he called a new national ethics: "Let's Roll!" And true to his words, Roll the US did: we have detained suspects, identified targets, and waged war on the Taliban; now, with our army still engaged in Afghanistan, we are preparing for war in Iraq, while a future threat arises in North Korea. We are rolling so hard, I'm getting dizzy. For a breathless year and a half, politics have moved at a clip where we've hardly had time to react. As the world gets scarier every day, we take on threats no one knew existed, in a war that "might not end in our lifetime," according to Vice-President Dick Cheney. So perhaps we should stop rolling for a bit, to reflect and consider. We might find things roll out of sheer momentum. Despite occasional talk about liberating Iraq, support for war seems to be mainly based on fear - fear of Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction. Of course, given the trauma of September 11, Americans have every right to feel alarmed; no one can blame us for being scared after such horror in our own country. The question is rather, how are we going to deal with this fear, and of what do we really have to be afraid? We live in a media culture where terror sells news, as anxious people make loyal customers. The more scared we are, the more information we like to have. Similarly, fear yields political support, because people condone whatever promises relief. In face of these gains, it is crucial for us to examine our fright, as well as the actions that it supports. Our military wields terrible, devastating force - a force that must never be triggered by fear. Fear-based decisions are often irrational - the overwhelming desire is for unease to go away. Being afraid makes us blind, both to the larger picture and the consequences of our actions. Therefore, if we're going to war over supposed Iraqi weapons, accepting the death of American soldiers and tens of thousands of civilians, we must ask ourselves: is this rational policy or a panic reaction? The threat from Iraq To look objectively at what threat Iraq really poses to the US, one first needs to do something very difficult: separate this war from September 11 and the war on terror. After extensive investigation, the CIA cleared Iraq of any suspicion in the attacks. Even Cheney and Rumsfeld admit that no connection has been established. Nonetheless, people support invading Iraq for fear of future attacks, and we fear future attacks mainly because of September 11. Shaken with fright, we make an unconscious, irrational connection, and regardless of blame, Iraq is paying the price. No one talked pre-emptive strikes before September 11. No one, including the president, had worries about Iraq, which hadn't threatened the US since the Gulf War. Secondly, fears of Hussein giving weapons to al Qaeda are baseless. A year ago, Britain's prime minister Tony Blair announced a dossier detailing Iraq's terrorist links. Yet despite great international pressure, he never delivered - for a reason. Not only has Iraq never dealt with terrorists of this nature, but al Qaeda hates the secular tyrant, who has a history of crushing Islamic fundamentalism. Osama bin Laden has for years wanted Hussein killed, viewing him as a Western-created dictator, the evil incarnate. Clearly, to protect ourselves from al Qaeda, we don't need regime change in Iraq. The US war on terror has become a murky affair, where enemies and objectives are shifting without notice. Just like striking against al Qaeda morphed into liberating Afghanistan, some people believe that invading Iraq will protect us from terrorism. The opposite is the case. War on Iraq will boost al Qaeda recruiting offices, and almost certainly lead to retaliation in the US. In the name of protecting the homeland, it is the worst approach possible. As for the weapons Iraq actually possesses, again, the CIA assessed that Hussein poses no immediate military threat to the US. Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter, a Republican and expert on-site, concludes: "90-95 percent of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction capability have been verifiably disarmed. This includes all of the factories used to produce chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons. There's absolutely no evidence Iraq worked on smallpox, Ebola, or any other horrific nightmare the media likes to talk about...The vice president's continued claims about Iraq's nuclear weapons capability are unsubstantiated speculation." Therefore, if Bush presses for war "unless Saddam disarms", it is not clear what the president expects him to do. Without evidence of existing weapons, the administration hasn't specified what Iraq should get rid off. "Time's running out," Bush says, but why the rush? We have Hussein cornered, with a gun pointing at his head - you would think we had all the time in the world. Commenting on whether Iraq might re-establish a nuclear weapons program, Scott Ritter says that "this is not something that could happen overnight, nor is it something that could happen as long as weapons inspectors were inside Iraq". It follows that, using inspections and containment, the US can defuse whatever threat might exist. If it spares tens of thousands of lifes, let the inspectors work as long as need be. Alternatives to war Of course, Hussein lies and deceives. People favoring an invasion have compared him to Hitler - who was first appeased and then caused worldwide destruction - saying diplomacy won't work with dictators. But if in 1938 a country had sent weapon inspectors to Germany, demanding to search any place, any time, they would have been scoffed at and war declared the next day. As for Iraq, here is a dictator who lets inspectors turn over every stone in the country. Not half-bad for an evil madman. Granted, the US complains about lack of co-operation, and sure enough, we can't trust the word of a tyrant. But even if there are hidden weapons or programs to build them, the US completely controls the situation. Regardless of Hussein's deception, inspectors can verify what he has and closely monitor him in the future. To be safe from Iraq, a peaceful solution is entirely feasible. If war is a last resort, it is also a concession of failure - no solution has been found to resolve a conflict. Consequently, force can only be justified when every peaceful effort has failed. For Iraq, this effort mean weapons inspections, to ensure it can't harm the US. Yet while inspectors are still at work, without producing any hard evidence, Bush has surrounded Iraq with the most fearsome war machine in history, preparing attack to the point of no return. This procedure upends any legal notion of "innocent until proven guilty": it's like accusing someone of a crime, putting all burden of proof on the suspect, while at the same time warming up the electric chair. That's not due process. It's deliberate escalation. By the time you are reading this, the decision will have been made. If indeed the US invades Iraq over empty chemical warheads, it will not be the result of failed diplomacy. It will be the failure of not being honest about diplomacy. Bush is turning the inspections into a farce, declaring them irrelevant once they can't find what the administration owes us and our soldiers: convincing proof that this war is necessary. After September 11, it is crucial and legitimate for the US to protect itself. We have the right and the obligation to prevent future attacks on our country and citizens. However, though vulnerable and disturbed from our loss of safety here at home, we mustn't blindly sign death sentences abroad, violating international law and the justice we hold dear. Like a wounded bull in a global china shop, the US is turning the world into a battlefield, rounding up random suspects to eliminate at its whim. As difficult as it is, we'll need to learn to live with ambiguity and doubt, in a world we cannot make safe by force alone. We need to learn how to deal with threats peacefully, which we never attempted with Iraq. Invading countries on suspicion isn't part of any US mandate, nor is it going to protect Americans. Instead, what the US needs in these trying times is true leadership, a calm, rational approach with skill for diplomacy and a vision for peace. In the name of such leadership, let's not roll into Baghdad. Let's not slaughter civilians for a false sense of security. It's un-American, if anything ever was. Chester Einberger -- Originally Published in STREET SHEET A Publication of the Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco 468 Turk Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 415 / 346.3740-voice € 415 / 775.5639-fax streetsheet@sf-homeless-coalition.org http://www.sf-homeless-coalition.org From norsehorse@hotmail.com Mon Jan 27 19:24:51 2003 From: norsehorse@hotmail.com (Morgan W. Brown) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 14:24:51 -0500 Subject: [Hpn] NAHNN Homeless News: A Good Samaritan, a homeless bum; Column; Zanisville, Ohio Message-ID: North American Homeless News Network (NAHNN): http://nahnn.blogspot.com Homeless News & Information Below is a forward of an article that may be of interest to you and others whom you know. Morgan Morgan W. Brown Montpelier Vermont USA Norsehorse's Home Turf: http://nht.blogspot.com -------------------------------------------------------- -------Forwarded Opinion Column------- Monday, January 27, 2003 Zanisville Times Recorder [Zanisville, Ohio] Opinion section Weekly Column by By Peter E. Gallaher A Good Samaritan, a homeless bum He was there when I got there, blind from pain and pain killers. He was there when I left, still in the same place, still waiting for another place. I'm still thinking about him. Who was he? Ivory Hart, what a name full of symbolism. Someone with a better brain than mine could probably do a lot with that. I can't do much more than think about Ivory Hart, and why he was there, why I met him and where he might be now. We spoke but little those four days we were together, exchanging the few words the circumstance of a shared hospital room and civility seemed to call for. For this I was grateful. I am no one for chatting it up with strangers even under the best of circumstances, and I hurt ... bad. On airplanes and such I wear a permanent scowl, the kind that makes babies cry and leaves me pretty much to myself after the seat back is up and locked. I like it like that, thank you very much. And so, when the time came, that means when I could no longer avoid it, I introduced myself. "Hi," I said. "I needed a new hip. What brought you here?" Mr. Hart, about 10 years younger than me, answered laconically, "Pneumonia." That was enough. For both of us. The time came, actually, at lunch the next day when the kitchen screwed up again and sent me nothing. He divided his lunch in half and gave it to my wife and me while the nurses and the kitchen staff were arguing about who dropped the ball and loudly blaming each other for my hunger. And not, by the way, getting me anything to eat. "Here," he said handing over the food. "I have too much and you have nothing." How nice a thing to do, I thought. Then I thought how unlike the folks outside in the hallway arguing about it. "I did and you didn't," was the common refrain in that particular chorus, how often sung all over the place. I wanted to tell them to stop bickering and go to their rooms. But how? I mean, these folks were grown ups. They were, as they would be the first to tell you, professionals. In the meantime, while professionals had their professional differences, a fellow named Ivory Hart broke a loaf in half and shared it with folks in need, strangers. He even gave away his chocolate flavored frozen yogurt. Mind you, that might not have been an act of brotherly love. But, my wife enjoyed it. And that was about all we needed to know , you know? A fellow with a case of pneumonia saw another fellow with a big cut and shared half of his food with that guy and his wife. Who wouldn't do the same thing? None of us, we like to think. Right? Read on. Later that night I learned a lot more than I wanted to or needed to about my roommate. Curtains are not sound proof and he talked, quite frankly and colorfully, over the phone with a friend about his problems, his friend's problems and the problems of finding a place to lay his head when the sun went down. I learned he was homeless, unemployed, alcoholic and about to be discharged the next day, though he was still quite ill, if a place could be found for him. Well, not a place, really. I mean not an apartment, a house. A bed. That's what the case worker referred to it as the next day, a bed, as she asked him if he had any warm clothes to take with him; a winter coat, heavy socks. He told her he thought he might be able to sleep in one or another of those all-night ATM places. "That's what got you here in the first place," she said, and went off. He got dressed and packed up everything he had in a sack about the size you see school kids carrying their books and lunches in. Then he waited, quiet. For a bed. Somewhere. And I waited, too, and thought. I'm still thinking. This is what I thought, what I think. I used to step around or over folks like him, or drop the odd quarter in a grimy hand. Now, I've eaten half his food and soon get to go home where it's warm and dry. And him? Picking garbage and sleeping under yesterday's news in an ATM vestibule? I wonder why I got to see the man who shared half of what he had, unasked, before I found out about the homeless bum? I wonder which one God sees? Peter E. Gallaher is a Zanesville resident. His columns appear every other Monday. Originally published Monday, January 27, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------- **In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only.** -------------------------------------------------------- -------End of forward------- Morgan Morgan W. Brown Montpelier Vermont USA Norsehorse's Home Turf: http://nht.blogspot.com _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail From bruceb@triad.rr.com Mon Jan 27 19:56:03 2003 From: bruceb@triad.rr.com (Bruce D. Burch) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 14:56:03 -0500 Subject: [Hpn] Homeless man freezes to death in Charlotte Message-ID: <004101c2c63e$205c7f40$0501a8c0@Burch> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003E_01C2C614.36585780 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Homeless man freezes to death in Charlotte=20 1-27-03 News & Record Posted 7 a.m.=20 CHARLOTTE (AP) -- A sick homeless man who didn't like staying in = shelters was found frozen to death near a crisis ministry center, = authorities said.=20 Billy Ray Collins, 44, was found about 8 a.m. Saturday, curled in the = fetal position on a concrete slab in a nearby park. He didn't have the = blankets he usually used for warmth, and temperatures dipped to 14 = degrees overnight.=20 Workers at the center said Collins had AIDS and was waiting for = disability benefits to come through so he could move into a hospice. = They said they had urged him to go to a shelter because he had felt = weak.=20 Collins hadn't slept in a shelter for about three years, preferring to = sleep outside with blankets, said Jason Wheeler, Collins' friend. = Collins didn't like the rules at some shelters, which require men to = leave early in the morning and search for work, Wheeler said.=20 Collins didn't get his blankets Friday night before the Urban Ministry = Center gate was locked. Friends said Collins worried he would be charged = with trespassing if he jumped the fence, so he decided to tough it out = and sleep in the park in his jeans and jacket.=20 "He wasn't a shelter person. We tried to get him to go last night, and = he said he was coming," said Darnell Griffis, a homeless man who has = been friends with Collins for about a year.=20 Collins never showed up at the shelter, so Griffis, Wheeler and others = set out to find him Saturday morning. They found him between two picnic = tables.=20 See details of all the day's news in tomorrow's News & Record http://www.news-record.com/news/now/homeless27.htm ------=_NextPart_000_003E_01C2C614.36585780 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Homeless man freezes to death in Charlotte

1-27-03


News & Record

Posted 7 a.m.=20

CHARLOTTE (AP) -- A sick homeless man who didn't like staying in = shelters was=20 found frozen to death near a crisis ministry center, authorities said.=20

Billy Ray Collins, 44, was found about 8 a.m. Saturday, curled in the = fetal=20 position on a concrete slab in a nearby park. He didn't have the = blankets he=20 usually used for warmth, and temperatures dipped to 14 degrees = overnight.=20

Workers at the center said Collins had AIDS and was waiting for = disability=20 benefits to come through so he could move into a hospice. They said they = had=20 urged him to go to a shelter because he had felt weak.=20

Collins hadn't slept in a shelter for about three years, preferring = to sleep=20 outside with blankets, said Jason Wheeler, Collins' friend. Collins = didn't like=20 the rules at some shelters, which require men to leave early in the = morning and=20 search for work, Wheeler said.=20

Collins didn't get his blankets Friday night before the Urban = Ministry Center=20 gate was locked. Friends said Collins worried he would be charged with=20 trespassing if he jumped the fence, so he decided to tough it out and = sleep in=20 the park in his jeans and jacket.=20

"He wasn't a shelter person. We tried to get him to go last night, = and he=20 said he was coming," said Darnell Griffis, a homeless man who has been = friends=20 with Collins for about a year.=20

Collins never showed up at the shelter, so Griffis, Wheeler and = others set=20 out to find him Saturday morning. They found him between two picnic = tables.=20

See details of all the day's news in tomorrow's News = &=20 Record
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To buy used Cruise Ships to home NYC's homeless population.
 Imagine going on that ship & waking up on a deserted Island. just a thought. SAIL AWAY!!!

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I eat here everyday!!! Otherwise,  I'd starve! I also get to use the computer at my day program so I can share this with you.

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This is where I sleep---Staten Island Ferry Terminal.
The police wake me up every hour, and force me on the boat to Staten IslandNew York City Staten Island Ferry. I go back and forth all nite. Ahhh what a life.

Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. From HC Covington Tue Jan 28 09:32:05 2003 From: HC Covington (HC Covington) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 03:32:05 -0600 Subject: [Hpn] Washington, DC - We are faced with social evil: Our neighbor has no place to live - US Conference Of Mayors - January 23, 2003 Message-ID: <031b01c2c6b0$207e7f60$39a65341@icanamerica> We are faced with social evil: Our neighbor has no place to live After 20 years of response, we now realize that homelessness won’t go away on its own. If it’s ignored, it only gets worse. We’re no longer satisfied with managing the problem or maintenancing the effort, or accommodating the response. We have a new standard. Abolishing homelessness. ________________________________________________________________ By Philip Mangano - US Conference Of Mayors - January 23, 2003 I had the pleasure of working with your President, Mayor Menino, when he was a City Councilor and Mayor. One thing I learned. He’s can do. His emphasis on housing means that there will be movement. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. And thanks to Mayors Brown and Purcell for their continuing commitment and leadership. Forty-eight hours ago I participated in a press conference in Chicago with Mayor Daley. I had visited him and his staff several times in the summer and we talked about the 10-year plan to end homelessness that his administration was creating with the business community and homeless providers and advocates. I promised him that when he approved the Plan I would join him at the announcement. He signed. I went. Our nation’s third largest city under the leadership of Mayor Daley became one of a small, but growing number of cities creating and implementing ten year plans to end homelessness. It began with Mayor Menino in Boston and Mayor Bart Peterson in Indianapolis and shortly thereafter the Mayors of Memphis and others joined the list. What was unthinkable just a few years ago is now emerging as common sense. What seemed naïve is now sound policy. What was thought of as intractable is now subject to strategies. After 20 years of response, we now realize that homelessness won’t go away on its own. If it’s ignored, it only gets worse. Now, just a few years ago, such plans were thought to be risky and naïve. But with the new technologies and an emphasis on ending homelessness, maybe the new naïveté is not to have a plan. Naïve to think you don’t need a plan. The risk may be in not creating a plan. When we recognize a problem in our cities, we make a plan to address it. So when Richard Daley in Chicago unveils a ten-year plan to end homelessness, that makes sense. There’s nothing naïve about it. There’s a recognition that what we’ve done so far hasn’t given us the performance outcomes we’re looking for. Plans in Philadelphia and Miami reduced the street populations. A street ordinance combined with increased street service, an 800 number, rapid response, and sensitized police made a difference. Why are such plans more viable now? Why are the CEO’s of cities adopting what once seemed like an orphaned enterprise? There are reasons. First, we have new research not available just a few years ago that tells us that most homeless people move out of homelessness with only a small amount of assistance. But there is 10% of the population, those who are experiencing chronic homelessness, who have mental illness or addiction or physical disability and who have been homeless for over a year, often inhabiting the streets or encampments. That 10% consumes more than half of all homeless resources. That’s why the President and Secretary Martinez have made this population a priority. The research sent them there. And that’s why Mayor Menino and this Conference have endorsed that effort. And why the Interagency Council is finding the strategies that work for that population. The research helps us to be strategic in planning and investment. And we’re going to support the research and data collection needed to equip us to create policy that makes sense and is strategic, including policy focused on discharge planning failures that leave many with no place to go. Second, we have new technologies in housing and street engagement that give us new tools to bring in people off the streets. From New York to San Francisco and places in between these new so called "housing first" strategies are moving people off the streets into supportive housing that provides the services needed for stable tenancies. And the research tells us that 90% stay housed. The "housing first" model is a centerpiece in Mayor Daley’s Chicago Plan. Third, there’s a new spirit of partnership on this issue that transcends partisanship. When Mayor Menino and Mayor Purcell announced the hunger/homeless findings last month, they sounded the chords of working together. We pledged that on this issue, partnership trumps partisanship. Can I get an amen? There’s no D or R or I or G on this issue. We’re all together. Fourth, after the research, and technologies, and partnership, we need new resources. Anyone who studied the President’s budget for 03 knows that new resources were on the table to help – new housing resources in the Section 8 and HOME programs, new funds for re-entry of ex-prisoners, new funding for those aging out of foster care, increases in nearly every targeted homeless program including healthcare. And soon, very soon, a $35 million funding initiative will hit the streets. Unprecedented collaboration between 3 federal agencies will offer housing and service funding in one NOFA targeted to make a difference on the streets of our country. That’s why those street counts are so necessary. Fifth, we are now interviewing to hire 10 regionally based homeless specialists across the country to replicate the work of the Council in bringing together federal agencies, state agencies, and cities and community and faith based organizations to collaborate in the effort to end homelessness. These specialists will help cities and work with your regional housing coordinators. Finally, we have a new standard of expectation. We’re not going to be satisfied any longer moving homeless people from one side of town to the other. From on city to another. Our work together is to create that new standard of expectation: we want visible, measurable, quantifiable change - on our streets, in homeless programs, in the life of our neighborhoods, and most importantly, in the lives of homeless people. We’re no longer satisfied with managing the problem or maintenancing the effort, or accommodating the response. We have a new standard. Abolishing homelessness. There’s not a person in this room who doesn’t know that homelessness is a disgrace. And whether it’s systems failures or personal failures, no one should be on the cold streets of our country or our cities. No child should be consigned to a shelter. No veteran should be eating out of dumpsters. As the Indianapolis Plan tells us, such images are unworthy of this great and affluent nation and not worthy of the cities you govern. There is increasing hope on this issue now, even in the face of rising numbers. Not illusory, ethereal hope spun on anecdote and conjecture and one-dimensional plans. But a hope that is fashioned on data, research, technology, performance outcomes, and resources. I’ve asked the Mayors in the 100 largest cities in the country to name a point person in their administration who will be our contact person to disseminate information whether funding opportunities, research, or best practices. If you’re not in the largest 100 and want to be part of the network, just have your staff person contact ich@hud.gov That’s all the address you need – ich@hud.gov And I’m asking Mayor Menino to challenge this Conference. By the next winter meeting of this Conference, through our partnership, can we have 100 cities who have followed the example of Chicago, Indianapolis, Boston, Memphis and others in creating a plan to end homelessness in their city. One hundred cities. The spirit of our work is this: Partnership, not partisanship Planning, not posturing Solving, not managing Preventing, not permitting Abolishing, not accommodating Like the abolitionists of old, we are faced with social evil: Our neighbor has no place to live. For how long can we resign ourselves to this disgrace before we stand as Americans to keep the promise – to draft the plans and get the job done: A Home for Every American. ________________________________________________________________ source page: http://www.ich.gov/library/mayors.pdf ©THE HOMELESS NEWS http://egroups.com/group/HomelessNews/ From nh-adapt@juno.com Mon Jan 27 13:26:32 2003 From: nh-adapt@juno.com (Thomas Cagle) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 08:26:32 -0500 Subject: [Hpn] Action Alert! Message-ID: <20030128.064835.-292071.1.nh-adapt@juno.com> From: ADAWatch@aol.com Please Distribute Far and Wide: (If this message reached you in error from the original sender, please reply with "Remove" in the Subject box.) Thanks, Jim Ward, ADA Watch/National Coalition for Disability Rights 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20004 www.adawatch.org ADAWatch@aol.com January 25, 2003 ACTION ALERT: HELP PROTECT DISABILITY RIGHTS and CIVIL RIGHTS! Overview: Next Wednesday, Former Ohio State Solicitor Jeffrey Sutton will receive a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee to determine if he should be confirmed to a lifetime seat on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals -- just one step away from the Supreme Court. More than 400 nonpartisan disability and civil rights organizations -- and many more individuals from all across the Nation -- have united in opposition to Sutton's confirmation. Sutton's career has been highlighted by aggressive -- and often successful -- efforts to dismantle federal disability rights and civil rights protections. He has actively worked to weaken Federal protections for people with disabilities, minorities, seniors, women victims of violence, Medicaid recipients and others. Sutton -- like too many of the Bush judicial nominees -- has targeted the New Deal, the Great Society, Medicaid, the ADA, Olmstead, and the authority of a democratically elected Congress to legislate remedies when petitioned by American citizens. The 6th Circuit includes Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee and its decisions frequently rise to the Supreme Court and impact all Americans. This is why we are asking for your help! Action Needed: 1. Go to www.adawatch.org and sign the electronic petition against Sutton's confirmation by the Senate. 2. Call and Fax your Senators now and tell them to vote no on Sutton. The Capitol switchboard is (202) 225-3121 and the Fax number for the Senate Judiciary Committee is 202-228-0861. (Organizations should Fax their opposition on their organization's letterhead.) Send us a copy as well at Fax #202-318-4040. 3. Contact the media. Write letters-to-the-editor and Op Ed articles using info at www.adawatch.org 4. Come to Washington for the Official Hearing on January 29th at 9:30 AM and the "People's Hearing" on the 30th at 11 AM. Schedule visits to your Senators! For travel and housing information contact: Thom.Kirk@verizon.net 5. If you cannot make it to Washington, organize or attend local events, visit the local offices of your Senators, hold a vigil to voice opposition to Sutton and other extremist judicial nominees. Action Schedule: January 27 - 9:30 a.m. ADA Watch joins coalition partners at National Press Club for press conference opposing extremist judicial nominees. January 28 - National Call-In Day to Senate: Vote No on Confirmation of Sutton, Cook, others! January 29 - National and Local Events; Sutton Hearing (9:30 AM, Dirksen SOB Room 226); Hill visits, phone calls. January 30 - "People's Hearing" (Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 138); Hill visits, phone calls continue all day. Background: Jeffrey Sutton has an extremist record, has been a leader and ideologue with the Federalist Society, and has actively worked to weaken Federal protections for people with disabilities, minorities, seniors, women victims of violence, Medicaid recipients and others. He is among those who have influenced the current trend of viewing the ADA as an entitlement benefit rather than a civil rights law. This trend, with judges sitting as benefits managers determining who is among the "deserving disabled," has led to more than 92% of all ADA cases being dismissed on summary judgment -- without any judge or jury review of the alleged discriminatory behavior of employers. Sutton, as an officer in the Federalist Society, has led the "States' Rights" agenda of the unelected undoing the work of a democratically elected Congress. Their threat is not just to people with disabilities, but as described in a recent Washington Post column, Sutton, Cook, Pickering, Kuhl and other Bush nominees selected for their Federalist credentials are targeting the New Deal, the Great Society, Medicaid, the ADA, Olmstead, and Congress itself as they micromanage public policy in the federal courts. In fact, regardless of which party the electorate chooses to control Congress or the White House, these extreme ideologues -- not Conservatives but judicial activists -- seek to weaken and eliminate federal protections concerning health, safety, welfare, privacy, and the environment. Theirs is a commitment to ideology not to justice. Rights not Charity: Word on the Hill is that Sutton will be joined at his hearing by Bob Dole and that the focus will be on Sutton's "compassion" and "sensitivity" to people with disabilities. It is troubling that this unified bipartisan effort in the disability community will be turned into a partisan fight by others, but more disturbing is the strategy of focusing on "charity" instead of civil rights. What is in Sutton's heart is really of no concern to us and we have to do the job of directing public attention -- and that of the Senate -- towards his record and the records of other nominees who threaten disability rights. Attempts to focus on Mr. Sutton's "character" will only distract from the need for a national dialogue on Federal-State powers and Congress' intention that the ADA "provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against people with disabilities." His supporters will make the case that Sutton was just acting as a forceful advocate for his clients. It will be up to us to demonstrate that he is an activist who has aggressively sought out cases to support and advance his ideology. We must demonstrate that we oppose Sutton because he clearly has taken an ideological stance against providing effective remedies under federal law for disadvantaged persons in our society. His repeated and zealous advocacy for these positions, and the speeches he has given and the articles he has written on these subjects, demonstrate that this would be a cornerstone of his judicial philosophy if he were to serve on the federal bench. Indeed, Sutton told Legal Times that he "loves this Federalist stuff" and that he and his staff are always "on the lookout" for such cases. Apparently disappointed that the mainstream does not share his radical views, he has also said: "It is frustrating that, in pursuit of particular political goals, the states are not rising up together and defending their authority against encroachments by Congress." (Federalist Society Webpage, May 18, 2001) Sutton's Record: And what does Sutton consider "encroachments by Congress?" - In Garrett, Sutton argued that Congress had no authority to give state employees who have been discriminated against the right to sue employers for damages under the ADA. (And did so by denying the existence of a massive record of state discrimination compiled by Congress including forced sterilization of people with disabilities, unnecessary institutionalization, denial of education, and much more.) - In Olmstead v. LC, Sutton argued that unnecessarily keeping people with disabilities in institutions was not a form of discrimination and that states had no duty under the ADA to serve individuals in integrated settings. - In Westside Mothers, Sutton successfully argued that Medicaid recipients cannot sue to protect their rights under the law. States have begun citing this decision to persuade courts to rule that people with disabilities have no right to enforce their rights under Medicaid, Section 504, IDEA and the Rehabilitation Act. - In Alexander v. Sandoval, Sutton argued that individuals cannot privately enforce regulations under Title VI, a race discrimination statute. States have since used Sutton's arguments in efforts to persuade courts that people with disabilities should not be allowed to enforce regulations under Section 504 and Title II of the ADA requiring reasonable accommodations and integration of individuals with disabilities. These are just a few of the many cases that Sutton has sought out to advance the extreme Federalist agenda that places him well outside the mainstream. There are numerous other cases in which he argued to weaken or eliminate federal protections addressing age discrimination, violence against women, religious discrimination and more. These statutes represent years of congressional findings and bipartisan compromises to establish greater fairness in the workplace and provide effective remedies for discrimination. The human toll of Mr. Sutton's should not be underestimated. Patricia Garrett, for example had worked for the University of Alabama for 17 years when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her supervisor made negative comments about her illness and repeatedly threatened to transfer her to a less demanding job because of her condition. Upon her return from medical leave, Garrett was demoted, even though she could still perform the requirements of her job. Under a divided Supreme Court’s ruling responding to Sutton's arguments, Garrett has no ADA remedy for this discrimination. And in the wake of Sutton's arguments in the Kimel decision, about 30 other age discrimination suits have been dismissed. In one case, the supervisor who terminated the plaintiff explained that the jury should "think of it like this. In a forest, you have to cut down the old, big trees so the little trees underneath can grow." The plaintiff in this case – who was fired at the age of 48 – has no federal remedy against this blatant discrimination by a state employer. Threats to Democracy: The dangers of having unelected insular Federal court judges -- or even Supreme Court Justices -- essentially making public policy cannot be overstated. In enacting the Americans with Disabilities Act, for example, Congress compiled a vast legislative record which documented massive, society-wide discrimination against people with disabilities in such vital areas as employment, housing, transportation and public accommodations. The record included 13 Congressional hearings, 63 public forums across the country attended by over 30,000 people, and thousands of letters documenting discrimination. In many of the cases, state employees were victims of the discrimination. The Court’s divided opinion in Garrett means, however, that victims of state employment discrimination cannot use the ADA to remedy it. That Sutton in his arguments, in order to protect powerful interests and advance his Federalist doctrine, could deny the existence of this vast record of discrimination again reveals his commitment to ideology over justice. Remarkably, Justice Breyer’s dissent in the Garrett case contained 40 pages of specific examples of state-sponsored disability discrimination. In addressing such public policy issues, Breyer wrote, "Unlike courts, Congress can readily gather facts from across the Nation, assess the magnitude of the problem, and more easily find an appropriate remedy. Unlike courts, Congress directly reflects public attitudes and beliefs, enabling Congress better to understand where, and to what extent, refusals to accommodate a disability amount to behavior that is callous or unreasonable to the point of lacking constitutional justification. Unlike judges, Members of Congress can directly obtain information from constituents who have firsthand experience with discrimination and related issues." "Moreover," Breyer continues, "unlike judges, Members of Congress are elected. A February 22, 2001 New York Times editorial quotes Breyer and echoes the concern regarding Congress' rightful constitutional authority to decide what laws are needed to achieve a just society: As it has before in similar cases, the majority cast its complaint against Congress in the lofty context of federalism and the appropriate balance of power between the states and the federal government. But as Justice Stephen Breyer emphasized in a powerful dissent, the structural impact of the court's ruling was to expand its own power at the expense of Congress's rightful constitutional authority to decide which new laws society requires. That is a strange kind of activism for a supposedly conservative bench. As Justice Breyer noted, "The court, through its evidentiary demands, its non-deferential review, and its failure to distinguish between judicial and legislative constitutional competencies, improperly invades a power that the Constitution assigns to Congress." It is too early to say where the court will strike next with its self-aggrandizing view of federalism. But as Justice Breyer correctly suggested, the new federalism jurisprudence has already inflicted significant damage on the nation's constitutional framework. Jeffrey Sutton has been at the forefront of the "new federalism" that has mocked Congress' authority, ignored a carefully documented history of discrimination, undermined the democratic process, and rolled back civil rights protections passed at the insistence of the People. The Senate should reject this nominee and the President should advance judicial nominees with a commitment to justice rather than ideology. Jim Ward, President National Coalition for Disability Rights > 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20004 > V: 202.661.4722 F: 202.318.4040 E: adawatch@aol.com W: > www.adawatch.org ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com From nh-adapt@juno.com Tue Jan 28 12:03:56 2003 From: nh-adapt@juno.com (Thomas Cagle) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 07:03:56 -0500 Subject: [Hpn] Mediciad & ADA Message-ID: <20030128.095712.-292071.9.nh-adapt@juno.com> From: Steve Gold MA cutbacks and the ADA - # 46 Weekly we read about States threatening to cut back on Medicaid. Some reductions may have no direct disability impact, but others might. The disability community must be particularly attentive to the need for grass roots organizing and to how the ADA could be used to trump potential cut backs. According to the Kaiser Commission, in 2003 we will see many States attempt to reduce their budgetary deficits by reducing Medicaid expenditures. Our task is to ensure "equal opportunity" so that the specific and different Medicaid needs of disabled persons are taken into account, to remember that the Supreme Court in Alexander v. Choate recognized that people with disabilities were entitled to "meaningful access" of Medicaid services as a "reasonable accommodation," and at the same time to separate cutbacks that are not primarily "disability" related. Here are some suggestions to keep in mind regarding disability handles: 1. Prescription Drugs: Even if nondisabled persons' prescriptions are capped, the ADA's "reasonable accommodation" should provide for "meaningful access" for individual disabled persons who require more prescriptions than the cap. While prior authorization for prescriptions, reduced payments to pharmacists and increasing co-payments for prescriptions may not directly connect to disability, nevertheless a cap on the number of monthly prescriptions or prohibiting specific medications does directly affect people with disabilities. 2. Restricting Eligibility Criteria for Medicaid benefits: The primary way this will directly impact on persons with disabilities is when States set higher financial eligibility for institutional care than they set for community-based care or waiver services, thereby ensuring unnecessary institutionalization in violation of Olmstead. That is, if disabled persons are financially eligible for institutional Medicaid nursing home services, but the same person is not financially eligible for Medicaid community-based services, that triggers Olmstead. Again, focus on specific individuals. 3. Reduction of Benefits and Services: Caps on the number of Home and Community-Based waiver slots directly affects the disabled and should be challenged under Olmstead, as does increasing the reimbursements for nursing homes without a comparable increase for the community. Similarly, reducing or eliminating occupational and physical therapy, DME, power wheelchairs directly impacts on rehabilitation of disabled persons, particularly if those services are provided in the institution but the State refuses to provide them in the community. 4. Requiring Co-Payments and Reducing Provider Payments: Unless these are imposed primarily on "disability" benefits, they probably will be permissible. WHAT ADVOCATES SHOULD DO: 1. To fight these and other Medicaid cutbacks requires you have a coordinated response in YOUR state? Because these reductions will impact on the disabled community throughout the State, they require a State-wide organizing and will require lots of coordinated community efforts. 2. Use the press to tell your story. Let the specific persons with disabilities who will be negatively impacted tell their stories. 3. Get to sympathetic State legislators to enlist their assistance. Make sure the individuals who will be impacted tell the elected officials. Don't mourn; organize. Steve Gold, The Disability Odyssey continues Back issues of other Information Bulletins are available online at http://www.stevegoldada.com with a searchable Archive at this site. ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com From gbacque@colosseum.com Tue Jan 28 18:26:55 2003 From: gbacque@colosseum.com (Graeme Bacque) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:26:55 -0800 Subject: [Hpn] Woman charged in abandoned baby case Message-ID: http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Artic le_Type1&c=Article&cid=1035777123708&call_pageid=968332188492&col=9687939721 54 Jan. 28, 2003. 05:26 AM The Toronto Star Woman charged in abandoned baby case Mira making 'remarkable' recovery PETER EDWARDS AND TANYA TALAGA STAFF REPORTERS A 41-year-old homeless woman is to appear in College Park court this morning, charged with abandoning a newborn girl on a freezing cold night last week at Nathan Phillips Square. She faces charges of failure to provide the necessaries of life and child abandonment after a baby, who was just minutes old, was found naked under a blanket on a cement stairwell outside city hall Friday. Meanwhile, the Children's Aid Society of Toronto will officially seek custody of the infant tomorrow or Thursday. And the case has prompted a call from child and mental health advocates for more community supports. The baby, who has been named Mira for "Miracle" by aid workers, is in serious but stable condition at the Hospital for Sick Children. She is making a "remarkable" recovery, said Dr. Andrew James, a neonatologist at the Hospital for Sick Children. "The feeling of everyone, especially with the nurses, is of such joy because she is doing remarkably well," James said. "Everyone is delighted." Mira, who is about a month premature, has gained a couple of ounces since being born at 4 pounds, 9 ounces, said Bruce Rivers, executive director of the Toronto children's aid, yesterday. She's breathing on her own and has been "active, alert, moving, responding and behaving normally," James said, crediting the nurses for their care. "We have wonderful nurses here who really care for these babies," James said. "They talk to them, hold them, calm them when they are agitated, sometimes they even sing to them." James said Mira has made a dramatic turnaround from when she arrived at St. Michael's Hospital on Friday night. "She was in desperate straits," James said. Her body temperature was just 28C, 9 degrees below that of a healthy person. Her heartbeat was low and she needed a mechanical ventilator to help her breathe. "They did a wonderful job resuscitating her," James said. "They essentially revived her; her heart rate increased from a barely detectable rate to a normal rate. They stabilized her so she could be transferred to our hospital." James said Mira might be dead if she was found just five or 10 minutes later. Doctors also haven't seen any clinical signs pointing to brain damage because of lack of oxygen. "This is very reassuring," James said. Several children have survived prolonged exposure to frigid outdoor temperatures. Karlee Kosolofski was 2 years old when she was locked out of her family's Saskatchewan home for five hours in minus 22C temperatures. Her heart had dipped to 30 beats per minute by the time paramedics arrived. She lost her left leg but otherwise recovered fully. Edmonton toddler Erika Nordby was completely frozen — her heart had stopped completely and her veins were filled with ice — when paramedics arrived. She had wandered into minus 24C weather in the middle of the night and was found by her mother, face down in a snowbank, wearing only a T-shirt and a diaper. She too appeared to recover fully. In the case of Mira, at least 81 families are eager to adopt her if the Children's Aid gains custody, Rivers said. There were already 50 families on waiting lists to adopt children when Mira was abandoned. Another 31 families called yesterday with offers to take Mira into their homes, Melanie Persaud of children's aid said. "What's key is that the family matches Mira's needs, not the other way around," Persaud said. The agency has received donations of $3,000 for a trust fund to pay for her education, and several stuffed animals. Rivers was at his own daughter's 13th birthday party on Saturday afternoon when he got a telephone call about the baby. He said the call moved him and his daughter enormously. He wondered about the troubled circumstances that led to her being left in the cold, just minutes after her birth. "I think it touches all of us," Rivers said. "I know it touches me.... It causes you to reflect on your own circumstances, to be very thankful." "No matter how many times you've heard them (stories of troubled children), you're still shocked," Rivers said. "It's not something you or I would understand." Meanwhile, Councillor Olivia Chow, the city's child advocate, said a recent study estimated at least 300 pregnant homeless women live in Toronto. "Three hundred kids are born to mothers who are living on the streets each year," Chow said, noting services for these women are woefully inadequate. There is a waiting list for the 90 beds at Robinson House, a shelter for homeless women. "Surely there's something else we can do," Chow said. Mental health advocates echoed Chow's sentiments. "Obviously, somebody homeless, pregnant and living on the street cannot wait for access to services. They need help when they ask," David Kelly, executive director of the Ontario Federation of Community Mental Health and Addictions Programs, told a news conference yesterday. Between 50 and 80 per cent of hostel users have mental health and addiction issues, noted Steve Lurie from the Toronto branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association. Kelly told reporters that most of his federation's 216 member agencies have long waiting lists for services. For example, it takes four months just to get assessed for a placement in an addictions program, he noted. "If the woman had access to supportive housing projects, she may not have been in the cycle where she was living on the street and using shelters," Kelly said. "Unfortunately, she could probably not access the community mental health and addiction services that she would need to have a normal birth," he added.The federation appeared before the province's finance committee yesterday to plead for a 20 per cent hike, or an extra $120 million, in operating funds. The group argued that an injection of cash makes economic sense. "The programs can save millions of dollars because they keep people out of hospitals, reducing the number of expensive hospital stays and the pressure on emergency services, such as ambulances, emergency rooms, and the police and corrections," Kelly said. With files from Theresa Boyle AND Karen Palmer --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.445 / Virus Database: 250 - Release Date: 1/21/03 From norsehorse@hotmail.com Wed Jan 29 04:16:17 2003 From: norsehorse@hotmail.com (Morgan W. Brown) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 23:16:17 -0500 Subject: [Hpn] NAHNN Homeless News: Helping homeless people through the cold, 1 by 1;Boston, MA Message-ID: North American Homeless News Network (NAHNN): http://nahnn.blogspot.com Homeless News & Information NAHNN Summary of a Tuesday, January 28, 2003 Beacon Hill Times article: [Boston, Massachusetts] Extremely cold temperatures kept Mike Banker and his friends from their skiing plans over the long Martin Luther King weekend. Growing concerned, that if it were much too cold to go skiing, he thought about what it must be like and mean for people living homeless out on the streets in the Boston area. Mike Banker started organizing so that he and others could begin "[h]elping homeless people through the cold, one by one." Below is a forward of the Beacon Hill Times article. Morgan Morgan W. Brown Montpelier Vermont USA Norsehorse's Home Turf: http://nht.blogspot.com -------------------------------------------------------- -------Forwarded article------- Tuesday, January 28, 2003 Beacon Hill Times [Boston, Massachusetts] Helping homeless people through the cold, one by one by Melissa Foley --[Photo caption]-- Mike Banker with a copy of the flyer that brought in so many clothing donations. --[End of photo caption]-- Mike Banker and his friends wanted to spend the long Martin Luther King weekend skiing, but the extreme cold kept them from hitting the slopes. “I was bummed out,” Banker, the owner of Loook.com, an internet start-up, said about the fizzled-out plans, “but then I started thinking that if it was too cold for me to go skiing, what’s it going to be like for the homeless?” So instead, the 39-year-old Cambridge resident who used to live on Charles Street tried to rally his friends to collect blankets and winter jackets to give to homeless people throughout the city. To Banker’s surprise, he was met with more than a bit of skepticism about the prospect of organizing such a drive, but his friends’ initial lack of enthusiasm didn’t stop him from following his gut instinct and doing what he felt was the right thing. Over a round of drinks at Harvard Gardens on Friday, January 17, Banker managed to convince some of his friends, including Steve Rysz of West End Place and Karen Kelly of Temple Street, to help him. Banker began by going to Sears and buying 19 fleece blankets that were on sale for $7 and handing them out to homeless people that weekend. Seeing the happy expressions on people’s faces when he gave them the blankets only inspired Banker to step up his efforts. Shortly thereafter, 500 flyers spelling out last week’s frigid extended forecast turned up on Beacon Hill doorsteps, asking residents to donate blankets or jackets on Monday, January 20. He provided his cell phone number and he and his friends picked up gear from anyone who called with a donation. Armed with 58 winter jackets, 20 blankets, 26 fleeces, some sweatshirts and sweaters, mittens, gloves and hats and about 15 pairs of ski pants, Banker headed to the Pine Street Inn, hoping the staff there would have a ready mechanism to distribute the clothing, but the shelter requires that all donations be dry cleaned before they can be accepted. Banker figured that by the time he could manage to get them cleaned, the cold snap would be over, so he took matters into his own hands and hit the road that night around 11 p.m., driving to spots where he thought he might find homeless people in need of warmth. “We ended up behind the Public Library at the grates where hot air blows out, and it was like the gold mine. There must have been 40 people there,” said Banker. He and Kelly and Rysz stayed for about an hour, outfitting everybody and socializing. “Everyone was praising us and it was really, really great,” he said. They drove around handing out the remaining items until 3 a.m., and the next night made another excursion to distribute extra donations Hill residents made on Tuesday. Banker, who is modest about his efforts, is nonetheless glad that he pursued the project, and so are his friends. “Even though my friends said at first that I’d get sued and people wouldn’t trust me or give me stuff, you just can’t listen to anyone who’s negative.” -------------------------------------------------------- **In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only.** -------------------------------------------------------- -------End of forward------- Morgan Morgan W. Brown Montpelier Vermont USA Norsehorse's Home Turf: http://nht.blogspot.com _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail From worldhome@thesociety.net Wed Jan 29 21:47:49 2003 From: worldhome@thesociety.net (Harmony Kieding) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:47:49 -0800 Subject: [Hpn] Disabled vet fights for home Message-ID: <3e384c05.5ac.0@lookscool.com> forward from Harmony: American Homeless Land Model http://www.dreamwater.org/biz/kenchurchill/index.html ---------------------------------------------------- RURAL CLEANSING Disabled vet fights for home Jeb Bush considers use of eminent domain against homesteaders http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30717 OR shorter link to same: http://makeashorterlink.com/?A27724543 RURAL CLEANSING Disabled vet fights for home Jeb Bush considers use of eminent domain against homesteaders -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: January 28, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Sarah Foster © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and his Cabinet are meeting today in Tallahassee to decide whether or not to give the green light to the state of Florida to use its power of eminent domain to oust a disabled veteran and other property owners from their homes and land, reports the Naples Daily News. For over a quarter of a century, Jesse Hardy, 67, has lived at the end of a dirt road in rural Collier County, on a 160-acre parcel, not far from the site of last year's Sawgrass Rebellion rally for property rights. Today he shares his home and life with his 7-year-old adopted son, Tommy. Hardy does not wish to move, and last summer even said no to a federal agent who offered him $1.7 million for his land. "I've been here for 25 years and I've done everyone by the book," he told the press two years ago. "They use my taxes in one way or another, and I've never asked for a thing. … I just want to be left alone." But Hardy's small homestead two miles south of Interstate 75 is within a 55,000-acre government buyout area called Southern Golden Gate Estates that has been targeted for acquisition as part of the gigantic Everglades restoration project. The completed project is intended to restore natural water flows by deconstructing roads and plugging canals built by developers years ago. It will require the relocation of thousands of people throughout southern Florida. The buyout has already cost the state and federal government $89 million, and 3,981 acres are still in private hands. Today's request, if granted, would give the state the go-ahead to acquire those remaining acres through eminent domain. "I plan on fighting this to the very end," Hardy told the Naples Daily News. "I'm not trying to be a hardball or antagonistic or anything, but I am 67 years old. I just don't feel like going somewhere else. It'd be like going somewhere to die, and if I'm going to do that anyway, I'd just as soon do it here." And Hardy shouldn't have to leave, says his attorney Bill Moore of Sarasota, Fla. According to Moore, state land buyers are refusing to consider other options such as buying an easement across the property or agreeing to wait until Hardy's death before taking the land. Moore said he'll be in Tallahassee today to ask the Cabinet to shelve the eminent domain plans against Hardy and seek alternatives. "There's no good reason that they have to seize his land and kick him off other than that they just want to," Moore said. Hardy has plans of his own for the property. In 2001, he began an earth-mining business, having obtained the necessary permits from Collier County. Today, the county is one of his customers, buying rock to build new roads. He would like to turn the mining pits into lakes for a catfish farm – that is, if he can hang onto his homestead. Promoters of the restoration project say the other owners of property in the target area have done very well through the buyout and that Hardy would also. Because federal money is involved, the land buyers must follow federal rules requiring the government to pay for moving expenses, a similar home and closing costs. Robert Lovern, assistant director of the Florida Division of State Lands, told the Daily News the state wants to continue talking with Hardy, but hasn't been able to come to an agreement. "We're willing to talk with him. We'll sit down with him anytime to talk about it," said Lovern. Hardy's is not the only eminent domain case on today's Cabinet agenda. The state wants to use eminent domain to acquire some roads and canals owned by Collier County and to seize 800 acres owned by the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida. Since the tribe has adamantly refused to sell, this could become a test case for the property rights of an American Indian tribe that is recognized under the law as a sovereign nation. "We do respect their sovereignty and the heritage they're trying to protect," said Lovern. "We have our hand out to them to see if we can all reach our objective." The Miccosukee and the South Florida Water Management District also are locked in a legal battle over the district's decision to use eminent domain to seize ownership of 375 acres the tribe owns in Miami-Dade, the county adjacent to Collier. The restoration plan calls for using that area as a giant reservoir. The tribe refuses to sell either that land or its land in Southern Golden Gate Estates. County Manager Jim Mudd says that Collier County owns about 200 miles of roads and 30 bridges in Southern Golden Gate Estates and has told the Daily News that since the county commissioners passed a resolution supporting the restoration project, he does not think the county will resist selling the roads and bridges – as long as the price is right. Mudd said that moneys derived from the road and bridge sales would help close a shortfall in the county's road-building budget, but added that negotiations had not started. The issue came up last week at a meeting with the South Florida Management District, said Mudd. "I let them know it [the roads and bridges] wasn't going to be given to them," he recalled. Related story: Multi-state convoys converge in Florida http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=29320 Related commentary: Get rid of the people! http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30558 Senators steal Florida land http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28945 Trouble brewing in Florida's swamps http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28194 Sarah Foster is a staff reporter for WorldNetDaily. --------------------------------------- Fair Use Notice This message may contain copyrighted material the use of which has not specifically been authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in an effort to advance the understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democratic, scientific, religious, spiritual, and social justice issues. We believe this constitutes a "fair use" of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. 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Brown) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 00:56:30 -0500 Subject: [Hpn] the best time to write, ... ; from the source unknown department Message-ID: the best time to write, is when nothing's left ... The best time to let go, to write with all one's rawest passion in wild abandon, as if the last of one's freedom as well as one's very existence were at stake, is when there is nothing else left to hold onto and, of course, nothing whatsoever to lose. Yet the question remains, why wait until that happens? from the source unknown department Morgan Morgan W. Brown Montpelier Vermont USA Norsehorse's Home Turf: http://nht.blogspot.com _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail From dlwdaw@hotmail.com Thu Jan 30 18:18:23 2003 From: dlwdaw@hotmail.com (Dave and Deb Ward) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 13:18:23 -0500 Subject: [Hpn] Handouts won't be salvation of homeless Message-ID:

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    • By Dimitri Vassilaros
    TRIBUNE-REVIEW
    Tuesday, January 28, 2003

    Boycott the so-called homeless. It's for their own good — ours, too. If you do not give them handouts, they might be more motivated to get work.

    Have you ever fed a stray cat? God love you; your heart was in the right place. But what happened the next day? Chances are that cat came back for another handout. And the day after, and the day after that. If you do the same with people who choose to live like strays, you are not helping to motivate them to get up from their favorite corners and get on with their lives.

    Stray cats have an excuse. They do not have owners who care for them. The strays some call "the homeless" are not animals. They are human beings. Let's start treating them like adults instead of feral felines.

    In this age of compassionate conservatism, the most compassionate thing you can do for a grown-up is to treat him like a grown-up. Can anyone say "tough love"? Handing out money to anyone with a sob story might only help him buy more booze or drugs or whatever else he chooses to squander your generosity on.

    If the free money dried up, enlightened self-interest could force the homeless to take better care of themselves, and to look for work. Don't tell me they need job training before they start the job hunt. How much job training do you need to do heavy lifting or push a broom?

    "Some small percentage might get work," says Wes E. Kerlin, director of social services for the Salvation Army. Some could work in day labor pools, but most are not be employable, he says. "They do not get up on time. They would not show up. They are not sustained in their focus for work. They do not have a recent work history. These have not had work for 15 or 20 years."

    Still, not too many look as though they've missed meals. Better than half could be receiving federal Supplemental Security Income, because of alcohol, drug or mental health issues, Kerlin says.

    The panhandlers provide a great public service to some of our well-meaning friends and neighbors. Maybe you are one of those misguided souls who feels good about helping the homeless, even if what the homeless really need is for you to stop enabling them.

    Tough love seldom feels warm and fuzzy.

    Why does it seem so few of Pittsburgh's down-and-outers get up and get lives?

    About 15 individuals throughout the Downtown prefer to remain outside in sub-zero weather because they find the homeless shelters confining and do not like the rules prohibiting smoking, drinking and drugging, Kerlin says.

    The Salvation Army and other worthy organizations do everything they can to salvage the souls of the homeless. Few want to be saved.

    "A rough percentage of those who want to be clean and sober is 10 to 15 percent. For the rest, the fear of becoming clean and sober outweighs the benefits of being clean and sober. It seems like an insurmountable fear. (The homeless addict) understands it rationally, but not emotionally," Kerlin says.

    Instead of putting your bucks into the cups of the homeless and other panhandlers, call the Salvation Army at (412) 394-4800 and ask where you can send a donation or how you can donate your time to be of real service.

    "It's a problem that does not go away," Kerlin says of the homeless.

    As long as the enablers contribute to making a bad situation worse, why would it?

    Dimitri Vassilaros can be reached at dvassilaros@tribweb.com or (412) 380-5637


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There are many community members and organizations trying to solve this housing problem but immediate solutions are not in sight. And chances become slimmer as the economy worsens, budgets are cut and the city continues to subsidize luxury rental housing projects with funds meant for affordable housing. The tent village concept, though officially denied, has received support from some of the officials within the denying offices. Your support, their support and the support from the community will be necessary before any ordinance or code can be changed to meet our emergency need - the need and right to exist on this earth. Paula Lomazzi Sacramento __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. 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I fought in > Desert Storm as a Marine - I was deluded then - I thought I was fighting > to defend the U.S. Constitution, especially the blessed Bill of Rights. > I've come to know that I was actually functioning as a henchman for > Corporate America and I vowed that, as a form of repentance, I would > give aid to and help the downtrodden and oppressed of the world in any > small way I could. > My keenest attention is to the animals of the world, but > human rights and environmentalism concern me very much as well. The > recent roll-back of civil liberties also troubles me. I'm well aware > that the Bush Junta is totally anti-intellectual and Anti-Life and > illegitimate. I say all this because your principles and actions have > inspired me to an extent that is beyond words. As a Marine, I feel like > I was fighting to defend Americans such as yourself. > I would appreciate if you would send me an autographed copy of SAYING > NO TO POWER - enclosed is a money order in the amount of $23. > My hat's off to you, sir. Thank you! > Sincerely, > John Riddell > -- > > ======================================================== > > My autobiography, SAYING NO TO POWER (Introduction by Howard Zinn), > includes 200 pages on the Truman-McCarthy era, 1946-1960. I was called > before all three witch hunt committees. Those pages describe how we > nullified the laws of that day corresponding to the PATRIOT ACT and > HOMELAND SECURITY operations today. You may hear/see my testimony before > the witch hunters (used in six films and a play) on my website, > http://www.billmandel.net > The book is available through all normal sources. For an autographed > copy, send me $24 at 4466 View Pl.,#106, Oakland, CA. 94611 > ======================================================== -- ======================================================== My autobiography, SAYING NO TO POWER (Introduction by Howard Zinn), includes 200 pages on the Truman-McCarthy era, 1946-1960. I was called before all three witch hunt committees. Those pages describe how we nullified the laws of that day corresponding to the PATRIOT ACT and HOMELAND SECURITY operations today. You may hear/see my testimony before the witch hunters (used in six films and a play) on my website, http://www.billmandel.net The book is available through all normal sources. For an autographed copy, send me $24 at 4466 View Pl.,#106, Oakland, CA. 94611 ======================================================== From hic_mail@yahoogroups.com Thu Jan 30 20:00:06 2003 From: hic_mail@yahoogroups.com (URC Karachi) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 12:00:06 -0800 Subject: [Hpn] [hic_mail] Lyari Expressway update Message-ID: <006d01c2c89a$6d0729e0$0101a8c0@168.1.1.192.168.1.1> --Boundary_(ID_ruce1MXeY+3PJIWC4JkoLA) Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable The government continued the demolitions over 5000 units were bulldozed.=20 Lyari Expressway KARACHI: Massive relocation for LEW avoidable=20 By Our Staff Reporter=20 KARACHI, Jan 29: A group of town planners and consultants h= as come out with a proposal, aimed at amending the design of the Lyari = Expressway project , claiming that if incorporated, it would not only = save Rs2.1 billion but also help save almost 20,000 families from being reloca= ted.=20 The proposal, already submitted to the relevant officials o= f the city, provincial and federal governments as well as other concern= ed, was explained by the spokesman of the group, Mohammad Shoaib Is= mail, at a news conference at the local press club on Wednesday. He wa= s accompanied by a town planner, Arif Hasan.=20 Under the original plan, the spokesman said, the government= would have to pay compensation to about 25,000 families on account of an = alternative residence and rehabilitation cost in cash. However, the new= proposal would bring down the number of the affected families to between 3= ,000 and 4,000, he said adding that the compensation amount would ultimatel= y be reduced by Rs1.2 billion.=20 He said that the proposal also provided for further saving = of one billion rupees through the use of alternative earth reinforcement t= echnology.=20 The consultants have proposed that the Lyari River should h= ave vertical banks with reinforced earth. The have suggested that the wi= dth of the river's course be narrowed down and slope modified maintaining the = available depth at certain critical sections except Dhobi Ghaat and M= ewa Shah points.=20 Mr Ismail said that the bridges at Dhobi Ghaat and Mewa Sha= h should be raised by lifting the deck slab. This, he pointed out, woul= d incur no excessive expense. He cited the example of about six to sev= en kilometres of vertical face in the shape of reinforced earth embankment a= s shown in the NHA project.=20 The consultants' spokesman, giving more details of the new = proposal, said that in place of the imported reinforced-earth technology f= or embankments, a similar indigenous technology could be used to save a great= deal of amount.=20 He insisted that the cost of building vertical banks would = in no way be a burden on public exchecqure.=20 Replying to the newsmen's questions, Mr Ismail said that he= favoured the Expressway project for it would also prove to be a barrier = to prevent floods from causing any big loss of life and property. Daily Dawn = 30/1/03 =20 Experts propose modifications to Lyari Expressway KARACHI: Technical experts associated with the Action Committee for Civic Problems (ACCP), Karachi, have dispatched the altered plan and relevant recommendations regarding Lyari Expressway to President Pervez Musharraf. Related details of the proposed modifications in the scheme estimated to save Rs3.1 billion of the national exchequer have also been sent to Sindh Governor as well as all parliamentarians belonging to different political parties. ACCP, which held its meeting at Hasan Auliya Village shared information with the affectees of the Lyari Expressway Project deciding to hold a press conference in this context at Karachi Press Club on January 29. The press conference would be addressed by known town planner Arif Hasan, consultant engineer Shoaib Ismail and chairman ACCP Naved Baseer wherein they would disclose the details of the proposed alterations. Meanwhile, speakers addressing the meeting demanded of the government and all political parties to ensure that the construction of the expressway be done in accordance to proposed alterations in the project. They also asked for constitution of a committee comprising members of Sindh Assembly to make sure that the project was completed in the larger interests of the affectees without causing them unnecessary inconvenience. Daily The News 28/01/03 Despite strong protest from communities, national and international organiz= ations, the City government continued the demolitions and from 21 January t= o 31st December over 5000 units (including 3000 commercial and 2000 Residen= tial) were bulldozed. The communities, NGOs and citizens groups have been p= rotesting against these illegal demolitions.=20 --Boundary_(ID_ruce1MXeY+3PJIWC4JkoLA) Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit
    The government continued the demolitions over 5000 units were bulldozed.
        Lyari Expressway
           KARACHI: Massive relocation for LEW avoidable
     
                                         By Our Staff Reporter
     

                    KARACHI, Jan 29: A group of town planners and consultants has come out
                    with a proposal, aimed at amending the design of the Lyari Expressway
                    project , claiming that if incorporated, it would not only save Rs2.1 billion
                    but also help save almost 20,000 families from being relocated.
     
                    The proposal, already submitted to the relevant officials of the city,
                    provincial and federal governments as well as other concerned, was
                    explained by the spokesman of the group, Mohammad Shoaib Ismail, at a
                    news conference at the local press club on Wednesday. He was
                    accompanied by a town planner, Arif Hasan.
     
                    Under the original plan, the spokesman said, the government would have to
                    pay compensation to about 25,000 families on account of an alternative
                    residence and rehabilitation cost in cash. However, the new proposal would
                    bring down the number of the affected families to between 3,000 and 4,000,
                    he said adding that the compensation amount would ultimately be reduced by
                    Rs1.2 billion.
     
                    He said that the proposal also provided for further saving of one billion
                    rupees through the use of alternative earth reinforcement technology.
     
                    The consultants have proposed that the Lyari River should have vertical
                    banks with reinforced earth. The have suggested that the width of the river's
                    course be narrowed down and slope modified maintaining the available
                    depth at certain critical sections except Dhobi Ghaat and Mewa Shah points.
     
                    Mr Ismail said that the bridges at Dhobi Ghaat and Mewa Shah should be
                    raised by lifting the deck slab. This, he pointed out, would incur no
                    excessive expense. He cited the example of about six to seven kilometres of
                    vertical face in the shape of reinforced earth embankment as shown in the
                    NHA project.
     
                    The consultants' spokesman, giving more details of the new proposal, said
                    that in place of the imported reinforced-earth technology for embankments, a
                    similar indigenous technology could be used to save a great deal of amount.
     
                    He insisted that the cost of building vertical banks would in no way be a
                    burden on public exchecqure.
     
                    Replying to the newsmen's questions, Mr Ismail said that he favoured the
                    Expressway project for it would also prove to be a barrier to prevent floods
                    from causing any big loss of life and property. Daily Dawn 30/1/03
     
    Experts propose modifications to Lyari
                                 Expressway
     
                KARACHI: Technical experts associated with the Action
                Committee for Civic Problems (ACCP), Karachi, have
                dispatched the altered plan and relevant recommendations
                regarding Lyari Expressway to President Pervez Musharraf.
     
                Related details of the proposed modifications in the
                scheme estimated to save Rs3.1 billion of the national
                exchequer have also been sent to Sindh Governor as well
                as all parliamentarians belonging to different political
                parties.
     
                ACCP, which held its meeting at Hasan Auliya Village
                shared information with the affectees of the Lyari
                Expressway Project deciding to hold a press conference in
                this context at Karachi Press Club on January 29.
     
                The press conference would be addressed by known town
                planner Arif Hasan, consultant engineer Shoaib Ismail and
                chairman ACCP Naved Baseer wherein they would disclose
                the details of the proposed alterations.
     
                Meanwhile, speakers addressing the meeting demanded of
                the government and all political parties to ensure that the
                construction of the expressway be done in accordance to
                proposed alterations in the project.
     
                They also asked for constitution of a committee comprising
                members of Sindh Assembly to make sure that the project
                was completed in the larger interests of the affectees
                without causing them unnecessary inconvenience.
    Daily The News 28/01/03
     

    Despite strong protest from communities, national and international organizations, the City government continued the demolitions and from 21 January to 31st December over 5000 units (including 3000 commercial and 2000 Residential) were bulldozed. The communities, NGOs and citizens groups have been protesting against these illegal demolitions.


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