www.tonysjournal.com

San Antonio, Texas

----- Original Message -----=20

From: Tony=20 Hearn

Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 7:53 AM

Subject: Amtrak Or GrandLuxe

Riding the Rails = Backward to a=20 Separate and Unequal Passenger System

Picture this. A powerful, smart-looking, railroad locomotive. = Its=20 pulling a passenger train. But look closer. This locomotive is actually = pulling=20 two separate trains - and these separate trains are anything but equal. = One set=20 of passenger cars is Amtrak, the national rail passenger service = paid for=20 by our federal government with subsidies provided by various states. The = other cars are privately owned, offering luxury passenger = service.

You say: "Well, we've always had first-class and economy service. = What's=20 the big deal? Look at our airlines!"

There's a BIG difference! First of all, airlines are NOT owned = by the=20 federal government. Amtrak locomotives are owned by our = national=20 passenger rail service =96 they belong to the American = people.

Again, look more closely! Amtrak actually offers the equal of=20 "first-class" accommodations onboard its regularly-scheduled passenger = service.=20 A person simply needs to pay for expanded service beyond the = usual cost of=20 the train ticket. A "regular" Amtrak passenger can pay for roomy,=20 private accommodations, including comfortable bedding, even a = private=20 toilet and shower. Anyone onboard a regularly-scheduled Amtrak train can = ride in=20 the equivalence of "first class."

But, lo! Our Amtrak locomotive is hauling a = shadow=20 train. This is the emerging "separate = and unequal" passenger=20 service, riding piggy back on our train! It's an insidious = "cancer" on=20 our national rail service!

Our Amtrak train is hauling "snob cars." These "snob = cars" are=20 designed to pamper passengers who think they are the "aristocrats = of=20 America." Those who ride in the "snob cars" are paying a premium above = and=20 beyond the expanded service available on regular Amtrak passenger = trains.

Why is this happening? That is what needs to be examined.

Some persons with intimate knowledge of our national rail = passenger service =96 Amtrak =96 know what's going on.

First of all, we have a law that says an Amtrak locomotive pulling = an=20 Amtrak train gets the right-of-way on America's privately-owned = railroad=20 tracks. In other words, a freight train has to get out of the way of any = Amtrak=20 locomotive pulling passenger cars.

Ohhhhhh! That's why this privately-owned set of luxury "deluxe" = railroad=20 passenger cars need to get hitched on to our regularly scheduled = national train=20 service. This deluxe set of passenger cars would have a very = difficult if=20 not totally impossible time getting anywhere if it were = being pulled=20 by a separate "deluxe" locomotive.

Now, you get it?

So! How much is Amtrak paid for a separate and unequal = passenger=20 service to ride piggy back? How is this separate and unequal passenger = service=20 competing with regular "first class" Amtrak service?

This private deluxe service =96 GrandLuxe Rail Journeys =96 http://www.grandluxerail.com/&= nbsp;=96 is=20 busily marketing "the luxury rail experience" across America =96=20 in competition with our regular Amtrak passenger service. How is = Amtrak=20 marketing its service?

Let's examine how this private company operates =96 what's the = profit=20 motive? Those who operate Amtrak and those who operate this private = company know=20 something the general public =96 those of us who are paying = for Amtrak=20 locomotives to pull "snob cars" =96 don't.

Let's find out the facts about how America is traveling backward = toward a=20 separate and unequal passenger railroad system.

TONY HEARN
www.tonysjournal.com
San = Antonio,=20 Texas

------=_NextPart_000_010D_01C7D7AA.39E99510-- From wtinker@verizon.net Tue Aug 7 11:55:13 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:55:13 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Chief Keeps Eye On Police Officers Message-ID: <004401c7d8e9$d12ceb30$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0040_01C7D8C8.4963BB00 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0041_01C7D8C8.4963BB00" ------=_NextPart_001_0041_01C7D8C8.4963BB00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Chief Keeps Eye On Police Officers By SHELLEY HANSON=20 POSTED: August 7, 2007 =20 WHEELING - Residents who are not getting the police service they're = supposed to should let Chief Kevin Gessler know.=20 During an East Wheeling crime watch meeting Monday, Gessler said = directed patrols in that neighborhood have ended. However, officers = still are expected to get out of their cruisers - in every neighborhood = - on all calls. East Wheeling received some extra attention in the form of directed = patrols, which included foot patrols, after a man was shot in his ankle = or foot. Shots rang out in the community not long before that in a = separate incident. Officers are expected to periodically exit their patrol cars and look = for suspicious activity on foot even when not responding to a specific = call. If residents notice officers are not doing this, they should let = Gessler know, he said.=20 ''I am actually monitoring what they're doing,'' Gessler said, noting = some shifts of officers are doing better than others. During the directed patrols, Gessler estimated he spent an additional = $11,000 in East Wheeling. ''Whether you live in East Wheeling, Patterson (Avenue) or Center = Wheeling, you have 24/7 service from the police department,'' Gessler = noted. ''But we need the community to do its part, too.'' Residents' part, he noted, is calling the police each time they see = suspicious activity and describing that activity and the people involved = in detail.=20 A couple attendees noted, however, they have had negative results in = trying to report crime in the past to both the police department's main = desk and police dispatch. Gessler said he planned to talk to the 911 = director about it. He also noted if a caller receives a bad attitude = from an officer, that caller should let Gessler know about it. ''When I come to a crime watch meeting, don't tell me what happened two = weeks ago or yesterday. If you have information ... you need to call and = talk to an officer. ... If you get a guy with an attitude, ask for the = boss,'' Gessler said. In reference to loitering, Gessler said his officers have been issuing = citations for people trespassing on private property. He noted he issued = a couple tickets himself to people sitting on porches that don't belong = to them. When it comes to loitering in general, however, people are = allowed to hang out in their neighborhood - including street corners - = if they are not breaking laws, he said. Gessler also provided residents with violent crime statistics from the = past 10 years about their neighborhood. He noted every homicide that has = occurred citywide since 1997 was rooted in domestic violence, not = illegal drugs as some people believe. Two of the eight recorded homicide = incidents, he said, occurred in East Wheeling.=20 One resident noted she did not care what the root causes of the murders = were, only that they had happened in her neighborhood.=20 ''They happen here because those kind of people are allowed to cluster = here,'' she said.=20 Meanwhile, two East Wheeling businesses were cited by some as problems. = Gessler said he already attempted to speak with one business owner about = problems stemming from the situation.=20 He also sent the business a letter requesting some cooperation, but = Gessler said he has received none.=20 Councilman Vernon Seals said the city has a public nuisance law on the = books that has helped shut down at least two problem businesses in the = city. If concrete evidence of a nuisance is provided, the same could = occur in East Wheeling, he noted. The next East Wheeling crime watch meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. Sept. 3 = in the basement of the Greater Wheeling Coalition for the Homeless = building, 84 15th St. Use the rear door.=20 ------=_NextPart_001_0041_01C7D8C8.4963BB00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Chief Keeps Eye On Police Officers

By SHELLEY HANSON =

POSTED: August 7, 2007

WHEELING =97 Residents who are not getting the police service = they=92re=20 supposed to should let Chief Kevin Gessler know.

During an East = Wheeling=20 crime watch meeting Monday, Gessler said directed patrols in that = neighborhood=20 have ended. However, officers still are expected to get out of their = cruisers =97=20 in every neighborhood =97 on all calls.

East Wheeling received = some extra=20 attention in the form of directed patrols, which included foot patrols, = after a=20 man was shot in his ankle or foot. Shots rang out in the community not = long=20 before that in a separate incident.

Officers are expected to = periodically=20 exit their patrol cars and look for suspicious activity on foot even = when not=20 responding to a specific call. If residents notice officers are not = doing this,=20 they should let Gessler know, he said.

=91=91I am actually = monitoring what=20 they=92re doing,=92=92 Gessler said, noting some shifts of officers are = doing better=20 than others.

During the directed patrols, Gessler estimated he = spent an=20 additional $11,000 in East Wheeling.

=91=91Whether you live in = East Wheeling,=20 Patterson (Avenue) or Center Wheeling, you have 24/7 service from the = police=20 department,=92=92 Gessler noted. =91=91But we need the community to do = its part,=20 too.=92=92

Residents=92 part, he noted, is calling the police = each time they=20 see suspicious activity and describing that activity and the people = involved in=20 detail.

A couple attendees noted, however, they have had = negative=20 results in trying to report crime in the past to both the police = department=92s=20 main desk and police dispatch. Gessler said he planned to talk to the = 911=20 director about it. He also noted if a caller receives a bad attitude = from an=20 officer, that caller should let Gessler know about it.

=91=91When = I come to a=20 crime watch meeting, don=92t tell me what happened two weeks ago or = yesterday. If=20 you have information ... you need to call and talk to an officer. ... If = you get=20 a guy with an attitude, ask for the boss,=92=92 Gessler said.

In = reference to=20 loitering, Gessler said his officers have been issuing citations for = people=20 trespassing on private property. He noted he issued a couple tickets = himself to=20 people sitting on porches that don=92t belong to them. When it comes to = loitering=20 in general, however, people are allowed to hang out in their = neighborhood =97=20 including street corners =97 if they are not breaking laws, he=20 said.

Gessler also provided residents with violent crime = statistics from=20 the past 10 years about their neighborhood. He noted every homicide that = has=20 occurred citywide since 1997 was rooted in domestic violence, not = illegal drugs=20 as some people believe. Two of the eight recorded homicide incidents, he = said,=20 occurred in East Wheeling.

One resident noted she did not care = what the=20 root causes of the murders were, only that they had happened in her=20 neighborhood.

=91=91They happen here because those kind of = people are=20 allowed to cluster here,=92=92 she said.

Meanwhile, two East = Wheeling=20 businesses were cited by some as problems. Gessler said he already = attempted to=20 speak with one business owner about problems stemming from the = situation.=20

He also sent the business a letter requesting some cooperation, = but=20 Gessler said he has received none.

Councilman Vernon Seals said = the city=20 has a public nuisance law on the books that has helped shut down at = least two=20 problem businesses in the city. If concrete evidence of a nuisance is = provided,=20 the same could occur in East Wheeling, he noted.

The next East = Wheeling=20 crime watch meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. Sept. 3 in the basement of the = Greater=20 Wheeling Coalition for the Homeless building, 84 15th St. Use the rear = door.=20

------=_NextPart_001_0041_01C7D8C8.4963BB00-- ------=_NextPart_000_0040_01C7D8C8.4963BB00 Content-Type: image/gif; name="spacer.gif" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Location: http://www.news-register.net/images/spacer.gif R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw== ------=_NextPart_000_0040_01C7D8C8.4963BB00-- From wtinker@verizon.net Tue Aug 7 07:45:15 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:45:15 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] AP firing: Left, Cong on collision course Message-ID: <003f01c7d8c6$e523ee90$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003B_01C7D8A5.5D74FD20 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_003C_01C7D8A5.5D74FD20" ------=_NextPart_001_003C_01C7D8A5.5D74FD20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable AP firing: Left, Cong on collision course 7 Aug 2007 =20 = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/AP_firing_Left_Cong_on_collision= _course/articleshow/2260991.cms =20 NEW DELHI: Left and Congress are bracing for a long haul over the = Andhra firing issue, with the latter bluntly rebuffing the warning from = the CPM-CPI combine to intensify its agitation over land for landless.=20 AICC general secretary incharge of Andhra affairs Digvijay Singh = asked the Left to suspend its agitation as the Y S Rajasekhara Reddy = government was working on land distribution like never before in state's = history. He said state government was ready to discuss the issue with = the Left parties.=20 The call for abandoning mass mobilisation came even as Left = leaders Prakash Karat and A B Bardhan met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to = warn that the three-month-old agitation would be intensified if their = demands were not immediately met.=20 Besides house sites and implementation of the Koneru Ranga Rao = committee report, they demanded that three lakh people living in house = sites should not be evicted. The police firing in Mudigonda in Khammam = district during a Left agitation on July 28 resulted in six deaths, = leading to protests from CPM and demands for the chief minister's = resignation.=20 Initially, it appeared that Congress was on the backfoot, but the = party has chosen to stand by its chief minister while the latter, too, = called on the party chief in the Capital to brief her on the situation.=20 Singh, who replied to CPM member Srinivas Rao's letter complaining = against the CM's "misinformation campaign," stuck to the state's version = that the agitators had turned violent and indulged in arson.=20 While he called the incident "unfortunate," he said the YSR regime = had done its best post-firing.=20 He told reporters that the Mudigonda firing had been followed up = with a judicial probe, action against cops and a compensation while none = of this was done by the West Bengal government after Nandigram. "Which = state government is more sensitive?" he asked.=20 In his letter to Rao, Singh has praised the compensation announced = by state while committing Congress to its promise to provide houses to = all homeless by April 2009. He said CPM had not suspended the agitation = despite his and the CM's visit to CPM headquarters to discuss = implementation of the promise.=20 He said 74 of the 104 recommendations of the Ranga Rao committee = had been accepted and the remaining were under consideration. "I am sure = the Congress government in AP shall take a decision in the best interest = of the people of AP," the letter says. =20 ------=_NextPart_001_003C_01C7D8A5.5D74FD20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

AP firing: Left, Cong on = collision=20 course

7 Aug = 2007

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/AP_firing_Left_Cong_on_= collision_course/articleshow/2260991.cms

NEW DELHI: Left and Congress are bracing for a = long haul=20 over the Andhra firing issue, with the latter bluntly rebuffing = the=20 warning from the CPM-CPI combine to intensify its agitation over = land for=20 landless.

AICC general secretary incharge of Andhra = affairs=20 Digvijay Singh asked the Left to suspend its agitation as the Y S=20 Rajasekhara Reddy government was working on land distribution like = never=20 before in state's history. He said state government was ready to = discuss=20 the issue with the Left parties.

The call for abandoning = mass=20 mobilisation came even as Left leaders Prakash Karat and A B = Bardhan met=20 Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to warn that the three-month-old = agitation=20 would be intensified if their demands were not immediately met.=20

Besides house sites and implementation of the Koneru Ranga = Rao=20 committee report, they demanded that three lakh people living in = house=20 sites should not be evicted. The police firing in Mudigonda in = Khammam=20 district during a Left agitation on July 28 resulted in six = deaths,=20 leading to protests from CPM and demands for the chief minister's=20 resignation.

Initially, it appeared that Congress was on = the=20 backfoot, but the party has chosen to stand by its chief minister = while=20 the latter, too, called on the party chief in the Capital to brief = her on=20 the situation.

Singh, who replied to CPM member Srinivas = Rao's=20 letter complaining against the CM=92s "misinformation campaign," = stuck to=20 the state's version that the agitators had turned violent and = indulged in=20 arson.

While he called the incident "unfortunate," he said = the YSR=20 regime had done its best post-firing.

He told reporters = that the=20 Mudigonda firing had been followed up with a judicial probe, = action=20 against cops and a compensation while none of this was done by the = West=20 Bengal government after Nandigram. "Which state government is more = sensitive?" he asked.

In his letter to Rao, Singh has = praised the=20 compensation announced by state while committing Congress to its = promise=20 to provide houses to all homeless by April 2009. He said CPM had = not=20 suspended the agitation despite his and the CM's visit to CPM = headquarters=20 to discuss implementation of the promise.

He said 74 of = the 104=20 recommendations of the Ranga Rao committee had been accepted and = the=20 remaining were under consideration. "I am sure the Congress = government in=20 AP shall take a decision in the best interest of the people of = AP," the=20 letter says.

------=_NextPart_001_003C_01C7D8A5.5D74FD20-- ------=_NextPart_000_003B_01C7D8A5.5D74FD20 Content-Type: image/gif; name="spacer.gif" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Location: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/images/spacer.gif R0lGODlhAQABAID/AMDAwAAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAQAICRAEAOw== ------=_NextPart_000_003B_01C7D8A5.5D74FD20-- From wtinker@verizon.net Tue Aug 7 21:00:46 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:00:46 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Homeless Who Lost Tents Sue Message-ID: <016d01c7d936$0b075600$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0169_01C7D914.7FAF59C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Homeless Who Lost Tents Sue St. Petersburg Times (Florida) August 7, 2007 =20 http://www.knowledgeplex.org/news/707891.html BY CRISTINA SILVA Times Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG - The image of police officers slashing the tents of = nearly two dozen homeless people flooded the Internet in January, = creating a public relations nightmare for the city. Now two of the victims, whose possessions were destroyed, are fighting = back. Former tent city residents Harry Hoffman and Kathy Hines sued the = city Friday, demanding compensation for destroyed property, including = toiletries and clothing they claim were lost when police officers = discarded their tents on Jan. 19. Darryl Rouson, a prominent civil rights attorney representing the = homeless residents, alleged the city destroyed his client's property = without due process, therefore violating their constitutional rights. "If a government can, through tyrannical ways, just take and destroy = peoples' personal possessions without lawful process and procedure, then = who is safe?" Rouson said during a telephone interview Monday. During the raid, police seized 22 tents and slashed eight. The incident = highlighted the homeless crisis in St. Petersburg and triggered a = heated, nationwide debate on whether the city had acted justly. In the lawsuit, Rouson called the seizure, "a politically motivated dog = and pony show orchestrated by the mayor's office or other city = representatives." Rouson says the city offered each of his clients $250 = to settle the complaint last week, but he believes they deserve more. He = asked the court to appoint a jury to decide how much his clients are = owed. But city officials said their settlement offer was more than generous. One homeless person has settled with the city and accepted that sum, = said Assistant City Attorney Joseph Patner, who called the lawsuit = "complete nonsense" and "inflammatory." By removing the tents, the city was trying to prevent an emergency, = Patner said. Since 2005, three homeless people in Tampa have died after = lighting a fire in a tent either by cooking or smoking, he said. "It was our intent to have everyone be safe out there," he said. "If we = had waited until someone was actually physically injured, then it would = have been too late." Cristina Silva can be reached at (727) 893-8846 or csilva@sptimes. ------=_NextPart_000_0169_01C7D914.7FAF59C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Homeless Who Lost=20 Tents Sue

St. Petersburg Times = (Florida)
August=20 7, 2007

http://www.knowled= geplex.org/news/707891.html

BY CRISTINA SILVA

Times Staff Writer

ST. PETERSBURG - The image of police officers slashing the tents of = nearly=20 two dozen homeless people flooded the Internet in January, creating a = public=20 relations nightmare for the city.

Now two of the victims, whose possessions were destroyed, are = fighting back.=20 Former tent city residents Harry Hoffman and Kathy Hines sued the city = Friday,=20 demanding compensation for destroyed property, including toiletries and = clothing=20 they claim were lost when police officers discarded their tents on Jan. = 19.

Darryl Rouson, a prominent civil rights attorney representing the = homeless=20 residents, alleged the city destroyed his client's property without due = process,=20 therefore violating their constitutional rights.

"If a government can, through tyrannical ways, just take and destroy = peoples'=20 personal possessions without lawful process and procedure, then who is = safe?"=20 Rouson said during a telephone interview Monday.

During the raid, police seized 22 tents and slashed eight. The = incident=20 highlighted the homeless crisis in St. Petersburg and triggered a = heated,=20 nationwide debate on whether the city had acted justly.

In the lawsuit, Rouson called the seizure, "a politically motivated = dog and=20 pony show orchestrated by the mayor's office or other city = representatives."=20 Rouson says the city offered each of his clients $250 to settle the = complaint=20 last week, but he believes they deserve more. He asked the court to = appoint a=20 jury to decide how much his clients are owed.

But city officials said their settlement offer was more than = generous.

One homeless person has settled with the city and accepted that sum, = said=20 Assistant City Attorney Joseph Patner, who called the lawsuit "complete=20 nonsense" and "inflammatory."

By removing the tents, the city was trying to prevent an emergency, = Patner=20 said. Since 2005, three homeless people in Tampa have died after = lighting a fire=20 in a tent either by cooking or smoking, he said.

"It was our intent to have everyone be safe out there," he said. "If = we had=20 waited until someone was actually physically injured, then it would have = been=20 too late."

Cristina Silva can be reached at (727) 893-8846 or csilva@sptimes.

------=_NextPart_000_0169_01C7D914.7FAF59C0-- From wtinker@verizon.net Wed Aug 8 01:48:59 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:48:59 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Plea entered in burning death of homeless amputee in Spokane Message-ID: <014201c7d95e$4b24e1d0$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_013F_01C7D93C.C3013590 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable August 07, 2007=20 http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/183789.html Plea entered in burning death of homeless amputee in Spokane The Associated Press=20 SPOKANE, Wash. - A man charged with killing a homeless amputee by = setting fire to grass as he slept next to his wheelchair last summer = entered a modified plea to a murder count Tuesday. Matthew Brian Trammell, 23, entered an Alford plea to second-degree = murder in the June 26, 2006, death of 50-year-old Doug R. Dawson, known = by his street name as "One Leg Doug." Under an Alford plea, a defendant does not admit guilt, but acknowledges = prosecutors have enough evidence to convict. Trammell had been charged = with first-degree murder. Spokane County Superior Court Judge Sam Cozza scheduled sentencing for = Oct. 12. Deputy Spokane County Prosecutor Rachel Sterett said = prosecutors will seek a prison term in the high end of the state's 10- = to 18-year sentencing range. Police allege Trammell and Sean Paul Knold, 24, had just robbed a woman = downtown on June 23, 2006, and fled to an alley where Dawson was = sleeping. Officers responding to the robbery call received another call of a fire = in the alley, where they found flames burning near Damson's midsection, = including his pants, blankets and wheelchair. He died three days later = at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Knold and Trammell were arrested for the robbery and were later = questioned about Dawson's death after a fire investigator reported that = he believed the fire had been intentionally set. Court documents indicate Trammel originally implicated Knold, but then = admitted igniting the grass near Dawson. Detectives contend the damage = to Dawson's wheelchair, clothing and bedding indicated an ignition = source other than burning grass. Knold said he saw Trammell on the ground near Dawson but he denied = seeing him set the fire. Both men ran from the scene and caught up with each other in a parking = lot just east of the crime scene, according to court documents. Knold = told detectives he thought Trammell was joking when Trammell told him, = "I just lit that guy on fire." Knold, 24, was not charged in Dawson's death. ------=_NextPart_000_013F_01C7D93C.C3013590 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

August 07, 2007=20

http://ww= w.theolympian.com/northwest/story/183789.html

Plea entered in burning death of homeless amputee in=20 Spokane

The=20 Associated Press

SPOKANE, Wash. =97 A man charged with = killing a=20 homeless amputee by setting fire to grass as he slept next to his = wheelchair=20 last summer entered a modified plea to a murder count Tuesday.

Matthew Brian Trammell, 23, entered an Alford plea to second-degree = murder in=20 the June 26, 2006, death of 50-year-old Doug R. Dawson, known by his = street name=20 as "One Leg Doug."

Under an Alford plea, a defendant does not admit guilt, but = acknowledges=20 prosecutors have enough evidence to convict. Trammell had been charged = with=20 first-degree murder.

Spokane County Superior Court Judge Sam Cozza scheduled sentencing = for Oct.=20 12. Deputy Spokane County Prosecutor Rachel Sterett said prosecutors = will seek a=20 prison term in the high end of the state's 10- to 18-year sentencing = range.

Police allege Trammell and Sean Paul Knold, 24, had just robbed a = woman=20 downtown on June 23, 2006, and fled to an alley where Dawson was = sleeping.

Officers responding to the robbery call received another call of a = fire in=20 the alley, where they found flames burning near Damson's midsection, = including=20 his pants, blankets and wheelchair. He died three days later at = Harborview=20 Medical Center in Seattle.

Knold and Trammell were arrested for the robbery and were later = questioned=20 about Dawson's death after a fire investigator reported that he believed = the=20 fire had been intentionally set.

Court documents indicate Trammel originally implicated Knold, but = then=20 admitted igniting the grass near Dawson. Detectives contend the damage = to=20 Dawson's wheelchair, clothing and bedding indicated an ignition source = other=20 than burning grass.

Knold said he saw Trammell on the ground near Dawson but he denied = seeing him=20 set the fire.

Both men ran from the scene and caught up with each other in a = parking lot=20 just east of the crime scene, according to court documents. Knold told=20 detectives he thought Trammell was joking when Trammell told him, "I = just lit=20 that guy on fire."

Knold, 24, was not charged in Dawson's death.

------=_NextPart_000_013F_01C7D93C.C3013590-- From wtinker@verizon.net Wed Aug 8 08:37:32 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 04:37:32 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] I am confused by our relationship with animals Message-ID: <006d01c7d997$5da17560$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_006A_01C7D975.D5FE43C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am confused by our relationship with animals. We claim to love them, = yet we devour battery chickens Hardeep Singh Kohli Wednesday August 8, 2007 The Guardian=20 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2143836,00.html It's been a rubbish month to be an animal. The nation is gripped by = another (apparently self-inflicted) outbreak of foot and mouth. Shambo, = the tuberculosis-ridden cause celebre of Carmarthenshire's Hindu = community, finally died and no doubt headed for bovine heaven. And my = nine-year-old daughter asked for a pet goldfish. Again. I said no. = Again.=20 I don't know about you but I am thoroughly confused by our relationship = with animals. I mean, there are some people who actually have = "relationships" with animals and Channel 4 makes documentaries about = them. But they (the footsteps on the bottom of the bucket brigade) are = the exception rather than the rule. At least those who have carnal = knowledge of animals are very clear where they stand. (Mostly behind the = animal in question, feet on the aforementioned upturned bucket: hence = the footprints.)=20 It's the rest of us who are dysfunctional. We claim to be a nation of = animal lovers - and we patently are, since my research suggests we are = happier to give money to homeless dogs than to homeless people. While = making a TV documentary about pets, I found a woman who, when asked = whether she would save her six children or her dogs from a house fire, = failed to answer: "My six children." It was the longest 30-second pause = I have ever experienced: her final response was that she would save the = dogs, since the kids could look after themselves.=20 Clearly, we love animals. And yet, for a so-called animal-loving nation = we allow nearly a billion battery chickens to live horrible lives and = die yet more horrible deaths so we can eat fried chicken, pissed on the = way home from the pub on a Friday night. Compare and contrast with the = Shambo shambles. The animal had tuberculosis, for heaven's sake. Shambo = surely should have been killed.=20 When McDonald's set up in India, it had to introduce the all-lamb = Maharajah burger, a non-beef offering to the junk-food-hungry masses. = Now, while middle-class Indians are inside eating non-beef burgers, = outside the traffic stops and waits while all and sundry of the family = bovine wander down the middle of dual carriageways and ring roads, = bringing the world's largest democracy to a standstill. In India, the = only time that car horns fall silent is when encountering a cow. Sheep, = goats and dogs beware. And the reason for putting the cow on a religious = pedestal? It gives us milk, like our mothers, and so is sacred. Yet = there is no Hindu god in the likeness of a cow, although there are = monkey gods, elephant gods and some gods that look like weasels. Ganesh, = the elephant-headed dude (the favoured Hindu god in our house), hasn't = done much for the cause of the elephant. And why is there no giraffe = god? Having taken a straw poll among my wider Hindu/Sikh family, we feel = that the giraffe is a perfect animal for deification: the long-necked = freak of the animal world would look perfect adorned with the plethora = of religious necklaces and chains so enjoyed by all Hindu deities.=20 Those who have been following my great shoe saga will be aware that I = have been in studious pursuit of a pair of replacement black shoes for = my overly-dated and overly-pointed 2005 D&Gs since last November. After = seven months of searching I had narrowed the footwear options down to = three probable possibles.=20 You will be glad to know that, last week, I finally committed to a pair. = Actually I committed to two pairs, both unfeasibly lovely.=20 After weekly (often bi-weekly) visits to Kit and Laetitia at Bally, I = chose the mottled black kangaroo-skin loafers. They will be the perfect = accompaniment to a jean, while having the requisite smartness to = complement a suit or formal trouser. (You will have noticed my = singularisation of "jean" and " trouser". I have observed fashion people = speak like this and it lends credibility in the shiny and meaningful = world of the stylish and elegant. Another helpful piece of fashionista = jargon is the word "colourway". Instead of asking if a pair of trainers = is available in other colours, you should ask about other "colourways". = See how the respect from the retailer soars.)=20 My second new pair of shoes is a hybrid of the monk shoe and a brogue. = While this may sound like a style car crash, it actually works = beautifully. The monk-shoe component has been scaled down, the buckle = subtler and more matt in its finish. The brogue-ing on the black leather = has been delivered with a lightness of touch that speaks volumes in its = simplicity. These shoes are almost exclusively formal wear, with an = interesting end-of-season crossover to smart casual.=20 It is lucky that I am not obsessed with clothes and fashion, so I find = it very easy to live with these momentous style decisions. Others are = less fortunate.=20 ------=_NextPart_000_006A_01C7D975.D5FE43C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I am confused by our relationship with animals. We claim to love = them, yet=20 we devour battery chickens

Hardeep = Singh=20 Kohli

Wednesday = August 8,=20 2007

The=20 Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2143836,00.html
=

It's been a rubbish month to be an animal. The nation is gripped by = another=20 (apparently self-inflicted) outbreak of foot and mouth. Shambo, the=20 tuberculosis-ridden cause celebre of Carmarthenshire's Hindu community, = finally=20 died and no doubt headed for bovine heaven. And my nine-year-old = daughter asked=20 for a pet goldfish. Again. I said no. Again.=20

I don't know about you but I am thoroughly confused by our = relationship with=20 animals. I mean, there are some people who actually have "relationships" = with=20 animals and Channel 4 makes documentaries about them. But they (the = footsteps on=20 the bottom of the bucket brigade) are the exception rather than the = rule. At=20 least those who have carnal knowledge of animals are very clear where = they=20 stand. (Mostly behind the animal in question, feet on the aforementioned = upturned bucket: hence the footprints.)=20

It's the rest of us who are dysfunctional. We claim to be a nation of = animal=20 lovers - and we patently are, since my research suggests we are happier = to give=20 money to homeless dogs than to homeless people. While making a TV = documentary=20 about pets, I found a woman who, when asked whether she would save her = six=20 children or her dogs from a house fire, failed to answer: "My six = children." It=20 was the longest 30-second pause I have ever experienced: her final = response was=20 that she would save the dogs, since the kids could look after = themselves.=20

Clearly, we love animals. And yet, for a so-called animal-loving = nation we=20 allow nearly a billion battery chickens to live horrible lives and die = yet more=20 horrible deaths so we can eat fried chicken, pissed on the way home from = the pub=20 on a Friday night. Compare and contrast with the Shambo shambles. The = animal had=20 tuberculosis, for heaven's sake. Shambo surely should have been killed.=20

When McDonald's set up in India, it had to introduce the all-lamb = Maharajah=20 burger, a non-beef offering to the junk-food-hungry masses. Now, while=20 middle-class Indians are inside eating non-beef burgers, outside the = traffic=20 stops and waits while all and sundry of the family bovine wander down = the middle=20 of dual carriageways and ring roads, bringing the world's largest = democracy to a=20 standstill. In India, the only time that car horns fall silent is when=20 encountering a cow. Sheep, goats and dogs beware. And the reason for = putting the=20 cow on a religious pedestal? It gives us milk, like our mothers, and so = is=20 sacred. Yet there is no Hindu god in the likeness of a cow, although = there are=20 monkey gods, elephant gods and some gods that look like weasels. Ganesh, = the=20 elephant-headed dude (the favoured Hindu god in our house), hasn't done = much for=20 the cause of the elephant. And why is there no giraffe god? Having taken = a straw=20 poll among my wider Hindu/Sikh family, we feel that the giraffe is a = perfect=20 animal for deification: the long-necked freak of the animal world would = look=20 perfect adorned with the plethora of religious necklaces and chains so = enjoyed=20 by all Hindu deities.=20

Those who have been following my great shoe saga will be aware = that I=20 have been in studious pursuit of a pair of replacement black shoes for = my=20 overly-dated and overly-pointed 2005 D&Gs since last November. After = seven=20 months of searching I had narrowed the footwear options down to three = probable=20 possibles.=20

You will be glad to know that, last week, I finally committed to a = pair.=20 Actually I committed to two pairs, both unfeasibly lovely.=20

After weekly (often bi-weekly) visits to Kit and Laetitia at Bally, I = chose=20 the mottled black kangaroo-skin loafers. They will be the perfect = accompaniment=20 to a jean, while having the requisite smartness to complement a suit or = formal=20 trouser. (You will have noticed my singularisation of "jean" and " = trouser". I=20 have observed fashion people speak like this and it lends credibility in = the=20 shiny and meaningful world of the stylish and elegant. Another helpful = piece of=20 fashionista jargon is the word "colourway". Instead of asking if a pair = of=20 trainers is available in other colours, you should ask about other = "colourways".=20 See how the respect from the retailer soars.)=20

My second new pair of shoes is a hybrid of the monk shoe and a = brogue. While=20 this may sound like a style car crash, it actually works beautifully. = The=20 monk-shoe component has been scaled down, the buckle subtler and more = matt in=20 its finish. The brogue-ing on the black leather has been delivered with = a=20 lightness of touch that speaks volumes in its simplicity. These shoes = are almost=20 exclusively formal wear, with an interesting end-of-season crossover to = smart=20 casual.=20

It is lucky that I am not obsessed with clothes and fashion, so I = find it=20 very easy to live with these momentous style decisions. Others are less=20 fortunate.

------=_NextPart_000_006A_01C7D975.D5FE43C0-- From wtinker@verizon.net Wed Aug 8 08:39:31 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 04:39:31 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Soup kitchen gets cold cash to serve hot meals Message-ID: <008101c7d997$a44a2480$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_007D_01C7D976.1CA4D000 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_007E_01C7D976.1CA4D000" ------=_NextPart_001_007E_01C7D976.1CA4D000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Soup kitchen gets cold cash to serve hot meals=20 http://ems.gmnews.com/news/2007/0808/Front_Page/025.html Local business donates $5,000 to soup kitchen for upgrades=20 BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer =20 KATHY CHANG Volunteers Kay Karlick (l-r) and Fran Kurtz of = the Trinity Episcopal Church soup kitchen look at the stove that is one = of the items that now can be replaced due the generosity of the Tilcon = company, a Keasbey asphalt recycling facility. George W. Thompson, = president of Tilcon, presented the volunteers of the soup kitchen with = $5,000 on July 25.=20 =20 WOODBRIDGE - A local business donated $5,000 to the Trinity Episcopal = Church soup kitchen to replace some of its old kitchen equipment.=20 "We would love to replace everything," said Fran Kurtz of Sayreville, = who has been volunteering for the soup kitchen for seven years.=20 Mayor John E. McCormac and George W. Thompson, a "corporate citizen" and = president of Tilcon, a Keasbey asphalt recycling facility, presented the = soup kitchen and food pantry with the $5,000 on July 25 as part of the = township's ongoing effort to support and assist food pantries and soup = kitchens in maintaining their community programs.=20 "The dollars are desperately needed in order to keep the kitchen = operating and serving the homeless and hungry every Friday," said = McCormac.=20 With the money, the volunteers plan to replace the cabinets, stove, = dishwasher, sinks and countertops.=20 Madeline Scarano and others started the soup kitchen in 1995 because = they believed there was a need for one in the community.=20 "Keeping our soup kitchens open and serving the hungry, along with = maintaining our various food-drive programs, is, without a doubt, one of = the most important efforts we as a community can participate in," said = McCormac.=20 Thompson said on behalf of Tilcon that they were pleased and proud to = support the soup kitchen.=20 "Tilcon maintains a commitment and dedication to the communities where = we're located and believe that we can best serve the community by = helping the people and institutions that are working every day to make = life better," he said.=20 Kay Karlick, of Carteret, who has been volunteering for about a = year-and-a-half, said that each Friday they serve 25 to 35 people who = come to the soup kitchen.=20 "Some are in need of a meal and some come in for the socialization," she = said. "This money will go toward making this project better."=20 Volunteers file into the kitchen at 9 a.m. and start prepping the food. = At a quarter to noon, the crew starts to serve the hot food, which on = any given Friday might include spaghetti and meatballs, vegetable = lasagna, Scarano's homemade rice pudding, cream of broccoli soup, green = beans, bread, and some dessert. Each week, the menu changes.=20 The group makes a meal for 30 people, and if there are leftovers, they = bag them up and send them home with the people who came.=20 Most of the food is donated by local businesses, or people come and drop = off food.=20 Township residents are encouraged to drop off food donations at = township-sponsored events such as the Mayor's Summer Concert Series, the = Barron Arts Center Holiday Concert, Election Day polling locations, and = other public events.=20 Peter Barcellona, chairman of the We Feed Food Bank Committee, said that = the recent food drive activities at the Mayor's Summer Concerts have = netted more than 8,800 pounds of food in just two concerts. There are = six concerts left in the summer series.=20 Barcellona noted that nonperishable food - canned goods, prepackage and = boxed foods, baby food, paper products, etc. - are collected at each = concert.=20 Nonperishable food can also be dropped off any weekday at the township = Public Health Center, 2 George Frederick Plaza, between 8:30 a.m. and = 4:30 p.m.; at town hall, 1 Main St.; the Woodbridge Public Library, 1 = George Frederick Plaza; or the Woodbridge Community Center, 600 Main St. = For more information about the township's ongoing food drive effort and = the work of the We Feed Committee, call Barcellona at (732) 855-0600, = ext. 5034.=20 ------=_NextPart_001_007E_01C7D976.1CA4D000 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Soup kitchen gets cold cash to serve hot meals =

http://= ems.gmnews.com/news/2007/0808/Front_Page/025.html

Local business donates $5,000 to soup kitchen for = upgrades=20

BY KATHY CHANG
Staff=20 Writer

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KATHY CHANG=20 Volunteers Kay Karlick (l-r) and Fran Kurtz of the Trinity = Episcopal=20 Church soup kitchen look at the stove that is one of the = items that=20 now can be replaced due the generosity of the Tilcon = company, a=20 Keasbey asphalt recycling facility. George W. Thompson, = president of=20 Tilcon, presented the volunteers of the soup kitchen with = $5,000 on=20 July = 25.
WOODBRIDGE - A local business donated $5,000 to the Trinity = Episcopal=20 Church soup kitchen to replace some of its old kitchen equipment. =

"We would love to replace everything," said Fran Kurtz = of=20 Sayreville, who has been volunteering for the soup kitchen for seven=20 years.

Mayor John E. McCormac and George W. Thompson, a = "corporate=20 citizen" and president of Tilcon, a Keasbey asphalt recycling facility,=20 presented the soup kitchen and food pantry with the $5,000 on July 25 as = part of=20 the township's ongoing effort to support and assist food pantries and = soup=20 kitchens in maintaining their community programs.

"The dollars are desperately needed in order to keep = the kitchen=20 operating and serving the homeless and hungry every Friday," said=20 McCormac.

With the money, the volunteers plan to replace the = cabinets,=20 stove, dishwasher, sinks and countertops.=20

Madeline Scarano and others started the soup kitchen = in 1995=20 because they believed there was a need for one in the = community.=20

"Keeping our soup kitchens open and serving the = hungry, along=20 with maintaining our various food-drive programs, is, without a doubt, = one of=20 the most important efforts we as a community can participate in," said=20 McCormac.

Thompson said on behalf of Tilcon that they were = pleased and=20 proud to support the soup kitchen. =

"Tilcon maintains a commitment and dedication to the = communities=20 where we're located and believe that we can best serve the community by = helping=20 the people and institutions that are working every day to make life = better," he=20 said.

Kay Karlick, of Carteret, who has been volunteering = for about a=20 year-and-a-half, said that each Friday they serve 25 to 35 people who = come to=20 the soup kitchen.

"Some are in need of a meal and some come in for the=20 socialization," she said. "This money will go toward making this project = better."

Volunteers file into the kitchen at 9 a.m. and start = prepping=20 the food. At a quarter to noon, the crew starts to serve the hot food, = which on=20 any given Friday might include spaghetti and meatballs, vegetable = lasagna,=20 Scarano's homemade rice pudding, cream of broccoli soup, green beans, = bread, and=20 some dessert. Each week, the menu changes.

The group makes a meal for 30 people, and if there are = leftovers, they bag them up and send them home with the people who = came.=20

Most of the food is donated by local businesses, or = people come=20 and drop off food.

Township residents are encouraged to drop off food = donations at=20 township-sponsored events such as the Mayor's Summer Concert Series, the = Barron=20 Arts Center Holiday Concert, Election Day polling locations, and other = public=20 events.

Peter Barcellona, chairman of the We Feed Food Bank = Committee,=20 said that the recent food drive activities at the Mayor's Summer = Concerts have=20 netted more than 8,800 pounds of food in just two concerts. There are = six=20 concerts left in the summer series.

Barcellona noted that nonperishable food - canned = goods,=20 prepackage and boxed foods, baby food, paper products, etc. - are = collected at=20 each concert.

Nonperishable food can also be dropped off any weekday = at the=20 township Public Health Center, 2 George Frederick Plaza, between 8:30 = a.m. and=20 4:30 p.m.; at town hall, 1 Main St.; the Woodbridge Public Library, 1 = George=20 Frederick Plaza; or the Woodbridge Community Center, 600 Main St. =

For more information about the township's ongoing food = drive=20 effort and the work of the We Feed Committee, call Barcellona at (732) = 855-0600,=20 ext. 5034.

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Brown) Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 13:29:16 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Homeless in Vermont Transcript; + more; Vermont Public Radio (VPR) Message-ID: -------Forwarded fyi------- -------------------------------------------------------- Originally aired on Thursday, June 14, 2007 News Special Homeless in Vermont http://www.vpr.net/vt_news/news_specials/homeless/homeless.shtml via Vermont Public Radio (VPR) Transcript via VPR http://www.vpr.net/vt_news/news_specials/homeless/homeless_script.doc Homeless in Vermont This is Vermont Public Radio, I'm Neal Charnoff, with a special report on the homeless in Vermont. Tonight, when darkness falls, more than 1800 Vermonters will be without a home, nearly a third of them children. A little over 300 people will take refuge in one of Vermont's shelters. There are 22 across the state. Most are only open at night� people have to leave during the day, taking their belongings with them. Some shelters are large rooms with bunk beds that sleep scores of people. Others are converted homes, where families are usually able to have their own room. First tonight, we go to Vergennes, where the John Graham Shelter houses an average of 17 people. And that almost always includes families. VPR's Lynne McCrea visited the shelter, to meet the newest arrival there. (Baby sounds- "dah�dah!) (McCrea) 11- month-old Cameron Vieu has just woken up from an afternoon nap. He sleeps in a portable crib that he's almost outgrown. And he shares the space with his parents, Dan and Amanda Vieu. This private room at the Vergennes shelter is now 'home' for the family of three. Along with Cameron's crib, there's a single bed, a fold up cot, and some chairs. Dan grabs a little red shirt and blue shorts from a pile of clothes and starts to dress his son� (Dan) "Okay, ready? This shirt's not going on easy is it?" (McCrea) A year ago, life was good for 29-year-old Dan Vieu, of Bridgewater. He worked in construction, as a framer, making good wages. Then one day, when he was working up on a roof, Dan had an accident. (Dan) "One of my peers shot himself with a nail gun, and when he did, he knocked me off the truss�" (McCrea) Dan suffered a back injury that made it impossible to keep working in construction. He took a maintenance job at a hotel, which came with free housing. But Dan says his back pain persisted, and he had to leave the job. (Dan) "I went and stayed with relatives. But the landlord didn't allow children and it was too small in general. We stayed at a hotel for probably 3 or 4 days. That's very, very expensive. So, we had to come to a shelter." (Ready) "I've got my bubbles upstairs, dude." (McCrea) Elizabeth Ready is the Director of the John Graham Shelter. The old house in downtown Vergennes has an average of 17 people staying at any time. Ready says there are 20 people living here right now, including several families. (Ready) "We're constantly full. And oftentimes we're not able to take people, because we just don't have the room. What we're seeing is a big increase in families with children, and people with jobs coming to the shelter for refuge. It's not just the idea of single men anymore." (McCrea) A former state senator and auditor, Elizabeth Ready became director of the shelter last year. She says more families are coming here for a number of reasons. (Ready) "It's a combination of issues. People in low wage jobs can't afford housing in the area. So that's just a fact. We have, sometimes, people working two jobs and together they might make 14 dollars an hour. Well, it's very hard to find a place with that kind of income. Then there are a number of folks that might be either suffering from a mental illness or a physical disability, or a developmental disability or in recovery, and quite frankly, there just aren't places for them to be, and so they're coming to the shelter." (McCrea) Whatever brings people here, Elizabeth Ready says she tries to provide them with more than food and shelter. She tries to tap other resources people might need that will enable them to get into permanent housing�whether it's a G.E.D., some job training, or mental health counseling. (Ready) "The whole issue is whether or not people use this period in their life as a chance to move forward, to make some changes. And it's a time when there's tremendous potential to change direction. It can be a turning point, when you're homeless. So what we want to do is offer all the resources we can. We don't want someone to come here and not have a chance to see a mental health counselor, or, for example to see the doctor. So that's the issue�whether or not we have access to the resources to be able to help people make that change in their life." (Sounds of Dan with baby� "almost done, bubba�") (McCrea) For Dan Vieu, his back injury has made it difficult to do simple physical tasks such as leaning over to dress his son. (Vieu) "�shirt is not going on easily, huh bubba?" (Cameron starts to cry)� (McCrea) Dan is applying for temporary disability assistance from the state, and he hopes to have surgery on his back in the next few months. Meanwhile, he and his wife, Amanda, are trying to find child care, so that she can work part time. Dan says moving into the shelter was difficult at first for his wife, but that she's adjusting now. (Dan) "The first few days or two we were here she was down, depressed. Now she's happy. She realizes there's a light at the end of our tunnel, and we're just going to go on from here. And we will find housing shortly, and life will get better�" (Sounds of a baby rattle) (McCrea) For 11-month-old Cameron, the transition to a shelter has been smooth. But that's not always the case. Sitting in a tiny office lined with shelves of food, Elizabeth Ready says that for school age kids, living in a shelter can be "very tough". (Ready) "There's a lot of research out there that shows homeless children are sick more often, don't do as well in school. There are lots of issues. It's very tough on kids. You know, we had a family here with 3 children and they were going through a tremendous amount of suffering at that period in their life. And the little girl used to come in here. And she'd come in and sit down and all she'd say is "I'm going on a field trip on Saturday, "I'm going on a field trip on Saturday"�over and over�just trying to look forward. You see amazing bravery on the part of these children. But it's very difficult, there's no doubt about it." (Sounds in kitchen) (McCrea) Dinner time at the shelter brings people into the communal kitchen, where a large wood table nearly fills the room. Today, the meal is fresh salad, with pasta and a homemade cheese sauce, prepared by a couple of students from Middlebury College. Director Elizabeth Ready says she relies on contributions like these, to keep the shelter going. It costs $10 to 20 dollars a day to house someone here. (Ready) "Every night of the week I'm out asking for money or writing grants. And it comes in small amounts." (McCrea) Ready is frustrated by what she says is very little public support for shelters. She says state and federal funding has stayed level for almost 10 years, until this May, when the legislature voted to boost funding by $150,000. That brings the general fund total to nearly $700,000 dollars for the state's 22 shelters, and 13 other agencies that provide services to the homeless. (Ready) "So, I think we're beginning to see some awareness that, though none of us would want to be in a shelter, and people don't want to fund shelters� that they are pretty important. " (McCrea) Dan Vieu says he is trying to make the most of his days in the Vergennes shelter, working to get his health back and find affordable housing. Meanwhile, he describes his time here as "a life learning experience". (Dan) "The public perception of homeless people would be of a guy pushing a cart down a road, collecting cans. And personally, that was my perspective too. And it's not. It can happen to anybody. It doesn't matter who you are. My life was going pretty good, and I took a spill off a roof and here I sit, a year later. It can happen to anybody at any time. Life can change in a moment. I'm living proof of that, as is probably everybody here." (Charnoff) VPR's Lynne McCrea, reporting from the John Graham shelter in Vergennes: Counting the Homeless Of the estimated 1800 people who are homeless tonight, the majority will be sleeping in cars or tents, or 'couch surfing'�moving between friends or relatives for short periods of time. Still others go unaccounted for, and so the actual number of homeless is assumed to be even higher. The Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness says that number has been hovering at around 4,000 people a year. Beyond the numbers, there's a new concern among the people who run the state's homeless shelters: the increase families and young people they're seeing. John Fairbanks of the Vermont Housing Finance Agency has been visiting shelters around the state to interview people about the experience of being homeless. It's part of a report he's working on, that he hopes will give a 'face' to homelessness. (Fairbanks) "The idea is to give people that read the upcoming report a chance to really meet people and hear what they have to say, not just read numbers about homeless people in Vermont and how many are children and how many are working� that's good data and that's important to have. But we think it's every bit as important for people to hear the voices of the people behind the numbers." (Charnoff) But Fairbanks says finding people to interview has been a challenge. (Fairbanks) "It's been a slow process because first of all you're talking with people who are part of an enormously vulnerable population. You're talking with people who in almost every single case have encountered some kind of trauma in their lives. You're talking with people for whom life is enormously difficult. It's tiring being homeless and trying to figure out where you're going to sleep every night, and trying to figure out how you're going to get to a job interview and who's going to take care of your children. So first of all, you have to find time when people you'd like to talk to have both the time and energy to talk with you. It's a long process. It requires patience." (Charnoff) On this day, Fairbanks is in Burlington visiting 'Spectrum'. It's a shelter and drop-in center for young people. And at lunchtime it's a place to get some food and watch a movie. (Megan) "I usually just come here to get away� a couple times a week� just to hang out." (Charnoff) 18-year-old Megan can relate to the kids who are living at Spectrum. She was homeless two years ago, when, Megan says, her parents kicked her out of the house because of her drug habit. During that time she lived on and off at Spectrum. (Megan) "The difficulty with Spectrum is they only have so many beds. So a lot of times when you need a place you'd have to wait up to a couple of months, especially being under 18. This is like you're only option when they have like five beds for girls and five beds for boys." (Charnoff) Today, Megan says she is living in an apartment and has a job. She's agreed to tell her story to John Fairbanks, for the VHFA report� (Megan) "There's weeks that I'd have to pitch a tent, like at the waterfront and just sleep outside. Sometimes I would just stay up all night because I didn't have a place." (Fairbanks) "Have any unpleasant encounters?" (Megan) "Oh, plenty. A lot of really, really weird, crazy people are out at those hours � a bunch of drunk people." (Fairbanks) "Were there any friends to keep you company when you were out on your own like that?" (Megan) "Not really. You'd be surprised. A lot of times when you're in the predicament of being homeless, your friends� you kind of see who your true friends are." (Fairbanks) "There's not like a sort of street support system necessarily�" (Megan) "No..." (Fairbanks) "�that's going to help somebody like you." (Megan) "Not at all." (Charnoff) After several months of collecting interviews, Fairbanks is ready to compile his report, including Megan's story, which he says is a familiar one for a certain portion of the homeless population. (Fairbanks) "I talked to a number of young people in their late teens and early 20's who had very similar stories. A lot of them come out of homes that were abusive. Several of them, like Megan, got involved with drugs and got thrown out of their houses. Other people had different problems trying to cope with everyday life and ended up on the streets. And that is a portion of the homeless population. We also found that a growing portion of the homeless population is families with children, many of them who are working, who are simply not making enough money to keep a roof over their heads." (Charnoff) "What did you hear from people running the shelters? What are their needs?" (Fairbanks) "Every shelter provider that I spoke with- and I spoke with most of the providers around the state, every single one of them was constantly scrambling to obtain enough resources to deal with a growing demand for their services, and each and every one of them was basically living on a very thin financial edge, and constantly trying to find ways to bring more money to bear on the problem." (Charnoff) John Fairbanks is with the Vermont Housing Finance Agency. He says his report is the first of its kind, and that he's making it available to legislators, housing advocates, and the public. Rutland Vets With the nation currently at war on two fronts, the problem of veterans who are homeless is expected to increase as well. VPR's Nina Keck found that there are Vermont veterans who are slipping through the cracks. (Keck) It's lunch time and about thirty people eat in the cafeteria at Rutland's Open Door Mission, a combination soup kitchen, thrift store and homeless shelter. (Cafeteria worker)"How's the sandwiches?" (Man) "Good." (Keck) Of the 42 people currently living at the Mission, thirty are veterans. Tom, a 45-year-old, served four years in the Navy during the U.S. invasion of Grenada. (Tom) "I have a disorder called PTSD. And I ended up losing my job because they said I was a liability. Because I was having panic attacks on the job. I was a builder and I was having them up on the ladder and stuff like that." (Keck) Tom wasn't married and didn't have family to fall back on. So he says it didn't take long for him to fall behind on rent and become homeless. His post traumatic stress disorder became worse. (Tom) "Depression set in and I tried to kill myself � suicide. And that's when I winded up at the VA, knowing that there was help there for me. I never knew it before." (Keck) "You never knew there was help available to you when you came home from the service?" (Tom)"Nope, nope - they don't advertise it. The only thing they advertise is for you to join the service. They don't bother telling you - hey if you've got problems while you're in the service that hey, there's help for you." (David Frantz) "I think the system is trying to address this issue - with regard to PTSD and returning veterans." (Keck) That's David Frantz, director of the Vet Center in White River Junction. (Sound of a pool table) (Keck) While Vet Centers are affiliated with the VA, they look different - more homey, and they're staffed almost entirely by veterans. Two men are playing pool in the center's lobby. There's a big screen TV and some couches nearby. The idea says Frantz, is to make it as comfortable as possible for vets to come and get counseling and other help. Travis Jones, an outreach counselor at the Vet Center, who served in the Iraqi war, says all that helps. But he says there are still too many soldiers out there not getting what they need. (Jones) "Now with the war on terrorism it's more National Guard and Reserves that are out there. And when they come back home they've got to go back to their jobs. They can't just do time out and get some counseling. They've got to get back to work and make some money for the family and get back into the routine. So you've got to go out and be more innovative and go out and tell them, because they're not going to take the time to come search for you. You've got to search for them." (Keck) That means Jones and another vet center clinician are each on the road two days a week traveling all over the state to provide counseling and other services. But he says it's frustrating because there isn't one central database of veterans. (Jones) "If they wore a sign that says "I'm a veteran" it'd be easy to find them. But they don't. I've talked to some army reservists who came back who say 'I've never heard of the vet center.' 'I went back and did my demo at Fort Bragg and they just gave us some packets on the VA and that was it and we went home - got sent back to Vermont.'" (Keck) Some veterans, even when they are offered help from the VA don't want it. Jones says there's a common misconception that the Veterans Administration is just another branch of the service. And he says many returning soldiers don't want anything to do with another military organization. Cheryl Beversdorf is President of the National Coalition of Homeless Veterans. Fighting homelessness is complex, she says, because of a number of significant challenges. (Beversdorf) "A big one being employment. Many of the young people who are getting out of the military may have gone into the military when they were 18 years old. Consequently they didn't go beyond high school, get any specialized skills. They never went on a job interview. They've never had to write a resume." (Keck) Beversdorf says in response, the Department of Labor has developed extensive training programs to help those leaving the service find employment faster. But even with a job, she says for many younger veterans, current housing costs are simply unaffordable. Larry Daigle sits in a small office in White River Junction. It's the headquarters of a volunteer, nonprofit organization called Friends of Veterans. They provide small amounts of cash assistance to veterans in Vermont and New Hampshire to help prevent homelessness. Business he says ironically is booming. (Daigle) "�very much so. In the last six to eight months I'd say that a good share of our clients are Iraqi vets, Afghanistan vets. They're coming back just flooded with bills. A lot of times the spouse can't work because she's got to take care of the children, she can't afford the day care whatever. So yeah, we've been getting flooded with the younger vets." (Keck) Daigle says up 'til now they've been able to help most of them. But he says that could change. A few months ago, they learned that funding they'd been receiving from New Hampshire had been cut drastically from $30,000 a year to just under $9,000. Daigle says a state official told them federal budget cuts were to blame. It's ironic he says, considering they get a lot of referrals from the VA- a federal agency. Despite having less to work with, he says they'll do the best they can for as many as possible. For VPR News, I'm Nina Keck (Charnoff) Besides concerns over veterans who are already homeless, social workers say there's also an alarming number of returned soldiers they refer to as 'the hidden homeless' - those living with friends or relatives, in a motel or their car. Why does homelessness persist in Vermont? And what efforts are underway to address the problem? Melinda Bussino is Director of the Brattleboro Area Drop-in Center, a day shelter for the homeless. She says underlying the issue is economics. (Bussino) "One of the things that has always affected homelessness is the lack of � or hopefully in the future, not the lack of � some subsidized housing from the federal government in the form of Section 8 housing certificates or public housing being able to build more family housing, in particular. So, it is economics. It's having funds put to other things, whether overseas in a war, or other priorities locally and statewide. We just haven't seen the funding to get people off the street and provide the kinds of affordable housing people are needing." (Charnoff) Governor Jim Douglas recently elevated the Interagency Council on Homelessness to include Commissioners from a number of state agencies. Cathy Voyer chairs the Council. She says the goal is to try to use the same available services more effectively. An example, she says, is providing a combination of services that can help to prevent homelessness. (Voyer) The Governor has initiatives on the "deter" which is substance abuse and community providers, with service providers and housing providers working together. The "GA" pilot project, general assistance pilot projects, where again, we're utilizing existing services differently, where, in the past, the emergency assistance for those who are going to lose their home has just been handed out, without really saying, 'okay, here's the crisis funding. But what else is creating this? And why is it that every year you continue to come back?' Not because they're at fault, but what are we doing and not doing right?" (Charnoff) Melinda Bussino, from Brattleboro, serves on the Interagency Council on Homelessness. She's hopeful the group can make progress. (Bussino) I know the state is under huge financial pressures - a lot of them around the shrinking Medicaid funds that are coming from the federal government, which means that the state has to find more dollars to just provide basic services to a lot of Vermonters. But, certainly the people around that table are committed to doing something to make homelessness at least less, if not to end it." (Charnoff) Meanwhile, John Fairbanks of the Vermont Housing Finance Agency hopes people will read his new report, so they can really understand what it's like to be homeless. (Fairbanks) "I hope people read this report and have their eyes opened. I hope people read this report and get a better sense of the reality of being homeless in Vermont. And I hope that it stirs some people to work a little harder to find ways to help people who are homeless. We'd like to see people who are working in housing policy, people advocating for affordable housing get a copy of this report. But it will also be available to the general public and it would be great if a lot of people could take a few minutes and read this, and really understand what it means to be homeless in the Green Mountain State." (Charnoff) Tonight's stories about homelessness are just a few examples of what some Vermonters are experiencing right now. They are struggling with health problems, drug addictions, joblessness and a lot of uncertainty. The people who work with the homeless will continue to look for the resources needed - shelter, food, health care and employment. And they'll keep working toward their goal: that tomorrow night, one less child is sleeping in a car� one less veteran is living in a shelter� one less family is without a home. The Producer of "Homeless in Vermont" is Lynne McCrea. The audio engineer is Chris Albertine. John Van Hoesen is the Executive Producer. For Vermont Public Radio, I'm Neal Charnoff. -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Commentary Homeless Michelle Kennedy http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/vpr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1098850 CHELSEA, VT (2007-06-14) (HOST) In the next hour, VPR will present a special report on homelessness in Vermont and the rise in the number of families who need services. One person who's experienced being without a home first-hand is commentator Michelle Kennedy. (KENNEDY) It's been ten years since I spent a summer living in my car. It's odd now to think that there was a time in my life when I couldn't provide a home for me and my three kids. When I make my coffee in the morning, I often forget that there was a time when I couldn't plug in a coffee pot. Or made breakfast on a stove instead of giving the kids a granola bar and a mushy apple from the truck stop near where I worked - and often slept. It took me years to admit to anyone but my husband, whom I met while I was homeless, that I had once lived in my car. I was embarrassed that all of those choices I had made when I was young - choices I thought were so brilliant and so right - turned out to be so wrong, landing me in a small town in mid-coast Maine without any money, with no place to go, and my middle class life in shreds. But when I finally went public - in a long essay in a national publication and then a book - I heard from people all over the country and the world, that they, too, had spent a year homeless. Or a couple of years. Or a month. Or knew someone who lived on a friend's couch. They were lawyers, college students, mothers, fathers, waitresses, writers and celebrities. Contrary to popular assumptions, I don't know of any that were disabled by alcohol addiction, or drug addiction, or mental illness. But all had, at one time or another, simply not been able to put together enough cash to get an apartment, house or dorm room. These were good, hard-working people who just couldn't pull together enough cash to get a place to live. Every month now, I visit with men and women - some highly educated - who live in homeless shelters with their children. I talk with them about budgets and how to buy good food cheaply. I let them know that I still struggle with money issues too. We lament about the price of housing. Sometimes I just offer a shoulder to cry on - and let them know that homelessness is possible to get out of. Sometimes I feel I can never possibly do enough. But I keep trying. I keep sharing what I've learned. And hope that it will make a difference - one coffee pot at a time. Michelle Kennedy is the author of "Without a Net". She lives in Chelsea with her husband and five children. -------------------------------------------------------- **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------- From wtinker@verizon.net Thu Aug 9 15:06:39 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:06:39 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Quit stalling: Build new homeless shelter Message-ID: <01ce01c7da96$e4846560$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01CB_01C7DA75.5BD8C470 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=3D/20070809/OPINIO= N03/708090356/-1/NEWS04 Quit stalling: Build new homeless shelter=20 What's left to study? Make a decision. August 9, 2007 For years Des Moines has needed a larger homeless shelter in the = downtown area. Now it may have to wait even longer to get one. That's because homeless services in the metro area supposedly need more = study - which could delay building the shelter by two years and cost = taxpayers at least $150,000. The "baloney siren" is wailing. It's hard to believe that more study is needed, or that public money = should be spent doing so. A task force, which included elected officials, business leaders and a = police chief, worked for several months exploring ideas related to a new = shelter and services for homeless people. The task force discussed = programming, funding and location. Public meetings were held. It looked = at other shelters, including one in Davenport, to help determine best = practices. "Why did we bother with all of this?" asked Jean Brown, executive = director of Central Iowa Shelter and Services. "This took up a lot of = people's time and effort and money. What more can we do to make this = legit?" Central Iowa Shelter and Services now operates a shelter at 205 15th St. = It's too small, and the site is part of a proposed housing and = commercial development called Riverpoint West. The larger, updated facility was expected to open next year near = downtown. It was proposed for south of Interstate Highway 235 and east = of Keosauqua Way, but neighbors objected and pledged to fight the plan. It's a good location. Downtown is where many homeless people congregate, = and the site is close to county human and health services and on a bus = line. But City Manager Rick Clark has recommended further study "to develop a = full strategy on dealing with homelessness," he said. Des Moines Mayor = Frank Cownie agrees. If city officials have more questions, they could ask the existing task = force to answer them. City Councilwoman Christine Hensley opposes more study and called it a = "delay tactic" that will postpone construction of a new shelter. "The big issue is how do we pay for services, and I don't think you need = to spend $150,000 and take two years to get that determined. We can = figure that out - how to pay for it." We asked her why other officials are calling for more study. "You've got elections coming up in November," Hensley said. Perhaps she's right. Cownie and three City Council members are up for = re-election this fall (but not Hensley), and the location of the = proposed shelter has been controversial. No elected official wants to be = the one who "put a homeless shelter in so-and-so's back yard" during an = election year. Public officials have a responsibility to work for the greater public = good. A shelter is part of that public good. The metro area has about = 1,200 shelter beds for more than 5,000 homeless people. On Monday, a = homeless man was found dead a stone's throw from the current downtown = shelter. The historic building that was once home to Des Moines' main = library has attracted the homeless. What's needed isn't paying an outsider public money for more study. What's needed is a construction crew breaking ground. ------=_NextPart_000_01CB_01C7DA75.5BD8C470 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.d= ll/article?AID=3D/20070809/OPINION03/708090356/-1/NEWS04

Quit stalling: Build new homeless shelter

What's left to study? Make a decision.

August 9, 2007

For years Des Moines has needed a larger homeless shelter in the = downtown=20 area. Now it may have to wait even longer to get one.

That's = because=20 homeless services in the metro area supposedly need more study - which = could=20 delay building the shelter by two years and cost taxpayers at least=20 $150,000.

The "baloney siren" is wailing.

It's hard to = believe=20 that more study is needed, or that public money should be spent doing=20 so.

A task force, which included elected officials, business = leaders and=20 a police chief, worked for several months exploring ideas related to a = new=20 shelter and services for homeless people. The task force discussed = programming,=20 funding and location. Public meetings were held. It looked at other = shelters,=20 including one in Davenport, to help determine best = practices.

"Why did we=20 bother with all of this?" asked Jean Brown, executive director of = Central Iowa=20 Shelter and Services. "This took up a lot of people's time and effort = and money.=20 What more can we do to make this legit?"

Central Iowa Shelter and = Services now operates a shelter at 205 15th St. It's too small, and the = site is=20 part of a proposed housing and commercial development called Riverpoint=20 West.

The larger, updated facility was expected to open next year = near=20 downtown. It was proposed for south of Interstate Highway 235 and east = of=20 Keosauqua Way, but neighbors objected and pledged to fight the = plan.

It's=20 a good location. Downtown is where many homeless people congregate, and = the site=20 is close to county human and health services and on a bus = line.

But City=20 Manager Rick Clark has recommended further study "to develop a full = strategy on=20 dealing with homelessness," he said. Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie=20 agrees.

If city officials have more questions, they could ask the = existing task force to answer them.

City Councilwoman Christine = Hensley=20 opposes more study and called it a "delay tactic" that will postpone=20 construction of a new shelter.

"The big issue is how do we pay = for=20 services, and I don't think you need to spend $150,000 and take two = years to get=20 that determined. We can figure that out - how to pay for it."

We = asked=20 her why other officials are calling for more study.

"You've got = elections=20 coming up in November," Hensley said.

Perhaps she's right. Cownie = and=20 three City Council members are up for re-election this fall (but not = Hensley),=20 and the location of the proposed shelter has been controversial. No = elected=20 official wants to be the one who "put a homeless shelter in so-and-so's = back=20 yard" during an election year.

Public officials have a = responsibility to=20 work for the greater public good. A shelter is part of that public good. = The=20 metro area has about 1,200 shelter beds for more than 5,000 homeless = people. On=20 Monday, a homeless man was found dead a stone's throw from the current = downtown=20 shelter. The historic building that was once home to Des Moines' main = library=20 has attracted the homeless.

What's needed isn't paying an = outsider public=20 money for more study.

What's needed is a construction crew = breaking=20 ground.

------=_NextPart_000_01CB_01C7DA75.5BD8C470-- From morganbrown@gmail.com Thu Aug 9 16:51:04 2007 From: morganbrown@gmail.com (Morgan W. Brown) Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 12:51:04 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] A future without homelessness; Boston Globe Editorial; 8/8/2007 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ------=_Part_8531_2221106.1186678264151 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Below is a forwarded copy of yesterday's Boston Globe editorial regarding concerted efforts in Massachusetts to end homelessness within that state, followed by a forward of an excerpt of the most recent United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH: http://www.usich.gov/ ) online newsletter concerning the subject -- which included a mention about the Boston Globe editorial as well. My apologies if you have already come across the below information. By the way, the USICH regional coordinator for the area (which of course includes the state of Vermont) is: John O'Brien (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Federal Building 10 Causeway Street, 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02222-1092 Tel: (617) 994-8203 Fax: (617) 565-6558 john.o'brien@usich.gov In addition, check out: National Project Homeless Connect: http://www.usich.gov/slocal/NationalProjectHomelessConnectPromo.html State Commission to End Homelessness, Commonwealth of Massachusetts: http://www.mass.gov/dhcd/components/hc/default.htm Department of Housing and Community Development Commission to End Homelessness 100 Cambridge Street, Suite 300 Boston, MA 02114 617-573-1100 Update on the Work of the Commission to End Homelessness: http://www.mass.gov/dhcd/components/hc/updates.htm HOMELESS COMMISSION DIRECTORY: http://www.mass.gov/dhcd/components/hc/members.htm phone numbers included -------Forwarded fyi------- -------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, August 8, 2007 Boston Globe Globe Editorial A future without homelessness http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2007/08/08/a_future_without_homelessness/ August 8, 2007 WE DON'T have to study homelessness," state Representative Byron Rushing says of a new state commission that he proposed to address the issue; good research is already available. Instead, the commission has to answer two questions. What kind of housing do people need? And, what will it take to keep formerly homeless people housed? If Massachusetts can find and pay for answers, it could end homelessness -- for families, adults living on the streets, people leaving prison, and those with mental illnesses or addictions. "We're on the cusp of a new era," says Tina Brooks, the state's undersecretary of housing. The commission should work to meet its self-imposed deadline and come up with a comprehensive plan by December. Rushing says there could be "some sticker shock" when the commission calculates costs. Still, adequate public funding will be essential. If the commission succeeds, Rushing predicts that its methods will help the state tackle other big problems, such as affordable housing and poverty. Committing the state to ending homelessness is a vital step. When Governor Patrick signed legislation to launch the commission last week, he said he hoped it would lead to permanent housing, a resource that could dramatically improve people's lives. The commission plans to find out what cities and towns are already doing to end homelessness, so this work can become part of the state plan. Once the plan is drawn up, it should be implemented quickly. A key piece involves creating a careful transition away from shelters and toward providing more supportive housing, which includes social services that could range from substance abuse programs to financial literacy classes. Shelter providers and other nonprofit organizations could help deliver these services, helping to ensure that people's specific needs are met. And because formerly homeless people may have future problems -- job losses, addiction relapses, or illnesses -- there should be long-term outreach to prevent setbacks. To its credit, the commission's 30 members are diverse. The group includes Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray; Rushing and nine other state senators and representatives; Mayor Menino; Steven Pierce, chief justice of the housing court; Dr. JudyAnn Bigby and Dan O'Connell, respectively the state's secretaries of health and human services and economic development; and Lyndia Downie, the president of the Pine Street Inn, which provides shelter and housing. And having Leslie Kirwan, the state's secretary of administration and finance, as a member suggests serious thought will be given to funding. Ending homelessness once seemed like a pipe dream. Now it appears to be a job that Massachusetts can do. -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: United States Interagency Council on Homelessness Date: Aug 9, 2007 10:00 AM Subject: USICH e-newsletter To: morganbrown@gmail.com United States Interagency Council on Homelessness e-newsletter Reporting on Innovative Solutions to End Homelessness 8.9.07 [...] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THE STATES: NEW STATE COMMISSION TO PREPARE 'WORKABLE PLAN' TO END HOMELESSNESS IN MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. "This Commission is not going to study the problems of shelters and report on what we already know," said State Representative and co-chair Byron Rushing at the inaugural meeting of the new State Commission to End Homelessness in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. " This Commission is charged with actually developing a workable plan--which will be goal oriented with benchmarks and timelines to end homelessness in the Commonwealth. We need to stop talking about the problem and dealing with it piecemeal. We can actually do something about it. Massachusetts needs to end homelessness." The State Commission to End Homelessness, created by legislation sponsored by Representative Rushing and signed by Governor Deval Patrick, will present a "broad based housing plan and 5 year budget proposal that recognizes service needs to end homelessness" to the Governor and Legislature by the end of the year. United States Interagency Council on Homelessness Executive Director Philip Mangano praised the development, noting: "Commission creator Representative Byron Rushing evidenced his committed leadership in the Legislature as an abolitionist on the issue of homelessness in Massachusetts. This action by the Commonwealth is good for all the people of Massachusetts, housed and homeless alike." The 30-member Commission is co-chaired by Representative Rushing and Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development Undersecretary Tina Brooks. Noted Governor Patrick in signing the legislation, "The humanitarian and monetary costs of dealing with homelessness are very high, but the costs of not finding long-term solutions are even higher," adding, "The Commission will help us to resolve this troubling issue by creating a coordinated system to deliver support services that will lead to permanent housing for homeless individuals and families." Members of the Commission include, among others, Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray; nine additional state senators and representatives; a number of state agency heads include Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Judy Ann Bigby, Administration and Finance Secretary Leslie Kirwan, and Economic Development Secretary Dan O'Connell; Mayors Tom Menino of Boston, Michael Sullivan of Holyoke, and Clare Higgins of Northampton; Chief Justice of the Housing Court Stephen Pierce; Massachusettts Sheriffs Association President James Cummings; Mass Veterans Inc. President Vin Perrone; and representatives of the provider community including Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance Executive Director Joe Finn, and One Family Campaign Director Sue Beaton. A Boston Globe August 8 editorial on the new commission concluded, "Ending homelessness once seemed like a pipe dream. Now it appears to be a job that Massachusetts can do." [...] United States Interagency Council on Homelessness | 409 3rd Street SW | Suite 310 | Washington | DC | 20024 -------------------------------------------------------- **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------- ------=_Part_8531_2221106.1186678264151 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Below is a forwarded copy of yesterday's Boston Globe editorial regarding concerted efforts in Massachusetts to end homelessness within that state, followed by a forward of an excerpt of the most recent United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH: http://www.usich.gov/ ) online newsletter concerning the subject -- which included a mention about the Boston Globe editorial as well. My apologies if you have already come across the below information.

By the way, the USICH regional coordinator for the area (which of course includes the state of Vermont) is:

John O'Brien
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont)
Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Federal Building
10 Causeway Street, 3rd Floor
Boston, MA 02222-1092
Tel: (617) 994-8203
Fax: (617) 565-6558
john.o'brien@usich.gov

In addition, check out:

National Project Homeless Connect:
http://www.usich.gov/slocal/NationalProjectHomelessConnectPromo.html

State Commission to End Homelessness, Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
http://www.mass.gov/dhcd/components/hc/default.htm

Department of Housing and Community Development
Commission to End Homelessness
100 Cambridge Street, Suite 300
Boston, MA 02114
617-573-1100

Update on the Work of the Commission to End Homelessness:
http://www.mass.gov/dhcd/components/hc/updates.htm

HOMELESS COMMISSION DIRECTORY:
http://www.mass.gov/dhcd/components/hc/members.htm
phone numbers included

-------Forwarded fyi-------

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Boston Globe
Globe Editorial
A future without homelessness
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2007/08/08/a_future_without_homelessness/

August 8, 2007

WE DON'T have to study homelessness," state Representative Byron
Rushing says of a new state commission that he proposed to address the
issue; good research is already available.

Instead, the commission has to answer two questions. What kind of
housing do people need? And, what will it take to keep formerly
homeless people housed?

If Massachusetts can find and pay for answers, it could end
homelessness -- for families, adults living on the streets, people
leaving prison, and those with mental illnesses or addictions.

"We're on the cusp of a new era," says Tina Brooks, the state's
undersecretary of housing.

The commission should work to meet its self-imposed deadline and come
up with a comprehensive plan by December.

Rushing says there could be "some sticker shock" when the commission
calculates costs. Still, adequate public funding will be essential. If
the commission succeeds, Rushing predicts that its methods will help
the state tackle other big problems, such as affordable housing and
poverty.

Committing the state to ending homelessness is a vital step. When
Governor Patrick signed legislation to launch the commission last
week, he said he hoped it would lead to permanent housing, a resource
that could dramatically improve people's lives.

The commission plans to find out what cities and towns are already
doing to end homelessness, so this work can become part of the state
plan. Once the plan is drawn up, it should be implemented quickly.

A key piece involves creating a careful transition away from shelters
and toward providing more supportive housing, which includes social
services that could range from substance abuse programs to financial
literacy classes. Shelter providers and other nonprofit organizations
could help deliver these services, helping to ensure that people's
specific needs are met. And because formerly homeless people may have
future problems -- job losses, addiction relapses, or illnesses --
there should be long-term outreach to prevent setbacks.

To its credit, the commission's 30 members are diverse. The group
includes Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray; Rushing and nine other
state senators and representatives; Mayor Menino; Steven Pierce, chief
justice of the housing court; Dr. JudyAnn Bigby and Dan O'Connell,
respectively the state's secretaries of health and human services and
economic development; and Lyndia Downie, the president of the Pine
Street Inn, which provides shelter and housing. And having Leslie
Kirwan, the state's secretary of administration and finance, as a
member suggests serious thought will be given to funding.

Ending homelessness once seemed like a pipe dream. Now it appears to
be a job that Massachusetts can do.

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: United States Interagency Council on Homelessness <usich@usich.gov>
Date: Aug 9, 2007 10:00 AM
Subject: USICH e-newsletter
To: morganbrown@gmail.com

United States Interagency Council on Homelessness e-newsletter
Reporting on Innovative Solutions to End Homelessness
8.9.07

[...]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
IN THE STATES: NEW STATE COMMISSION TO PREPARE 'WORKABLE PLAN' TO END
HOMELESSNESS IN MASSACHUSETTS

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. "This Commission is not going to study the
problems of shelters and report on what we already know," said State
Representative and co-chair Byron Rushing at the inaugural meeting of the
new State Commission to End Homelessness in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. " This Commission is charged with actually developing a
workable plan--which will be goal oriented with benchmarks and timelines to
end homelessness in the Commonwealth. We need to stop talking about the
problem and dealing with it piecemeal. We can actually do something about it.
Massachusetts needs to end homelessness."

The State Commission to End Homelessness, created by legislation
sponsored by Representative Rushing and signed by Governor Deval
Patrick, will present a "broad
based housing plan and 5 year budget proposal that recognizes service needs to
end homelessness" to the Governor and Legislature by the end of the year.

United States Interagency Council on Homelessness Executive Director
Philip Mangano praised the development, noting: "Commission creator
Representative Byron Rushing evidenced his committed leadership in the
Legislature as an
abolitionist on the issue of homelessness in Massachusetts. This action by the
Commonwealth is good for all the people of Massachusetts, housed and
homeless alike."

The 30-member Commission is co-chaired by Representative Rushing and
Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development
Undersecretary Tina Brooks. Noted Governor Patrick in signing the
legislation, "The
humanitarian and monetary costs of dealing with homelessness are very
high, but the costs of not finding long-term solutions are even
higher," adding, "The
Commission will help us to resolve this troubling issue by creating a
coordinated system to deliver support services that will lead to
permanent housing for
homeless individuals and families."

Members of the Commission include, among others, Lieutenant Governor
Timothy Murray; nine additional state senators and representatives; a
number of state agency heads include Health and Human Services
Secretary Dr. Judy Ann Bigby,
Administration and Finance Secretary Leslie Kirwan, and Economic
Development Secretary Dan O'Connell; Mayors Tom Menino of Boston,
Michael Sullivan of Holyoke, and Clare Higgins of Northampton; Chief
Justice of the Housing Court Stephen Pierce; Massachusettts Sheriffs
Association President James Cummings; Mass Veterans Inc. President Vin
Perrone; and representatives of the
provider community including Massachusetts Housing and Shelter
Alliance Executive Director Joe Finn, and One Family Campaign Director
Sue Beaton.

A Boston Globe August 8 editorial on the new commission concluded, "Ending
homelessness once seemed like a pipe dream. Now it appears to be a job
that Massachusetts can do."

[...]

United States Interagency Council on Homelessness | 409 3rd Street SW
| Suite 310 | Washington | DC | 20024

--------------------------------------------------------

**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.**

--------------------------------------------------------

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------=_Part_8531_2221106.1186678264151-- From wtinker@verizon.net Thu Aug 9 21:28:28 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:28:28 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] No Homeless Dead From Bridge Collapse? Message-ID: <032601c7dacc$3a8b74f0$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0323_01C7DAAA.B2D7A180 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 2 Bodies Found in Minn. Bridge Wreckage=20 http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6838634,00.html Thursday August 9, 2007 =20 By PATRICK CONDON=20 Associated Press Writer=20 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Searchers found two more bodies Thursday in the = wreckage of the collapsed Mississippi River bridge, bringing the death = toll to seven with up to six people still missing, authorities said.=20 Crews have been searching the site for the past week for eight people = reported missing in the Aug. 1 collapse.=20 THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. = AP's earlier story is below.=20 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Searchers found a sixth victim Thursday in the = wreckage of the city's collapsed Mississippi River bridge, authorities = said.=20 The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office said the body was found shortly = after noon. Five others were recovered earlier, and crews have been = searching the site for the past week for eight people reported missing = in the Aug. 1 collapse.=20 The latest victim wasn't immediately identified, and age and gender were = not released. Those reported missing include a mother and her young = daughter, two other women and four men.=20 As the recovery operation continued Thursday, so did the investigation = into the cause of the collapse. Investigators with the National = Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday they had found design flaws = in the bridge's gusset plates, which helped tie the steel beams = together.=20 That prompted Transportation Secretary Mary Peters to advise states to = carefully consider any additional stress placed on bridges during = construction projects. An 18-person crew had been working on the = Interstate 35W span when it suddenly collapsed during the evening rush = hour.=20 J. Richard Capka, administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, = said Thursday that the agency would quickly advise transportation = agencies around the country of steps they should take if a systematic = problem with gusset plates was found, though he said no such advisory = was yet in the works.=20 ``Gusset plates have been around a long time, and they've been a = reliable feature, and we have no indication that they've ever been part = of a suspect bridge problem or a bridge failure before,'' Capka said.=20 ``They have not concluded that they've discovered anything specific that = might have contributed to the collapse,'' he added.=20 President Bush on Thursday dismissed raising the federal gasoline tax to = repair the nation's bridges - as proposed Wednesday by House = Transportation Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar, D-Minn. - at least until = Congress changes the way it spends highway money.=20 ``The way it seems to have worked is that each member on that = (Transportation) committee gets to set his or her own priorities = first,'' Bush said. ``That's not the right way to prioritize the = people's money. Before we raise taxes, which could affect economic = growth, I would strongly urge the Congress to examine how they set = priorities.''=20 At the bridge site, recovery crews have removed several vehicles from = the river in the last two days, and Navy divers have searched for = possible victims in and around the others.=20 In all, 88 vehicles have been located, both in the river and amid the = broken concrete wreckage of the bridge, according to the State Patrol.=20 NTSB investigators have been trying to pinpoint where on the bridge the = collapse began. Observations from a helicopter camera Wednesday found = several ``tensile fractures'' in the superstructure on the north side of = the bridge, but nothing that appeared to show where the collapse began, = the NTSB said.=20 Investigators were still working to verify the loads and stresses on the = beams, as well as materials in the plates.=20 They also were looking into reports of wobbling before the collapse.=20 The company that was doing construction work at the site, Progressive = Contractors Inc., rejected a report that a worker noticed unusual = swaying of the bridge in the days before its collapse. The company said = it didn't believe any of its work contributed to the bridge failure but = hadn't responded directly to claims of wobbling.=20 ``We have now met with every single worker who was on the bridge when it = collapsed,'' Tom Sloan, vice president of the company's bridge division, = said in a news release Wednesday. ``None of them observed or reported = any unusual swaying.''=20 At one point it was feared that homeless people living beneath the = bridge might also have been trapped in the collapse, but Police Capt. = Mike Martin said Thursday that that now appears not be the case.=20 A homeless man had gone to the security perimeter to retrieve his = belongings from the site Wednesday and turned out to be a great source = of information, Martin said. Based on that information, he said, = investigators believe they have ruled out the possibility of any = homeless victims.=20 The eight people reported missing and feared dead in the bridge collapse = have been identified as Christine Sacorafas, 45, of White Bear Lake; = Vera Peck, 50, and her son Richard Chit, 20, both of Bloomington; Greg = Jolstad, 45, of Mora; Peter Hausmann, 47, of Rosemount; Sadiya Sahal, = 23, of St. Paul, and her 2-year-old daughter, Hanah; and Scott Sathers, = 29, of Maple Grove.=20 ---=20 Associated Press writers Archie Ingersoll in Minneapolis and Frederic J. = Frommer and Jennifer Loven in Washington contributed to this report.=20 William Charles Tinker=20 New Hampshire Homeless=20 Founded 11-28-99 25 Granite Street=20 Northfield,N.H. 03276-1640 USA=20 Advocates,activists for disabled,displaced human rights.=20 1-603-286-2492=20 http://www.missingkids.com=20 http://www.nationalhomeless.org=20 http://www.newhampshirehomeless.org=20 newhampshirehomeless-subscribe@topica.com=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0323_01C7DAAA.B2D7A180 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

2 Bodies Found in Minn. Bridge=20 Wreckage=20

= http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6838634,00.html

Thursday August = 9,=20 2007

By PATRICK CONDON=20

Associated Press Writer=20

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Searchers found two more bodies Thursday in the = wreckage=20 of the collapsed Mississippi River bridge, bringing the death toll to = seven with=20 up to six people still missing, authorities said.=20

Crews have been searching the site for the past week for eight people = reported missing in the Aug. 1 collapse.=20

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further = information. AP's=20 earlier story is below.=20

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Searchers found a sixth victim Thursday in the = wreckage of=20 the city's collapsed Mississippi River bridge, authorities said.=20

The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office said the body was found shortly = after=20 noon. Five others were recovered earlier, and crews have been searching = the site=20 for the past week for eight people reported missing in the Aug. 1 = collapse.=20

The latest victim wasn't immediately identified, and age and gender = were not=20 released. Those reported missing include a mother and her young = daughter, two=20 other women and four men.=20

As the recovery operation continued Thursday, so did the = investigation into=20 the cause of the collapse. Investigators with the National = Transportation Safety=20 Board said Wednesday they had found design flaws in the bridge's gusset = plates,=20 which helped tie the steel beams together.=20

That prompted Transportation Secretary Mary Peters to advise states = to=20 carefully consider any additional stress placed on bridges during = construction=20 projects. An 18-person crew had been working on the Interstate 35W span = when it=20 suddenly collapsed during the evening rush hour.=20

J. Richard Capka, administrator of the Federal Highway = Administration, said=20 Thursday that the agency would quickly advise transportation agencies = around the=20 country of steps they should take if a systematic problem with gusset = plates was=20 found, though he said no such advisory was yet in the works.=20

``Gusset plates have been around a long time, and they've been a = reliable=20 feature, and we have no indication that they've ever been part of a = suspect=20 bridge problem or a bridge failure before,'' Capka said.=20

``They have not concluded that they've discovered anything specific = that=20 might have contributed to the collapse,'' he added.=20

President Bush on Thursday dismissed raising the federal gasoline tax = to=20 repair the nation's bridges - as proposed Wednesday by House = Transportation=20 Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar, D-Minn. - at least until Congress = changes the=20 way it spends highway money.=20

``The way it seems to have worked is that each member on that=20 (Transportation) committee gets to set his or her own priorities = first,'' Bush=20 said. ``That's not the right way to prioritize the people's money. = Before we=20 raise taxes, which could affect economic growth, I would strongly urge = the=20 Congress to examine how they set priorities.''=20

At the bridge site, recovery crews have removed several vehicles from = the=20 river in the last two days, and Navy divers have searched for possible = victims=20 in and around the others.=20

In all, 88 vehicles have been located, both in the river and amid the = broken=20 concrete wreckage of the bridge, according to the State Patrol.=20

NTSB investigators have been trying to pinpoint where on the bridge = the=20 collapse began. Observations from a helicopter camera Wednesday found = several=20 ``tensile fractures'' in the superstructure on the north side of the = bridge, but=20 nothing that appeared to show where the collapse began, the NTSB said.=20

Investigators were still working to verify the loads and stresses on = the=20 beams, as well as materials in the plates.=20

They also were looking into reports of wobbling before the collapse.=20

The company that was doing construction work at the site, Progressive = Contractors Inc., rejected a report that a worker noticed unusual = swaying of the=20 bridge in the days before its collapse. The company said it didn't = believe any=20 of its work contributed to the bridge failure but hadn't responded = directly to=20 claims of wobbling.=20

``We have now met with every single worker who was on the bridge when = it=20 collapsed,'' Tom Sloan, vice president of the company's bridge division, = said in=20 a news release Wednesday. ``None of them observed or reported any = unusual=20 swaying.''=20

At one point it was feared that homeless people living beneath the = bridge=20 might also have been trapped in the collapse, but Police Capt. Mike = Martin said=20 Thursday that that now appears not be the case.=20

A homeless man had gone to the security perimeter to retrieve his = belongings=20 from the site Wednesday and turned out to be a great source of = information,=20 Martin said. Based on that information, he said, investigators believe = they have=20 ruled out the possibility of any homeless victims.=20

The eight people reported missing and feared dead in the bridge = collapse have=20 been identified as Christine Sacorafas, 45, of White Bear Lake; Vera = Peck, 50,=20 and her son Richard Chit, 20, both of Bloomington; Greg Jolstad, 45, of = Mora;=20 Peter Hausmann, 47, of Rosemount; Sadiya Sahal, 23, of St. Paul, and her = 2-year-old daughter, Hanah; and Scott Sathers, 29, of Maple Grove.=20

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Associated Press writers Archie Ingersoll in Minneapolis and Frederic = J.=20 Frommer and Jennifer Loven in Washington contributed to this report. =

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------=_NextPart_000_0323_01C7DAAA.B2D7A180-- From morganbrown@gmail.com Fri Aug 10 18:26:14 2007 From: morganbrown@gmail.com (Morgan W. Brown) Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:26:14 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Why are libraries homeless shelters?; Wichita Eagle; Opinion; 8/10/2007 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: -------Forwarded fyi------- -------------------------------------------------------- Friday, August 10, 2007 Wichita Eagle [Wichita, Kansas] Opinion Columnists By Randy Scholfield, Eagle editorial writer & columnist Why are libraries homeless shelters? http://www.kansas.com/203/story/144399.html A homeless man was arrested this week at the downtown Central Library after allegedly masturbating in a back aisle and then pulling a knife on a librarian who was trying to escort him out of the building. A security guard used a Taser on the man, who was arrested by police and charged with multiple offenses, from lascivious conduct to aggravated battery. No one, luckily, was injured or killed in the incident. But it's an ugly reminder of a community problem hidden in plain sight. On any given day, you'll find a group of homeless regulars at the Central Library, ensconced at tables or slouched in chairs. Most of the time, they cause no problems. Sometimes, though, they ruffle the serene surface of public life. By talking loudly. Bothering other patrons. Smelling bad. Their presence typically arouses annoyance in Wichitans, or revulsion. What we should feel is shame. Recently I read a provocative essay by Chip Ward, former assistant director of the Salt Lake City public library system. He wrote about this nation's dirty little secret: How our libraries have become de facto daytime shelters for the homeless -- and librarians have become de facto social workers. All because of our nation's ongoing failure to address the problems facing the homeless. Ward wrote about the daily challenges librarians face in dealing with "street people," the chronically homeless who, he points out, usually are suffering from a mental illness or drug or alcohol addiction, or both. Social agencies and shelters are often overwhelmed, underfunded and unavailable during the day. "So, like it or not, we are ushered into the ranks of auxiliary social workers with no resources whatsoever." Librarians often do make a difference, though, just by treating the homeless with respect and caring attention. Library director Cynthia Berner-Harris, when I talked to her a while back on this subject, told me the staff tries hard to treat homeless patrons with sensitivity and dignity, as they would any other customer. By and large, there are no problems. You might find the homeless playing chess or reading magazines, she said. Still, some of the homeless have substance abuse problems. "We're not necessarily trained to deal with that," Berner-Harris told me. "Sometimes it's a struggle for us." Perhaps the biggest challenge is "keeping these folks awake." They can't sleep in the library, because staff need to know they aren't suffering a health problem. In Wichita, librarians have received training in homeless issues. And the library has a "terrific relationship," she said, with several service agencies. But Ward wrote that no matter how caring and helpful librarians are, sometimes they face no good options -- and "in the end, we just call the cops." That's what happened the other day at the library. I'm not sure about the specific case of this 58-year-old homeless man -- whether he suffers from a mental illness or other health problem. But the incident highlights how the homeless problem, left unaddressed, often becomes criminalized. It's a symptom of neglect and failure on our part. "When the mentally ill whom we have thrown onto the streets haunt our public places, their presence tells us something important about the state of our union, our national character, our priorities, and our capacity to care for one another," Ward argued in his essay. "What do you think about a culture that abandons suffering people and expects them to fend for themselves on the street, then criminalizes them for expressing the symptoms of illnesses they cannot control?" Wichita, which prides itself on its family friendliness, isn't a very friendly place to the homeless and sick living on our streets. It's a blind spot in our moral vision. After more than a decade of "temporary" emergency shelters, city leaders have yet to come up with a comprehensive plan for helping these lost souls. The homeless task force appointed last year is still holding meetings. Where is the urgency? Homeless people, Berner-Harris stressed, have a right to use the library, just like other citizens. Some of them, though, are struggling with serious mental illness and addictions, and the library doesn't have the resources to help them. When they're sick, they don't belong in the library, or a jail cell. They belong in treatment. Until we provide better services and real homes for them, they'll continue to haunt our public places. To our shame. Randy Scholfield is an Eagle editorial writer. His column appears on Fridays. Reach him at 316-268-6545 or rscholfield@wichitaeagle.com. -------------------------------------------------------- **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------- From morganbrown@gmail.com Fri Aug 10 18:43:05 2007 From: morganbrown@gmail.com (Morgan W. Brown) Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:43:05 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] My Answer re: Why are libraries homeless shelters?; Wichita Eagle; Opinion; 8/10/2007 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In the column of his today, 'Wichita Eagle' editorial writer & columnist By Randy Scholfield asks the question: "Why are libraries homeless shelters?" My answer to such a question is: Libraries are not homeless shelters, they are libraries, plain and simple. Libraries do not provide nighttime sleeping quarters and other needed services for people living homeless (e.g., showers, a washer and dryer for the washing of one's clothes and a meal, etc.), yet many homeless shelters do, however many of these limit when a person may be there from a given time at night -- if a bed or in some cases a floor space is available -- and then requiring one to be out at a certain time in the morning irregardless of one's health condition or how the weather may be outside or if the person has any where else to go to seek shelter. That said however, libraries are a shelter of a sort for reading, study and learning, which offer a variety of educational type of resources as well as a place for any and all members of the general public to simply be, regardless of who they are or what their financial or housing status might be, this includes those of us who might be living houseless (i.e., often referred to as being "homeless"). Morgan morganbrown@gmail.com Morgan W. Brown Montpelier, Vermont, USA Norsehorse's Home Turf: http://norsehorseshometurf.blogspot.com -------Forwarded fyi------- -------------------------------------------------------- Friday, August 10, 2007 Wichita Eagle [Wichita, Kansas] Opinion Columnists By Randy Scholfield, Eagle editorial writer & columnist Why are libraries homeless shelters? http://www.kansas.com/203/story/144399.html --snip, snip, snip-- From wtinker@verizon.net Sat Aug 11 11:52:26 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 07:52:26 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Housebreak trio stung Message-ID: <011301c7dc0e$16d047f0$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0110_01C7DBEC.8F1EE580 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Housebreak trio stung By Tony Dobrowolski, Berkshire Eagle Staff 08/11/2007 Saturday, August 11 PITTSFIELD - Police have arrested three city residents whom they suspect = were involved in as many as 20 housebreaks that occurred throughout the = city this summer.=20 The prime suspect, a 32-year-old homeless man named Anthony J. Magri, = was arraigned in Central Berkshire District Court yesterday on 17 = charges filed in connection with six incidents that occurred between = July 19 and Aug. 9.=20 The two other suspects, Stephanie E. King, 18, and Brian Signor, 18, = both of Danforth Avenue, were arraigned on three charges each.=20 The trio may face additional charges, because police believe they may be = involved in break-ins that occurred as far back as June 15.=20 "We're pretty confident that they are involved in a lot of them," Capt. = John T. O'Neil said yesterday.=20 Police arrested Magri, King and Signor on Thursday afternoon after = officers observed Magri going through the glove box of a 1984 Cadillac = Seville that was parked at Brooks Pharmacy on North Street, Assistant = District Attorney James Petersen said yesterday. Signor and King told = police that they were acting as lookouts, he added. Earlier in the day, = police had observed Magri as he left the pharmacy with a bag of charcoal = they later learned had been shoplifted.=20 Police recently formed a team to look into the number of break-ins and = had placed the three suspects under surveillance based on information = they had received.=20 "There was a lot of teamwork between the detectives, patrol officers and = the drug unit," Capt. Patrick F. Barry said. "We were also assisted by = the State Police Crime Scene Services unit."=20 Seven individuals were victimized, including a couple from New York = state, and four businesses - a pharmacy, gas station, game shop and = convenience store - according to documents on file in District Court. = The stolen items include credit cards, a laptop computer, a carton of = cigarettes, a PlayStation 3, a bottle of Hennessy cognac, and drugstore = items such as a digital camera and razor blades.=20 The charges against Magri include four counts of receiving stolen = property; three counts each of breaking and entering, of shoplifting and = of larceny under $250 by false pretenses; two counts of identity fraud; = one count of larceny from a building; and one count of possession of a = Class E substance (Prozac).=20 Magri was convicted of robbing a Pittsfield variety store in 1999 and = received a 3 1/2-to-5-year state prison sentence. Five months before = that, he was charged with assault to commit rape after he broke into a = woman's apartment and assaulted her with a knife.=20 King and Signor have each been charged with single counts of breaking = and entering into a vehicle or boat in the daytime with the intent to = commit a felony, and with shoplifting by concealing merchandise under = $250. King also has been charged with attempt to commit larceny under = false pretenses, while Signor has been charged with attempted breaking = and entering in the daytime with the intent to commit a felony.=20 After the three suspects were arrested, police went to the home of a = Pittsfield woman who had been letting Magri stay at her residence, = Petersen said. After the woman allowed police to search her residence, = the officers found a backpack and a white bag with handles. Both the = backpack and bag were found to contain several items that police believe = are stolen.=20 According to the police report, either Magri or all three individuals = are suspected of being connected to residential break-ins on Cherry and = Burbank streets, and to a car break-in on Eagle Street. Police also = observed one or more of the suspects taking items from A-Mart on North = Street and from Brooks Pharmacy on Aug. 7.=20 Magri also was charged with disorderly conduct and with resisting arrest = on July 31, after police picked him up early in the morning when he was = extremely intoxicated, Petersen said. He was found to be in possession = of a bag that contained several items stolen from a woman's car. Two of = yesterday's charges - receiving stolen property and possession of Prozac = - were filed in connection with that incident.=20 Petersen said Magri was selling the stolen items for drugs.=20 "The fact that he continues to commit these crimes indicates the = defendant cannot, or will not, stop," Petersen said. "He is a threat to = the community if he is released."=20 Attorney Anthony Gianacopoulos, who represented Magri during his = arraignment, questioned the strength of the commonwealth's evidence, = claiming that the majority was supplied by his two co-defendants.=20 "They have every reason to give self-serving statements in this case = against Mr. Magri," Gianacopoulos said. "In this case, Ms. King and Mr. = Signor beat Magri to the punch and cooperated with police."=20 Rutberg revoked Magri's right to bail on the open disorderly conduct = charge and set bail at $2,000 cash or $20,000 surety on the current = charges.=20 King and Signor were released on personal recognizance. Pretrial = hearings for all three suspects are scheduled for Sept. 7.=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0110_01C7DBEC.8F1EE580 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Housebreak trio stung

By Tony Dobrowolski, Berkshire Eagle = Staff

08/11/2007

Saturday, August 11

PITTSFIELD =97 Police have arrested = three city=20 residents whom they suspect were involved in as many as 20 housebreaks = that=20 occurred throughout the city this summer.=20

The prime suspect, a 32-year-old homeless man named Anthony J. Magri, = was=20 arraigned in Central Berkshire District Court yesterday on 17 charges = filed in=20 connection with six incidents that occurred between July 19 and Aug. 9.=20

The two other suspects, Stephanie E. King, 18, and Brian Signor, 18, = both of=20 Danforth Avenue, were arraigned on three charges each.=20

The trio may face additional charges, because police believe they may = be=20 involved in break-ins that occurred as far back as June 15.=20

"We're pretty confident that they are involved in a lot of them," = Capt. John=20 T. O'Neil said yesterday.=20

Police arrested Magri, King and Signor on Thursday afternoon after = officers=20 observed Magri going through the glove box of a 1984 Cadillac Seville = that was=20 parked at Brooks Pharmacy on North Street, Assistant District Attorney = James=20 Petersen said yesterday. Signor and King told police that they were = acting as=20 lookouts, he added. Earlier in the day, police had observed Magri as he = left the=20 pharmacy with a bag of charcoal they later learned had been shoplifted. =

Police recently formed a team to look into the number of break-ins = and had=20 placed the three suspects under surveillance based on information they = had=20 received.=20

"There was a lot of teamwork between the detectives, patrol officers = and the=20 drug unit," Capt. Patrick F. Barry said. "We were also assisted by the = State=20 Police Crime Scene Services unit."=20

Seven individuals were victimized, including a couple from New York = state,=20 and four businesses =97 a pharmacy, gas station, game shop and = convenience store =97=20 according to documents on file in District Court. The stolen items = include=20 credit cards, a laptop computer, a carton of cigarettes, a PlayStation = 3, a=20 bottle of Hennessy cognac, and drugstore items such as a digital camera = and=20 razor blades.=20

The charges against Magri include four counts of receiving stolen = property;=20 three counts each of breaking and entering, of shoplifting and of = larceny under=20 $250 by false pretenses; two counts of identity fraud; one count of = larceny from=20 a building; and one count of possession of a Class E substance (Prozac). =

Magri was convicted of robbing a Pittsfield variety store in 1999 and = received a 3 1/2-to-5-year state prison sentence. Five months before = that, he=20 was charged with assault to commit rape after he broke into a woman's = apartment=20 and assaulted her with a knife.=20

King and Signor have each been charged with single counts of breaking = and=20 entering into a vehicle or boat in the daytime with the intent to commit = a=20 felony, and with shoplifting by concealing merchandise under $250. King = also has=20 been charged with attempt to commit larceny under false pretenses, while = Signor=20 has been charged with attempted breaking and entering in the daytime = with the=20 intent to commit a felony.=20

After the three suspects were arrested, police went to the home of a=20 Pittsfield woman who had been letting Magri stay at her residence, = Petersen=20 said. After the woman allowed police to search her residence, the = officers found=20 a backpack and a white bag with handles. Both the backpack and bag were = found to=20 contain several items that police believe are stolen.=20

According to the police report, either Magri or all three individuals = are=20 suspected of being connected to residential break-ins on Cherry and = Burbank=20 streets, and to a car break-in on Eagle Street. Police also observed one = or more=20 of the suspects taking items from A-Mart on North Street and from Brooks = Pharmacy on Aug. 7.=20

Magri also was charged with disorderly conduct and with resisting = arrest on=20 July 31, after police picked him up early in the morning when he was = extremely=20 intoxicated, Petersen said. He was found to be in possession of a bag = that=20 contained several items stolen from a woman's car. Two of yesterday's = charges =97=20 receiving stolen property and possession of Prozac =97 were filed in = connection=20 with that incident.=20

Petersen said Magri was selling the stolen items for drugs.=20

"The fact that he continues to commit these crimes indicates the = defendant=20 cannot, or will not, stop," Petersen said. "He is a threat to the = community if=20 he is released."=20

Attorney Anthony Gianacopoulos, who represented Magri during his = arraignment,=20 questioned the strength of the commonwealth's evidence, claiming that = the=20 majority was supplied by his two co-defendants.=20

"They have every reason to give self-serving statements in this case = against=20 Mr. Magri," Gianacopoulos said. "In this case, Ms. King and Mr. Signor = beat=20 Magri to the punch and cooperated with police."=20

Rutberg revoked Magri's right to bail on the open disorderly conduct = charge=20 and set bail at $2,000 cash or $20,000 surety on the current charges.=20

King and Signor were released on personal recognizance. Pretrial = hearings for=20 all three suspects are scheduled for Sept. 7.=20

------=_NextPart_000_0110_01C7DBEC.8F1EE580-- From wtinker@verizon.net Sat Aug 11 18:17:53 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:17:53 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Woman dies after jumping off Mackinac Bridge Message-ID: <007801c7dc43$ef6239e0$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0075_01C7DC22.67B5B970 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Woman dies after jumping off Mackinac Bridge http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=3D/20070810/NEWS06/7081002= 1&&&imw=3DY August 10, 2007 MACKINAW CITY - Authorities say they have recovered the body of a woman = who jumped from the Mackinac Bridge on Thursday. The unidentified woman's body was located in the water about 5:30 p.m., = about two miles west of the bridge, authorities said. =20 =20 Police said despite attempts to talk the woman down, she jumped from the = bridge's south tower about 3:50 p.m., falling about 175 feet into the = Straits of Mackinac. Rescue crews tried to revive her en route to a U.S. Coast Guard station = in St. Ignace, where she was pronounced dead, police said. It is the Mackinac Bridge's second jumping fatality this year. A Sault = Ste. Marie man leaped to his death Feb. 5. His body has not been found. More than a dozen similar deaths have happened in the bridge's 50-year = history, officials told the Cheboygan Daily Tribune ------=_NextPart_000_0075_01C7DC22.67B5B970 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Woman dies after jumping off Mackinac Bridge

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artic= le?AID=3D/20070810/NEWS06/70810021&&&imw=3DY

August 10, 2007

MACKINAW CITY =97 Authorities say they have recovered the body of a = woman who=20 jumped from the Mackinac Bridge on Thursday.

The unidentified woman=92s body was located in the water about 5:30 = p.m., about=20 two miles west of the bridge, authorities said.

Police said despite = attempts to talk the=20 woman down, she jumped from the bridge=92s south tower about 3:50 p.m., = falling=20 about 175 feet into the Straits of Mackinac.

Rescue crews tried = to revive=20 her en route to a U.S. Coast Guard station in St. Ignace, where she was=20 pronounced dead, police said.

It is the Mackinac Bridge=92s = second jumping=20 fatality this year. A Sault Ste. Marie man leaped to his death Feb. 5. = His body=20 has not been found.

More than a dozen similar deaths have = happened in the=20 bridge=92s 50-year history, officials told the Cheboygan Daily=20 Tribune

------=_NextPart_000_0075_01C7DC22.67B5B970-- From wtinker@verizon.net Mon Aug 13 05:42:42 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:42:42 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Squatters face eviction in the wake of fire Message-ID: <001801c7dd6c$c55d48e0$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> Squatters face eviction in the wake of fire http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20070813.C01&irec=0 The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Jakarta administration will no longer tolerate squatters living next to public facilities in the wake of last week's fire that gutted a slum built under an elevated expressway in North Jakarta. Governor Sutiyoso said Friday that the fire victims would have to move from the area in Jembatan Tiga subdistrict. "They have no choice ... otherwise they will face forcible eviction," he told reporters at City Hall. The fire on Tuesday left some 500 squatters homeless. Currently they are sheltering in tents in the area, and are hoping to rebuild their shanties. "The city administration has a program to relocate squatters living on riverbanks, along railway tracks, and under elevated expressways," Sutiyoso said. The administration, he said, would relocate the squatters to low-cost apartments, including a complex in Marunda. The administration is currently building low-cost apartments in Marunda subdistrict, North Jakarta. Some 3,760 apartments will eventually be built for slum dwellers. According to Jakarta Secretary Ritola Tasmaya, the Jembatan Tiga squatters account for 10 percent of all the squatters living under elevated expressways in Jakarta. The slum has been burned to the ground five times in the past two years, with the latest fire also gutting the Jembatan Tiga tollgate heading to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. The closure of the tollgate has forced the toll road operator to reroute traffic along the Tanjung Priok harbor turnpike, resulting in bumper-to-bumper traffic. The governor blamed the Public Works Ministry, formerly the Settlement and Regional Infrastructure Ministry, for permitting squatters to set up shanties under the city's expressways. "This is what happens when an institution gives out building permits to squatters under the turnpikes. Who wants to take the responsibility for what has happened now?" asked an angry Sutiyoso. The Cawang-Pluit turnpike operator, PT Citra Marga Nusaphala Persada (CMNP) and state-owned turnpike developer PT Jasa Marga, he said, were also responsible for mismanaging the land under the Jembatan Tiga expressway and letting the squatters move in. "The Public Works Ministry owns the land, while Jasa Marga and the turnpike operator manage the land," said Sutiyoso. "If only the city administration was allowed to manage the land, the area would not be used for prostitution and other businesses, including a pool hall," he said. The administration, he said, would have transformed the land into parks, badminton courts and soccer fields. According to Sutiyoso, the North Jakarta municipality, CMNP, Jasa Marga and the Public Works Ministry have examined the incident and will soon take legal action. North Jakarta Mayor Effendi Anas said a meeting between the municipality, CMNP, Jasa Marga and the ministry had concluded that all the squatters living under or alongside the Tanjung Priok expressway would have to be evicted. "We will discuss all the technicalities, including where the squatters will go, after a meeting next Tuesday," he said. In addition, he said that a special team was studying the current condition of the expressway supports. "The supports have been severely damaged by the fire. They're able to support only one car at a time. They could collapse if a container truck were to drive along the expressway," said Effendi. From wtinker@verizon.net Mon Aug 13 23:44:41 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:44:41 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Homeless Turn To Public Libraries Message-ID: <003201c7de03$ebd7b900$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002F_01C7DDE2.63FDE700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Homeless Turn To Public Libraries a.. United States=20 b.. Housing=20 Posted by: Michael Dudley 13 August 2007=20 http://www.planetizen.com/node/26286 A lack of attention to the problem of homelessness is turning our public = libraries into homeless shelters. "[America has a] dirty little secret: our libraries have become de facto = daytime shelters for the homeless -- and librarians have become de facto = social workers. All because of our nation's ongoing failure to address = the problems facing the homeless. On any given day, you'll find a group of homeless regulars at the = Central Library, ensconced at tables or slouched in chairs. Most of the = time, they cause no problems. Sometimes, though, they ruffle the serene = surface of public life. By talking loudly. Bothering other patrons. = Smelling bad. Their presence typically arouses annoyance...or revulsion. What we should feel is shame. Social agencies and shelters are often overwhelmed, underfunded and = unavailable during the day. After more than a decade of "temporary" = emergency shelters, city leaders have yet to come up with a = comprehensive plan for helping these lost souls." Source: Wichita Eagle, Aug 10, 2007 Full Story: Why are libraries homeless shelters? ------=_NextPart_000_002F_01C7DDE2.63FDE700 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Homeless Turn To Public Libraries

United States=20
Housing =

Posted by: Michael = Dudley

13 August 2007

http://www.planetizen.com/n= ode/26286

A lack of attention to the problem of homelessness is turning our = public=20 libraries into homeless shelters.

"[America has a] dirty little secret: our libraries have become de = facto=20 daytime shelters for the homeless -- and librarians have become de facto = social=20 workers. All because of our nation's ongoing failure to address the = problems=20 facing the homeless.

On any given day, you'll find a group of homeless regulars at the = Central=20 Library, ensconced at tables or slouched in chairs. Most of the time, = they cause=20 no problems. Sometimes, though, they ruffle the serene surface of public = life.=20 By talking loudly. Bothering other patrons. Smelling bad. Their presence = typically arouses annoyance...or revulsion.

What we should feel is shame.

Social agencies and shelters are often overwhelmed, underfunded and=20 unavailable during the day. After more than a decade of "temporary" = emergency=20 shelters, city leaders have yet to come up with a comprehensive plan for = helping=20 these lost souls."

Source: Wichita Eagle, Aug 10, 2007

Full Story: Why=20 are libraries homeless=20 shelters?

------=_NextPart_000_002F_01C7DDE2.63FDE700-- From wtinker@verizon.net Tue Aug 14 10:27:08 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 06:27:08 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Help in the fight on poverty , war, and other topics , post your articles on www.blackisblack.org Message-ID: <001301c7de5d$abe0cdf0$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> HELLO WOTE If you wish to post to these groups you must be a member. William Charles Tinker New Hampshire Homeless Founded 11-28-99 25 Granite Street Northfield,N.H. 03276-1640 USA Advocates,activists for disabled,displaced human rights. 1-603-286-2492 http://www.missingkids.com http://www.nationalhomeless.org http://www.newhampshirehomeless.org newhampshirehomeless-subscribe@topica.com ----- Original Message ----- From: WOTE Help in the fight on poverty , war, and other topics , post your articles on www.blackisblack.org From wtinker@verizon.net Tue Aug 14 10:30:39 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 06:30:39 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Records: Landlord failed to have house inspected Message-ID: <003101c7de5e$292681b0$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002E_01C7DE3C.A16DF350 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Records: Landlord failed to have house inspected Adam Wright | The Chronicle-Telegram http://www.chroniclet.com/2007/08/13/records-landlord-failed-to-have-hous= e-inspected/ Fire left rental uninhabitable=20 LORAIN - Another landlord could be in hot water for not scheduling a = rental inspection on a property that caught fire because of an = electrical problem Sunday evening. Records from the city's Building Department show that Landlord Leasing = Inc., which owns the now uninhabitable home at 1724 E. 32nd St., has = never scheduled an inspection for the property as is required by law = every three years. On Sunday, faulty wires in the attic started a fire = that spread into the second floor and caused smoke damage to much of the = home, leaving a married couple and their four children homeless, Lorain = fire Capt. Dennis Livchak said. The family had rented the home for about = seven years. One of the residents, 46-year-old Marjorie Atkinson, said she had been = complaining to the landlord for several months about electrical sockets = not working and about fuses being blown if more than two electrical = items were plugged in at the same time. The landlord promised to come = out and fix the problem, but never did, Atkinson said. Chief Building Inspector William Desvari called the company, located on = Reid Avenue in Lorain, Monday morning and demanded that it provide a = list of properties it owns so the city can see if any others have not = been inspected. A check of his records showed that the company owns at least one other = house on East 32nd Street that also has never been inspected, Desvari = said. Desvari said landlords have a responsibility to know if their properties = are dangerous. "Homeowners should be aware of what they have in their house," Desvari = said. "When they rent that home out, that money they receive isn't just = profit. That money the renter pays is also meant to assure the renter's = safety. You can't rent out a death trap." Jacky McCarty, office manager for Landlord Leasing Inc., said Monday she = was under the impression that she only needed inspections once a tenant = moved out. The company owns about 130 properties in Lorain County with = the majority in Lorain, she said. She said the company is speaking with its attorney to see what is = required regarding the inspections. The company could be fined or the owner could receive jail time if the = inspections are not done, Desvari said. The city has been cracking down on landlords who attempt to skirt = inspections ever since a house that hadn't been inspected burned down in = July, leaving a mother and her five children homeless. The house did not have smoke detectors, which are the landlord's = responsibility to install. Contact Adam Wright at 653-6257 or awright@chroniclet.com. William Charles Tinker=20 New Hampshire Homeless=20 Founded 11-28-99 25 Granite Street=20 Northfield,N.H. 03276-1640 USA=20 Advocates,activists for disabled,displaced human rights.=20 1-603-286-2492=20 http://www.missingkids.com=20 http://www.nationalhomeless.org=20 http://www.newhampshirehomeless.org=20 newhampshirehomeless-subscribe@topica.com=20 ------=_NextPart_000_002E_01C7DE3C.A16DF350 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Records: Landlord failed to have house inspected

Adam Wright | The Chronicle-Telegram

http://www.chroniclet.com/2007/08/13/records-landlo= rd-failed-to-have-house-inspected/

Fire left rental uninhabitable

LORAIN =97 Another landlord could be in hot water for not scheduling = a rental=20 inspection on a property that caught fire because of an electrical = problem=20 Sunday evening.

Records from the city=92s Building Department show that Landlord = Leasing Inc.,=20 which owns the now uninhabitable home at 1724 E. 32nd St., has never = scheduled=20 an inspection for the property as is required by law every three years. = On=20 Sunday, faulty wires in the attic started a fire that spread into the = second=20 floor and caused smoke damage to much of the home, leaving a married = couple and=20 their four children homeless, Lorain fire Capt. Dennis Livchak said. The = family=20 had rented the home for about seven years.

One of the residents, 46-year-old Marjorie Atkinson, said she had = been=20 complaining to the landlord for several months about electrical sockets = not=20 working and about fuses being blown if more than two electrical items = were=20 plugged in at the same time. The landlord promised to come out and fix = the=20 problem, but never did, Atkinson said.

Chief Building Inspector William Desvari called the company, located = on Reid=20 Avenue in Lorain, Monday morning and demanded that it provide a list of=20 properties it owns so the city can see if any others have not been=20 inspected.

A check of his records showed that the company owns at least one = other house=20 on East 32nd Street that also has never been inspected, Desvari = said.

Desvari said landlords have a responsibility to know if their = properties are=20 dangerous.

=93Homeowners should be aware of what they have in their house,=94 = Desvari said.=20 =93When they rent that home out, that money they receive isn=92t just = profit. That=20 money the renter pays is also meant to assure the renter=92s safety. You = can=92t=20 rent out a death trap.=94

Jacky McCarty, office manager for Landlord Leasing Inc., said Monday = she was=20 under the impression that she only needed inspections once a tenant = moved out.=20 The company owns about 130 properties in Lorain County with the majority = in=20 Lorain, she said.

She said the company is speaking with its attorney to see what is = required=20 regarding the inspections.

The company could be fined or the owner could receive jail time if = the=20 inspections are not done, Desvari said.

The city has been cracking down on landlords who attempt to skirt = inspections=20 ever since a house that hadn=92t been inspected burned down in July, = leaving a=20 mother and her five children homeless.

The house did not have smoke detectors, which are the landlord=92s=20 responsibility to install.

Contact Adam Wright at 653-6257 or awright@chroniclet.com.

------=_NextPart_000_002E_01C7DE3C.A16DF350-- From morganbrown@gmail.com Tue Aug 14 16:52:16 2007 From: morganbrown@gmail.com (Morgan W. Brown) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:52:16 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Homeless shelter population varies within state; Times Argus; 8/14/2007 Message-ID: -------Forwarded fyi------- -------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, August 14, 2007 Times Argus [Barre - Montpelier, Vermont] Local and Regional News section Homeless shelter population varies within state http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070814/NEWS02/708140370/1003/NEWS02 August 14, 2007 By Sarah Hinckley Rutland Herald Summer streets are historically less severe for the destitute because of the temperate weather, but this season one shelter in Rutland is seeing a different trend, and nearly three-quarters of those crowding in are veterans. The Open Door Mission on Park Street has been full more nights than not this summer to the extent that Executive Director Sharon Russell has gotten creative to make additional space available. "Never in the 19 years that I've been here have I ever seen it this full in the summer," Russell said. "We've put up extra beds. Today, it was overwhelming in the soup kitchen. We had to dip into tonight's meal to get through lunch," Russell said. The situation in Barre is not quite so grim, however. Paul Mascitti, who runs the Good Samaritan Haven, said he has not seen an increase in the number of homeless arriving at the shelter. Mascitti said he hoped that any increases in shelter residents being experienced elsewhere in Vermont were not a sign of a "wave" and that more might be showing up at the door in Barre. "Historically when we have a wet summer, the population is higher. This year we haven't experienced that," said Mascitti. Although it has been wet for much of the summer, he added, "I'm watching those numbers, and it hasn't proven true this year." Russell said her mission is not in line with state numbers for people staying in shelters in Rutland County. In 2007, there were 400 fewer people recorded staying in shelters in Rutland County than were recorded in 2006. State totals recorded a similar disparity with fewer recorded homeless people in 2007, according to Angus Chaney, the community services development specialist for the State Office of Economic Opportunity. These numbers don't speak to the number of homeless people in a county," Chaney said while tallying the recently received 2007 numbers. "It's just the number of people housed in shelters we fund." Even the number of bed nights was down, from 20,870 in 2006 to 17,849 in 2007. A bed night is calculated by the number of full beds a night. There are 40 beds on Park Street, without the extra closet space, and if all were full for one week that would account for 280 bed nights. Mascitti said the Barre shelter has seen about nine residents weekly � not the same nine; different people move in and out of the Good Samaritan, which has 20 beds. He said many more of the homeless arriving at the shelter are working poor, not unemployed. Increasingly, the Haven's residents simply cannot afford housing on top of other expenses, despite having a paycheck. "This is what we're seeing. It's women, it's veterans, it's people that are hurting," Russell said. "You got to take care of your poor. You've got to take care of your veterans." There were 28 veterans out of the 40-plus boarders at the end of last week. That number has been relatively stead-fast throughout most of the year, Russell said. She and her sister, who also works at the shelter, see veterans from the Vietnam and Korean wars and Desert Storm, but the number of Iraq war veterans seems to be increasing every day. "These are human beings who have given up their lives for us," Russell said. "When the VA is not helping them we keep them. What are we going to do put them on the street?" The limited stay at the mission is 14 days. A number of the veterans are suffering post traumatic stress disorder and other mental health afflictions. A psychologist from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs was visiting the shelter to work with boarding veterans, but that has ceased, according to Russell. "We could use some help here," she said. "We were brought up saying divide the loaves and fishes. I've never divided the mattresses and box springs." "This is the worse that I've seen," Russell said. "My concern is what's going to happen when the cold weather hits." For more information about how you can help, call the Open Door Mission at 775-5661 and the Good Samaritan Haven at 479-2294 Sue Allen, Times Argus editor, contributed to this article. -------------------------------------------------------- **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------- From morganbrown@gmail.com Tue Aug 14 16:52:16 2007 From: morganbrown@gmail.com (Morgan W. Brown) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:52:16 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Homeless shelter population varies within state; Times Argus; 8/14/2007 Message-ID: -------Forwarded fyi------- -------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, August 14, 2007 Times Argus [Barre - Montpelier, Vermont] Local and Regional News section Homeless shelter population varies within state http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070814/NEWS02/708140370/1003/NEWS02 August 14, 2007 By Sarah Hinckley Rutland Herald Summer streets are historically less severe for the destitute because of the temperate weather, but this season one shelter in Rutland is seeing a different trend, and nearly three-quarters of those crowding in are veterans. The Open Door Mission on Park Street has been full more nights than not this summer to the extent that Executive Director Sharon Russell has gotten creative to make additional space available. "Never in the 19 years that I've been here have I ever seen it this full in the summer," Russell said. "We've put up extra beds. Today, it was overwhelming in the soup kitchen. We had to dip into tonight's meal to get through lunch," Russell said. The situation in Barre is not quite so grim, however. Paul Mascitti, who runs the Good Samaritan Haven, said he has not seen an increase in the number of homeless arriving at the shelter. Mascitti said he hoped that any increases in shelter residents being experienced elsewhere in Vermont were not a sign of a "wave" and that more might be showing up at the door in Barre. "Historically when we have a wet summer, the population is higher. This year we haven't experienced that," said Mascitti. Although it has been wet for much of the summer, he added, "I'm watching those numbers, and it hasn't proven true this year." Russell said her mission is not in line with state numbers for people staying in shelters in Rutland County. In 2007, there were 400 fewer people recorded staying in shelters in Rutland County than were recorded in 2006. State totals recorded a similar disparity with fewer recorded homeless people in 2007, according to Angus Chaney, the community services development specialist for the State Office of Economic Opportunity. These numbers don't speak to the number of homeless people in a county," Chaney said while tallying the recently received 2007 numbers. "It's just the number of people housed in shelters we fund." Even the number of bed nights was down, from 20,870 in 2006 to 17,849 in 2007. A bed night is calculated by the number of full beds a night. There are 40 beds on Park Street, without the extra closet space, and if all were full for one week that would account for 280 bed nights. Mascitti said the Barre shelter has seen about nine residents weekly � not the same nine; different people move in and out of the Good Samaritan, which has 20 beds. He said many more of the homeless arriving at the shelter are working poor, not unemployed. Increasingly, the Haven's residents simply cannot afford housing on top of other expenses, despite having a paycheck. "This is what we're seeing. It's women, it's veterans, it's people that are hurting," Russell said. "You got to take care of your poor. You've got to take care of your veterans." There were 28 veterans out of the 40-plus boarders at the end of last week. That number has been relatively stead-fast throughout most of the year, Russell said. She and her sister, who also works at the shelter, see veterans from the Vietnam and Korean wars and Desert Storm, but the number of Iraq war veterans seems to be increasing every day. "These are human beings who have given up their lives for us," Russell said. "When the VA is not helping them we keep them. What are we going to do put them on the street?" The limited stay at the mission is 14 days. A number of the veterans are suffering post traumatic stress disorder and other mental health afflictions. A psychologist from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs was visiting the shelter to work with boarding veterans, but that has ceased, according to Russell. "We could use some help here," she said. "We were brought up saying divide the loaves and fishes. I've never divided the mattresses and box springs." "This is the worse that I've seen," Russell said. "My concern is what's going to happen when the cold weather hits." For more information about how you can help, call the Open Door Mission at 775-5661 and the Good Samaritan Haven at 479-2294 Sue Allen, Times Argus editor, contributed to this article. -------------------------------------------------------- **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------- From morganbrown@gmail.com Tue Aug 14 19:59:06 2007 From: morganbrown@gmail.com (Morgan W. Brown) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:59:06 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Comment posted online re: Good Samaritan Haven In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Just found the following comment posted last year anonymously concerning the Good Samaritan Haven in Barre, for what it might be worth, fyi: -------Forwarded fyi------- -------------------------------------------------------- Good Samaritan Haven Review via Yahoo Local: http://local.yahoo.com/details?id=10481464&stx=Weddings&csz=Northfield+VT&lsrc=details&ed=61LcCa131Dzk0u0RUMqrvBtc80.DjtXtxInA_cI1_ifT if i was homeless i would not go back February 06, 2006 i stayed at the haven and my expierence there was horrible i was treated with no respect i was told to get up every morning at 6am and walk the streets all day i was a women all alone in a strange place and i had to pah handle to survive and they only gave us oone meal a day and there was a gentlemen there by the name of Frank and he treated all residents like they were beneath him and he was very disrespectful and he made me cry alot of times and i believe that place needs some major changes -------------------------------------------------------- -------End of forward------- From wtinker@verizon.net Tue Aug 14 23:22:38 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:22:38 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Judge says homeless witnesses must stay in jail Message-ID: <004001c7deca$01a159a0$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003D_01C7DEA8.79EDAD40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2007/08/judge_says_homeless_witne= sses.html Judge says homeless witnesses must stay in jail Posted by The Associated Press August 14, 2007 Categories: Breaking News MEDFORD -- Three homeless people who saw a fatal fight at an encampment = must remain in jail until the case is tried, a judge has ruled.=20 The three have been held for 10 weeks as material witnesses, getting = $7.50 a day in compensation. A trial is scheduled to begin Sept. 25.=20 "We are talking about innocent people being held in jail," said = Christine Herbert, a public defender representing Carl Bogenschneider, = 51.=20 He, his wife Lynn Ann, 46 and Timothy Williams, 39, argued that they = should be allowed to record their testimony and go free.=20 Jackson County Circuit Judge Ron Grensky said they should remain in = jail, as he ordered in June.=20 "When they weren't incarcerated, they weren't easy to find," the judge = said.=20 Grensky said they are the only people who can testify about what = happened at a late-night fight between Brian Garrett, 40, and James = Revier, 42.=20 Revier was found dead June 3. Garrett faces a manslaughter charge.=20 Jackson County Deputy District Attorney David Hoppe said he needed live = testimony to make the case against Garrett.=20 When Grensky handed down his ruling Monday, Lynn Bogenschneider began = sobbing. The couple has been separated in jail. 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Judge says homeless witnesses must stay in jail

Posted by The Associated Press August 14, 2007

Categories: Breaking News

MEDFORD -- Three homeless people who saw a fatal fight at an = encampment must=20 remain in jail until the case is tried, a judge has ruled.

The three have been held for 10 weeks as material witnesses, getting = $7.50 a=20 day in compensation. A trial is scheduled to begin Sept. 25.

"We are talking about innocent people being held in jail," said = Christine=20 Herbert, a public defender representing Carl Bogenschneider, 51.

He, his wife Lynn Ann, 46 and Timothy Williams, 39, argued that they = should=20 be allowed to record their testimony and go free.

Jackson County Circuit Judge Ron Grensky said they should remain in = jail, as=20 he ordered in June.

"When they weren't incarcerated, they weren't easy to find," the = judge said.=20

Grensky said they are the only people who can testify about what = happened at=20 a late-night fight between Brian Garrett, 40, and James Revier, 42.

Revier was found dead June 3. Garrett faces a manslaughter charge. =

Jackson County Deputy District Attorney David Hoppe said he needed = live=20 testimony to make the case against Garrett.

When Grensky handed down his ruling Monday, Lynn Bogenschneider began = sobbing. The couple has been separated in jail. She had mouthed "I love = you" to=20 her husband in the courtroom.

------=_NextPart_000_003D_01C7DEA8.79EDAD40-- From wtinker@verizon.net Thu Aug 16 01:16:43 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:16:43 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Re: Common Decency Message-ID: <003901c7dfa3$1c74d2f0$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Holdgate" Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 9:03 PM Subject: Re: Common Decency > Well, Bill, and Tony too, and the others on your CC-list, > I have to respectfully disagree with your point of view > expressed in your essay below. > > Immigration is not my key focus/issue (I have other social-political > motivations revealed below), so I am not an immigration expert. > > But here are my two cents. > > 1) US immigration policy is wrong headed because we screen in > and accept immigrants who are the smart, educated (often US-educated), > ambitious, and relatively wealthy....THEREBY DEPRIVING THE > VERY COUNTRY THEY ARE LEAVING OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR COUNTRY. > So, if you "take" their best/brightest, those third world countries > have a harder time getting stable, just, economically viable, > infrastructures. I would even assert Big Business in the US > wants those bright people here with us to (a) pay them less > than the going US salary rates, and (b) to ensure their business > does not have to COMPETE with "smart" ambitious people overseas. > It is a double-win for Big Business, but hurts both the country > left behind, and us working-stiffs in the USA. > > 2) I will continue to oppose these "illegal immigrants" because the > vast, vast, majority come to the USA and decline to embrace the > USA cultural values. Instead, they turn their communities into > macrocosms of whence they left. Surely you have seen the first > and second generation Hispanics at that public high school in > California that put the Mexican flag on their flag pole above > the US flag, and turned the US flag upside down. This is not > the way to treat the "host" country that tolerates your > illegal infiltration of this country. So until I see the > "illegal" immigrants defending American values, and embracing > the American ethics, I have to conclude they are not sufficiently > appreciative of what has been built here in the USA. In a > sense, instead of earnestly, intelligently debating the pros > and cons of border walls, the pro-illegal-immigration folks > too often rant-and-rave and protest....not unlike the second > half of Tony Hearn's essay below. > > 3) I assert that America sends out more foreign aid that any > country in the world. I assert American business provides more > jobs to people in foreign countries that any country in the > world. I assert American sends more Christian missionaries > to the third world than any other country in the world. I > assert that America has higher quotas for LEGAL immigration > than (almost) any country in the world (France and Britain > are probably ahead of us). I also assert America has gone to > war to stop genocide/invasions/maltreatment of the citizenry more > than any country in the world. THEREFORE, why should America > endure illegal immigrants, who will only infiltrate at higher > and higher rates should we lower our defenses and/or grant > amnesty and then give exceptionally good welfare programs (or > at least far better than most other countries). > > 4) The logic of coupling illegal immigration and homelessness > is wrong and flawed. After all, by the logic you are using > to allow unfettered immigration into the USA, those of us > who own homes should be forced to allow unfettered access > to our homes for those who are homeless. See the analogy? > Worse, what if we homeowners had to allow homeless people > into our homes who (a) compete with us for our jobs too > (by working for lower salaries) and (b) oppose the > family values we use in our own homes to raise our children? > > So you got 4 cents, not 2 cents... > > At bottom, I embrace building up the border walls, prosecuting > the illegal immigrants and swiftly returning them whence they > came. I think it is the role of the ministries of the churches > to meet the needs of those people who are motivated to flee > their countries, and not US government sanctioned programs. > > My key social-political focus, alluded to above, is abortion. > By the way, there is an interesting analogy between abortion > and immigration. In a sense, so-called "unwanted" babies > are viewed as illegal immigrants coming into a "family" so > they are too often killed / aborted. I will spare you further > expansion of this analogy, but it does help my point of view. > > So, that's the view from here. I will read any replies, but I > do not want to engage in further debate on the matter. > > Thanks, best regards, and God bless, > > EdHoldgate@yahoo.com > > > > > --- "William C. Tinker" wrote: > >> >> William Charles Tinker >> New Hampshire Homeless >> Founded 11-28-99 >> 25 Granite Street >> Northfield,N.H. 03276-1640 USA >> Advocates,activists for disabled,displaced human rights. >> 1-603-286-2492 >> http://www.missingkids.com >> http://www.nationalhomeless.org >> http://www.newhampshirehomeless.org >> newhampshirehomeless-subscribe@topica.com >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Tony Hearn >> Wednesday, August 15, 2007 11:05 AM >> Common Decency >> >> Demonizing Immigrants >> >> >> It is becoming popular in the United States to regard immigrants to our >> nation as enemy aliens! >> >> Surely, some persons who have come to the United States recently without >> proper documentation have committed serious crimes. These persons should >> be apprehended and dealt with appropriately by the U.S. criminal justice >> system. >> >> However, recently, the American mass media - the so-called news channels >> on cable TV - have begun to demonize those who are caught up in the >> morass of immigration policies. The overwhelming majority of those who >> have come to the United States - across the international border between >> the U.S. and countries to the south of the Rio Grande - are simply >> seeking the chance to support themselves and their families. These >> persons are innocent refugees from economic hard times. They are simply >> human beings - simply trying to survive. >> >> These persons - the vast majority without possessions other than what >> they are wearing on their backs - are now being humiliated by being >> called "illegal" immigrants. >> >> Shame on anyone calling anyone "an illegal immigrant" anywhere! Anyone >> born anywhere on planet Earth is a legitimate member of the Family of >> Man! What's criminal - what's illegal - are laws discriminating against >> persons who are legitimately seeking to survive. That's what's totally >> unjust and inhumane! Any nation with arbitrary laws barring the >> migration of human beings seeking to survive is a rogue nation! Anyone >> supporting immigration policies of such a rogue nation is, quite simply, >> a terrorist! >> >> It is a crime against humanity to molest or in any other way to make >> life more difficult for anyone in distress migrating anywhere! It is >> also a crime against humanity and the God of Heaven and Earth for anyone >> to fail to share sustenance and shelter with anyone in distress. >> >> Get with it, America! Stop the nonsense! We are becoming the pariah of >> this planet and the entire cosmos! We are becoming aliens of common >> decency! >> >> >> TONY HEARN >> www.tonysjournal.com >> www.saritasociety.org >> San Antonio, Texas > From wtinker@verizon.net Thu Aug 16 10:27:37 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:27:37 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] A HOMELESS DRUMMER WITH TALENT Message-ID: <00bb01c7dff0$11a04650$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00B8_01C7DFCE.89BCD760 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D_QIpic5HuXo&eurl=3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fdigg%2Ec= om%2Fvideos%2Fpeople%2FA%5FHOMELESS%5FBUM%5FWITH%5FSKILLS William Charles Tinker=20 New Hampshire Homeless=20 Founded 11-28-99 25 Granite Street=20 Northfield,N.H. 03276-1640 USA=20 Advocates,activists for disabled,displaced human rights.=20 1-603-286-2492=20 http://www.missingkids.com=20 http://www.nationalhomeless.org=20 http://www.newhampshirehomeless.org=20 newhampshirehomeless-subscribe@topica.com=20 ------=_NextPart_000_00B8_01C7DFCE.89BCD760 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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------=_NextPart_000_00B8_01C7DFCE.89BCD760-- From wtinker@verizon.net Thu Aug 16 17:27:04 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:27:04 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Count of 24 homeless was based on just 12-block area Message-ID: <006101c7e02a$aa8f6140$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_005E_01C7E009.22CFA6F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Count of 24 homeless was based on just 12-block area=20 HOUSING=20 City says real number is much bigger=20 http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/512497,CST-NWS-homeless16.article August 16, 2007 BY FRAN SPIELMAN=20 City Hall Reporter fspielman@suntimes.com=20 A city census that turned up only 24 homeless people living on downtown = streets was confined to a 12-block area, a top mayoral aide said = Wednesday, acknowledging that the real number is far higher.=20 Acting Housing Commissioner Ellen Sahli said a separate count conducted = between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m. on a cold night in January -- in a much = broader swath that includes all four community areas that take in parts = of downtown -- turned up 995 homeless people.=20 Advocates ripped count Of that number, 352 people were living on the street and in public = places. The remaining 643 people were staying in shelters.=20 The fifteen-week "foot poll" that started in May and turned up just 24 = people living on downtown streets was confined to a 12-block area = stretching from Columbus Drive to State Street and Wacker Drive to = Randolph Street, the acting commissioner said.=20 That smaller count has been ridiculed by the Chicago Coalition for the = Homeless as a lowball attempt to sweep the problem under the rug to = bolster Mayor Daley's Olympic dream.=20 'That's just silly' Sahli said nothing could be further from the truth.=20 "The headline [in the Chicago Sun-Times] left the impression that we = believe there's only 24 homeless people in all of downtown. That's not = what we believe. That's not our contention. That's just silly," Sahli = said.=20 "That 24 was a very targeted area, a small part of the city, = specifically with an effort to understand how we could help that group = of people."=20 An 18-month-old city program, the Street-to-Home Initiative, calls for = building relationships with people living in public places. The same = outreach workers show up every day, engage homeless people in = conversation and offer them food or something to drink on a hot day -- = whatever it takes to make a human connection and get that person to say, = "yes" to housing.=20 The January count was not about building bridges. It was about getting a = handle on Chicago's homeless population by using a network of volunteers = to comb the streets, parks, CTA trains and other public places where = homeless people are known to congregate. A companion count was conducted = of people staying in shelters on the same night.=20 The January count showed that citywide homelessness has been reduced by = 12 percent -- from 6,715 in January, 2005, to 5,922 at the same time = this year.=20 ------=_NextPart_000_005E_01C7E009.22CFA6F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Count of 24 homeless was based on just = 12-block area=20

HOUSING

City says real number is much bigger

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/512497,CST-NWS-homeless16.article=

August 16, 2007

BY FRAN = SPIELMAN=20

City Hall Reporter fspielman@suntimes.com

A city = census=20 that turned up only 24 homeless people living on downtown streets was = confined=20 to a 12-block area, a top mayoral aide said Wednesday, acknowledging = that the=20 real number is far higher.=20

Acting Housing Commissioner Ellen Sahli said a separate count = conducted=20 between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m. on a cold night in January -- in a much = broader swath=20 that includes all four community areas that take in parts of downtown -- = turned=20 up 995 homeless people.=20

Advocates ripped count

Of that number, = 352 people=20 were living on the street and in public places. The remaining 643 people = were=20 staying in shelters.=20

The fifteen-week "foot poll" that started in May and turned up just = 24 people=20 living on downtown streets was confined to a 12-block area stretching = from=20 Columbus Drive to State Street and Wacker Drive to Randolph Street, the = acting=20 commissioner said.=20

That smaller count has been ridiculed by the Chicago Coalition for = the=20 Homeless as a lowball attempt to sweep the problem under the rug to = bolster=20 Mayor Daley's Olympic dream.=20

'That's just silly'

Sahli said nothing = could be=20 further from the truth.=20

"The headline [in the Chicago Sun-Times] left the impression that we = believe=20 there's only 24 homeless people in all of downtown. That's not what we = believe.=20 That's not our contention. That's just silly," Sahli said.=20

"That 24 was a very targeted area, a small part of the city, = specifically=20 with an effort to understand how we could help that group of people."=20

An 18-month-old city program, the Street-to-Home Initiative, calls = for=20 building relationships with people living in public places. The same = outreach=20 workers show up every day, engage homeless people in conversation and = offer them=20 food or something to drink on a hot day -- whatever it takes to make a = human=20 connection and get that person to say, "yes" to housing.=20

The January count was not about building bridges. It was about = getting a=20 handle on Chicago's homeless population by using a network of volunteers = to comb=20 the streets, parks, CTA trains and other public places where homeless = people are=20 known to congregate. A companion count was conducted of people staying = in=20 shelters on the same night.=20

The January count showed that citywide homelessness has been reduced = by 12=20 percent -- from 6,715 in January, 2005, to 5,922 at the same time this = year.=20

------=_NextPart_000_005E_01C7E009.22CFA6F0-- From wtinker@verizon.net Fri Aug 17 14:24:52 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:24:52 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] URBAN PLUNGE Message-ID: <001e01c7e0da$64431a00$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C7E0B8.D900A190 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable National Coalition for the Homeless 2201 P Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1033 Phone: (202) 462-4822 l Fax: (202) 462-4823 Email: info@nationalhomeless.org l Web: www.nationalhomeless.org=20 August 15, 2007 Open Invitation to Presidential Candidates: Be Homeless! Congratulations on your candidacy for public office. Between now and the = 2008 elections, your run for national office will have you traveling = thousands of miles at the mercy of the weather, eating all kinds of = bizarre foods, kissing uncounted babies, shaking innumerable hands, and = sleeping away from home in unfamiliar surroundings for weeks on-end. = Much of this activity is essentially meaningless, but is deemed = necessary if you are to succeed in your quest. Both you and I know that. = So I want you to consider a campaign activity that is, in fact, full of = meaning and significance. Minus the kissing babies and shaking hands, = you might even say it's not a lot different from what you are already = doing. Let me explain. A couple of months ago, the mayoral candidates in Nashville, Tennessee, = made history. After participating in a Homelessness and Housing Mayoral = Candidate Forum, organized by the Nashville Homeless Power Project, all = six agreed to "take the plunge." In this case, that means The Urban = Plunge, a program devised by the National Coalition for the Homeless = more than 20 years ago, to give economically privileged people the = chance to dress down, do without showers or baths for a few days, empty = their wallets, and try their hand living on the streets overnight. = Although many thousands of people from nearly all walks of life have = participated in Urban Plunges since the 1980s, politicians running for = office had not been among them. Until Nashville. In Nashville, the purpose was to provide all the candidates with a = firsthand experience of homelessness, so they could more-fully = understand the impact of public policy decisions on those who live in = the streets. They all committed to spending ten hours on the streets of = Nashville. That's not the 48 hours the Plunge normally entails. But, = it's a start. In their short stints as faceless indigents, the = candidates had a few simple goals, including . . Find a legal place to sleep outdoors . Sleep on a bench in a public place for 20 minutes or more . Enter a restaurant and ask if they could sweep the sidewalk or do some = other menial work in exchange for food . Find a place to eat breakfast . Ask for money ("panhandle") in a place where they would be = least-likely to be recognized . Find a place where they can go to the bathroom when necessary. One of our supporters has suggested that we invite-or challenge-all = candidates running for national or statewide office in 2008, to take the = same bold step as the mayoral hopefuls in Nashville. So here's your = invitation/challenge: Take this chance to show your commitment to a = population that really needs your commitment. Take the opportunity to = show your supporters-or even your opponents-that you really care about = the downtrodden and want to help. Take the time to learn what life is = like when the safety net of friends, family and community that most of = us take for granted, has holes big enough to walk through. I promise you an experience you won't soon forget. And, unlike those who = are living there already, your sojourn will be completely safe. You will = be accompanied the whole time by an experienced homeless person, serving = as your guide, whom we will provide for your stint on the streets. I can = send you the stories of hundreds of people whose lives have been = enriched and ennobled by seeing what life is like without money, food, = showers, or shelter. Yours will be too. And think of the power that will = flow from your post-Plunge press conference.=20 I sincerely hope that all the candidates we contact-and we are writing = to them all-will take us up on this offer. But why don't you be the = first? Please contact me at your earliest convenience, so I can send you = more details and information on the program, and reserve a place for you = at a Plunge location in your home state, or here in our nation's = capital. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Sincerely, Michael Stoops mstoops@nationalhomeless.org Acting Executive Director ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C7E0B8.D900A190 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

National Coalition for the Homeless

2201 P Street, NW

Washington, DC 20037-1033

Phone: (202) 462-4822 l Fax: (202) = 462-4823

Email: info@nationalhomeless.org l Web:=20 www.nationalhomeless.org

August 15, 2007

Open Invitation to Presidential Candidates: Be = Homeless!

Congratulations on your candidacy for public office. Between now and = the 2008=20 elections, your run for national office will have you traveling = thousands of=20 miles at the mercy of the weather, eating all kinds of bizarre foods, = kissing=20 uncounted babies, shaking innumerable hands, and sleeping away from home = in=20 unfamiliar surroundings for weeks on-end. Much of this activity is = essentially=20 meaningless, but is deemed necessary if you are to succeed in your = quest. Both=20 you and I know that. So I want you to consider a campaign activity that = is, in=20 fact, full of meaning and significance. Minus the kissing babies and = shaking=20 hands, you might even say it=92s not a lot different from what you are = already=20 doing. Let me explain.

A couple of months ago, the mayoral candidates in Nashville, = Tennessee, made=20 history. After participating in a Homelessness and Housing Mayoral = Candidate=20 Forum, organized by the Nashville Homeless Power Project, all six agreed = to=20 "take the plunge." In this case, that means The Urban Plunge, a = program=20 devised by the National Coalition for the Homeless more than 20 = years=20 ago, to give economically privileged people the chance to dress down, do = without=20 showers or baths for a few days, empty their wallets, and try their hand = living=20 on the streets overnight. Although many thousands of people from nearly = all=20 walks of life have participated in Urban Plunges since the 1980s, = politicians=20 running for office had not been among them. Until Nashville.

In Nashville, the purpose was to provide all the candidates with a = firsthand=20 experience of homelessness, so they could more-fully understand the = impact of=20 public policy decisions on those who live in the streets. They all = committed to=20 spending ten hours on the streets of Nashville. That=92s not the 48 = hours the=20 Plunge normally entails. But, it=92s a start. In their short stints as = faceless=20 indigents, the candidates had a few simple goals, including =85

=95 Find a legal place to sleep outdoors

=95 Sleep on a bench in a public place for 20 minutes or more

=95 Enter a restaurant and ask if they could sweep the sidewalk or do = some=20 other menial work in exchange for food

=95 Find a place to eat breakfast

=95 Ask for money ("panhandle") in a place where they would be = least-likely to=20 be recognized

=95 Find a place where they can go to the bathroom when = necessary=85

One of our supporters has suggested that we invite=97or = challenge=97all=20 candidates running for national or statewide office in 2008, to take the = same=20 bold step as the mayoral hopefuls in Nashville. So here=92s your=20 invitation/challenge: Take this chance to show your commitment to a = population=20 that really needs your commitment. Take the opportunity to show your=20 supporters=97or even your opponents=97that you really care about the = downtrodden and=20 want to help. Take the time to learn what life is like when the safety = net of=20 friends, family and community that most of us take for granted, has = holes big=20 enough to walk through.

I promise you an experience you won=92t soon forget. And, unlike = those who are=20 living there already, your sojourn will be completely safe. You will be=20 accompanied the whole time by an experienced homeless person, serving as = your=20 guide, whom we will provide for your stint on the streets. I can send = you the=20 stories of hundreds of people whose lives have been enriched and = ennobled by=20 seeing what life is like without money, food, showers, or shelter. Yours = will be=20 too. And think of the power that will flow from your post-Plunge press=20 conference.

I sincerely hope that all the candidates we contact=97and we are = writing to=20 them all=97will take us up on this offer. But why don=92t you be the = first? Please=20 contact me at your earliest convenience, so I can send you more details = and=20 information on the program, and reserve a place for you at a Plunge = location in=20 your home state, or here in our nation=92s capital. I look forward to = hearing from=20 you soon.

Sincerely,

Michael Stoops mstoops@nationalhomeless.org=

Acting Executive Director

------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C7E0B8.D900A190-- From wtinker@verizon.net Fri Aug 17 20:01:32 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:01:32 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Burn a Few White Crosses?*OT* Message-ID: <00ab01c7e109$6a89a7b0$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00A4_01C7E0E7.E1181EB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Burn a Few White Crosses? Last night I was watching on national television an interview of a male = Black activist wearing Muslim headwear by a "60-something" Jewish woman = with a large and very mobile mouth - a Democratic activist in past = presidential campaigns. (I think her name is Ostrich, or something that = sounds like that!) The topic was "illegal immigration." The Black was = trying to penetrate the woman's thick skull with his constant comment, = "Blacks no longer tolerate slavery!" This "Ostrich" woman kept saying, "But the (illegal) Latinos are willing = to do the work Blacks aren't willing to do! They are willing to work, = but the Blacks won't." The Black activist kept saying, "Blacks have rejected slavery! The = (illegal) Latinos have come into the U.S. labor market and they're = turning back the clock on slave labor!" As I listened to this relentless exchange, I began to marvel at how this = so-called Democratic activist was totally missing the Black activist's = point . . . and how I have totally missed his point. In recent days, I = have become an enthusiastic supporter of the so-called "illegal" Latino = immigrants. I have missed the point that most, if not all, today's = immigrants are undercutting the gains won by past labor and civil rights = activists in America! "Yikes!" I cried out, striking my breast with a rib-crushing thump. = "This Black activist with the Islamist hat makes perfectly good sense!" = In my righteous zeal to support poor (an "illegal") immigrants, I have = been ignoring the hard-won "rights" of descendents of slaves dragged = illegally and inhumanely across the very same borders of the United = States. Those who cry out for the "rights" of today's "illegal" immigrants need = to bear in mind the "rights" of yesterday's "illegal" immigrants. It is, = in reality, a matter of who's defining "illegal." As the TV exchange between the Jewess and the Islamist continued without = resolution, I began to think of the absence of a so-called "Christian" = perspective. I confess I had a very dark (and un-Christian) thought. I told the TV = screen, "What we need is to burn a few white crosses in the middle of = the night on the luxuriant front lawns of the homes of the heads of = corporate America and the Upper Class!" "Forgive me, Lord! Such talk is totally inappropriate," I muttered to = myself. "A recurrence of Ku Klux Klanism will not answer any problem!" Sooooo . . . I said to myself. "Tony, continue to support the cause of = so-called 'illegal' immigrants! And make absolutely certain to support = the cause of those in the U.S. labor market whose grandparents were = dragged into America 'illegally'." Anyone who claims to be an activist for human rights MUST demand a = living wage for everyone working in the United States. No one (legal or = so-called "illegal") should be allowed to work for less. No employer can = be allowed to pay less than a living wage to anyone! And if our economy = cannot support a living wage for all, then it's time to put a ceiling on = the compensation claimed by the so-called titans and moguls of corporate = America. America can no longer afford an Upper Class! It is time for a = (bloodless, I hope) revolution! It is time for a universal living wage = for everyone in America! In fact, it is past time! Workers and employers of America, "Unite!" TONY HEARN www.tonysjournal.com www.saritasociety.org San Antonio, Texas William Charles Tinker=20 New Hampshire Homeless=20 Founded 11-28-99 25 Granite Street=20 Northfield,N.H. 03276-1640 USA=20 Advocates,activists for disabled,displaced human rights.=20 1-603-286-2492=20 http://www.missingkids.com=20 http://www.nationalhomeless.org=20 http://www.newhampshirehomeless.org=20 newhampshirehomeless-subscribe@topica.com=20 ------=_NextPart_000_00A4_01C7E0E7.E1181EB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Burn a Few White=20 Crosses?

Last night I was watching on national television an interview = of a=20 male Black activist wearing Muslim headwear by a "60-something" = Jewish=20 woman with a large and very mobile mouth =96 a = Democratic activist in=20 past presidential campaigns. (I think her name = is Ostrich, or=20 something that sounds like that!) The topic was "illegal=20 immigration." The Black was trying to penetrate the woman's thick = skull=20 with his constant comment, "Blacks no longer tolerate slavery!"

This "Ostrich" woman kept saying, "But the (illegal) Latinos=20 are willing to do the work Blacks aren't willing to do! = They are=20 willing to work, but the Blacks won't."

The Black activist kept saying, "Blacks have rejected slavery! The=20 (illegal) Latinos have come into the U.S. labor market and they're = turning back=20 the clock on slave labor!"

As I listened to this relentless exchange, I began to marvel at how = this=20 so-called Democratic activist was totally missing the Black activist's = point . .=20 . and how I have totally missed his point. In recent days, I = have=20 become an enthusiastic supporter of the so-called "illegal" Latino = immigrants. I=20 have missed the point that most, if not all, today's immigrants are = undercutting the gains won by past labor and civil rights = activists in=20 America!

"Yikes!" I cried out, striking my breast with a rib-crushing = thump.=20 "This Black activist with the Islamist hat makes perfectly = good sense!" In=20 my righteous zeal to support poor (an "illegal") immigrants, I have been = ignoring the hard-won "rights" of descendents = of slaves dragged=20 illegally and inhumanely across the very same borders of the United=20 States.

Those who cry out for the "rights" of today's "illegal" immigrants = need=20 to bear in mind the "rights" of yesterday's "illegal" immigrants. = It is, in=20 reality, a matter of who's defining "illegal."

As the TV exchange between the Jewess and the Islamist continued = without=20 resolution, I began to think of the absence of a so-called=20 "Christian" perspective.

I confess I had a very dark (and un-Christian) thought.=20 I told the TV screen, "What we need is to burn a few white = crosses in=20 the middle of the night on the luxuriant front lawns of the homes=20 of the heads of corporate America and the Upper Class!"

"Forgive me, Lord! Such talk is totally inappropriate," I muttered = to=20 myself. "A recurrence of Ku Klux Klanism will not answer any=20 problem!"

Sooooo . . . I said to myself. "Tony, continue to support the cause = of so-called 'illegal' immigrants! And make absolutely certain = to=20 support the cause of those in the U.S. labor market = whose grandparents were=20 dragged into America 'illegally'."

Anyone who claims to be an activist for human rights MUST demand a = living=20 wage for everyone working in the United States. No = one (legal or=20 so-called "illegal") should be allowed to work for less. No = employer can=20 be allowed to pay less than a living wage to anyone! And if our = economy=20 cannot support a living wage for all, then it's time to put a = ceiling on=20 the compensation claimed by the so-called titans and moguls of corporate = America. America can no longer afford an Upper Class! It is time for a=20 (bloodless, I hope) revolution! It is time for a universal living wage = for=20 everyone in America! In fact, it is past time!

Workers and employers = of America,=20 "Unite!"

TONY HEARN
www.tonysjournal.com
www.saritasociety.org
San=20 Antonio, Texas

------=_NextPart_000_00A4_01C7E0E7.E1181EB0-- From wtinker@verizon.net Fri Aug 17 21:35:10 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:35:10 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Torontoist vs. Torontoist in... Panhandling! Message-ID: <01a901c7e116$7d9bef90$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01A6_01C7E0F4.F5E5AB20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable August 17, 2007 Torontoist vs. Torontoist in... Panhandling! http://torontoist.com/2007/08/torontoist_vs_t_13.php In this occasional feature, two Torontoist staffers face off to debate = an issue that is important to our city. We invite our readers to join in = the debate in the comments section after the post. Last week, as Ross Hammond and a friend were walking up Queen St. West, = near Trinity Bellwoods Park, they were confronted by four panhandlers = demanding money. A verbal confrontation escalated and Mr. Hammond was = stabbed several times. His friend was also assaulted. Hammond later died = of his wounds in hospital. This incident has sparked a fierce debate = about what should be done about panhandlers in our city, with many = people calling for an outright ban on the practice. Do we need new laws = to protect ourselves from street people begging for change, or was this = just an isolated and unfortunate incident? Read on as Torontoist = contributes two cents... FOR PATRICK METZGER -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - It's time to ban panhandling in the city of Toronto. It shouldn't = have taken a murder to prompt calls for action against an activity which = has now reached levels that would be considered outrageous in most Third = World cities. In some areas of Toronto it's not uncommon to be asked for = money 5 or 6 times within a single block, and we're not talking playful = banter with jolly Pickwickian beggars. These are, by and large, = encounters with highly able-bodied people who are often well aware of = how to use the intimidation factor to their advantage.=20 The voices in favour of the status quo are principally politicians = whose exposure to panhandling comes on the walk from City Hall to the = parking garage, and professional poverty "advocates" who make a living = handing out sandwiches to the homeless and platitudes to the press. = Their case can be summed up succinctly; firstly that begging is = necessary, and secondly that it's harmless. Both arguments are stupid.=20 The case for necessity is preposterous. Does anyone in Toronto = really need to beg to survive? A walk down Queen St isn't to be = importuned by skeletal wraiths, one foodless day away from a paupers' = grave. Nope, in this city our beggars are made of sturdier stuff - = ruddy, apple-cheeked youths in the prime of life, wearing iPods and = chain-smoking enthusiastically. As police will attest, many of them = travel here from other cities around North America specifically because = it's considered a great place to spend the summer doing a little urban = camping. Between food banks, soup kitchens, and mobile Twinkie and = sleeping bag distributors, this is not a city in which it's easy to = starve.=20 That's not to suggest that real poverty doesn't exist, or that all = panhandlers are making a lifestyle choice. Some are mentally ill, and = for others their addictions have taken them to a place where it's = impossible to keep a job or a permanent place to live. However, in whose = interest is it to let these walking wounded wander the streets begging = from strangers until they die of overdose, exposure, or simply being too = worn out to live anymore? Certainly not in theirs, and we as a society = have not just a right, but a responsibility to actively help them deal = with their demons and their addictions. To enable a dead-end lifestyle = on the street and call it freedom is nothing more than a cheap = substitute for charity.=20 Panhandling is also far from harmless, as Ross Hammond learned = last weekend. At its worst, the kind of aggressive, menacing approach = that has become all too common is a barely distinguishable from an out = and out mugging. However, even the quietest and most unassuming of = beggars helps to create an atmosphere of decay and disorder on the = street which adversely affects the livability of the entire city. Anyone = who spent time in the malevolent, urine-soaked cesspit that was New York = City through most of the '80s can testify to the relationship.=20 It's time to stop talking about the rights of panhandlers, and to = recognize the right of the public to walk the streets without fear of = harassment. Will City Hall finally step up to the plate?=20 =20 AGAINST KEN HUNT -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - Our city is full of tragedies. Ross Hammond's death is one of = them. Thankfully, the people responsible for it are behind bars and they = will undoubtedly go to jail for a very long time. End of story. There is = no need for a new law to deal with this situation. The ones we already = have will do just fine. Harassment, assault with a deadly weapon, = manslaughter, and second-degree murder are all already in the Criminal = Code, and if those do not seem like enough, we also have the Ontario = Safe Streets Act which bans various forms of panhandling, including = aggressive panhandling and panhandling in traffic.=20 Another tragedy we might remember at this time is the death of = Paul Croutch. Croutch was a homeless man who lived in the Moss Park = area, near the armoury, and in September of 2005, he was beaten to death = in an unprovoked attack by three young reserve soldiers attached to the = Queen's Own Rifles. A homeless woman named Val was also severely beaten = by the young men when she tried to intervene on Croutch's behalf.=20 Blaming all panhandlers for the death of Ross Hammond makes as = little sense as blaming all soldiers for the death of Croutch. Those who = want to seize upon Mr. Hammond's death as a way to ban panhandling = altogether are nothing more than blatant opportunists.=20 The fact that we are now embroiled in a debate about how = threatened some of us feel by panhandlers ignores the simple fact that = the homeless, in general, have much more to fear from the rest of us = than we have to fear from them. The homeless are amongst our most = vulnerable citizens. They inspire hatred and revulsion in many people = and when they are attacked, they cannot generally rely on protection or = even sympathy from the police or the public at large.=20 There's no question that most of us find panhandling a distasteful = practice. It confronts us with realities about misery and poverty that = we would much rather prefer to ignore. It makes us feel guilty. And for = that reason, it is a practice that needs to continue. It helps to ensure = that it never becomes too easy to forget that our system leaves many = people behind.=20 Thankfully, a movement to ban panhandling is very unlikely to = succeed. In a ruling regarding the Ontario Safe Streets Act earlier this = year, the Court of Appeal unanimously found that begging for money is a = form of speech protected by the Charter. And well it should be. In a = society where we protect the freedom of speech, the speech that says "I = am in need, please help me" is sacred. It is, at its heart, a political = statement that points out the flaws of rampant and heartless capitalism. = Banning it, or even severely limiting it does a disservice to the = freedoms we all hold dear.=20 No one should be harassed for money. No one should be made to feel = as though their personal safety is at risk should they refuse to donate. = But we also should not be sheltered from the fact that poverty and = homelessness exist. In the end, the only sensible way to get rid of = panhandling is to combat the poverty that drives people to do it.=20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_01A6_01C7E0F4.F5E5AB20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

August 17, 2007

Torontoist vs. Torontoist in... Panhandling!

http://toro= ntoist.com/2007/08/torontoist_vs_t_13.php

In this occasional feature, two Torontoist staffers face off to = debate an=20 issue that is important to our city. We invite our readers to join in = the debate=20 in the comments section after the post.

Last week, as Ross Hammond and = a friend=20 were walking up Queen St. West, near Trinity Bellwoods Park, they were=20 confronted by four panhandlers demanding money. A verbal confrontation = escalated=20 and Mr. Hammond was stabbed several times. His friend was also = assaulted.=20 Hammond later died of his wounds in hospital. This incident has sparked = a fierce=20 debate about what should be done about panhandlers in our city, with = many people=20 calling for an outright ban on the practice. Do we need new laws to = protect=20 ourselves from street people begging for change, or was this just an = isolated=20 and unfortunate incident? Read on as Torontoist contributes two = cents...

FOR
PATRICK=20 METZGER

It=92s time to ban panhandling in the city of Toronto. It = shouldn=92t have=20 taken a murder to prompt calls for action against an activity = which has=20 now reached levels that would be considered outrageous in most = Third World=20 cities. In some areas of Toronto it=92s not uncommon to be asked = for money 5=20 or 6 times within a single block, and we=92re not talking playful = banter=20 with jolly Pickwickian beggars. These are, by and large, = encounters with=20 highly able-bodied people who are often well aware of how to use = the=20 intimidation factor to their advantage.=20

The voices in favour of the status quo are principally = politicians=20 whose exposure to panhandling comes on the walk from City Hall to = the=20 parking garage, and professional poverty =93advocates=94 who make = a living=20 handing out sandwiches to the homeless and platitudes to the = press. Their=20 case can be summed up succinctly; firstly that begging is = necessary, and=20 secondly that it=92s harmless. Both arguments are stupid.

The case for necessity is preposterous. Does anyone in Toronto = really=20 need to beg to survive? A walk down Queen St isn=92t to be = importuned by=20 skeletal wraiths, one foodless day away from a paupers=92 grave. = Nope, in=20 this city our beggars are made of sturdier stuff =96 ruddy, = apple-cheeked=20 youths in the prime of life, wearing iPods and chain-smoking=20 enthusiastically. As police will attest, many of them travel here = from=20 other cities around North America specifically because it=92s = considered a=20 great place to spend the summer doing a little urban camping. = Between food=20 banks, soup kitchens, and mobile Twinkie and sleeping bag = distributors,=20 this is not a city in which it=92s easy to starve.

That=92s not to suggest that real poverty doesn=92t exist, or = that all=20 panhandlers are making a lifestyle choice. Some are mentally ill, = and for=20 others their addictions have taken them to a place where it=92s = impossible=20 to keep a job or a permanent place to live. However, in whose = interest is=20 it to let these walking wounded wander the streets begging from = strangers=20 until they die of overdose, exposure, or simply being too worn out = to live=20 anymore? Certainly not in theirs, and we as a society have not = just a=20 right, but a responsibility to actively help them deal with their = demons=20 and their addictions. To enable a dead-end lifestyle on the street = and=20 call it freedom is nothing more than a cheap substitute for = charity.

Panhandling is also far from harmless, as Ross Hammond learned = last=20 weekend. At its worst, the kind of aggressive, menacing approach = that has=20 become all too common is a barely distinguishable from an out and = out=20 mugging. However, even the quietest and most unassuming of beggars = helps=20 to create an atmosphere of decay and disorder on the street which=20 adversely affects the livability of the entire city. Anyone who = spent time=20 in the malevolent, urine-soaked cesspit that was New York City = through=20 most of the =9180s can testify to the relationship.

It=92s time to stop talking about the rights of panhandlers, = and to=20 recognize the right of the public to walk the streets without fear = of=20 harassment. Will City Hall finally step up to the plate? =

AGAINST
KEN=20 HUNT

Our city is full of tragedies. Ross Hammond's death is one of = them.=20 Thankfully, the people responsible for it are behind bars and they = will=20 undoubtedly go to jail for a very long time. End of story. There = is no=20 need for a new law to deal with this situation. The ones we = already have=20 will do just fine. Harassment, assault with a deadly weapon, = manslaughter,=20 and second-degree murder are all already in the Criminal Code, and = if=20 those do not seem like enough, we also have the Ontario Safe = Streets Act=20 which bans various forms of panhandling, including aggressive = panhandling=20 and panhandling in traffic.=20

Another tragedy we might remember at this time is the death of = Paul=20 Croutch. Croutch was a homeless man who lived in the Moss Park = area, near=20 the armoury, and in September of 2005, he was beaten to death in = an=20 unprovoked attack by three young reserve soldiers attached to the = Queen's=20 Own Rifles. A homeless woman named Val was also severely beaten by = the=20 young men when she tried to intervene on Croutch's behalf.

Blaming all panhandlers for the death of Ross Hammond makes as = little=20 sense as blaming all soldiers for the death of Croutch. Those who = want to=20 seize upon Mr. Hammond's death as a way to ban panhandling = altogether are=20 nothing more than blatant opportunists.

The fact that we are now embroiled in a debate about how = threatened=20 some of us feel by panhandlers ignores the simple fact that the = homeless,=20 in general, have much more to fear from the rest of us than we = have to=20 fear from them. The homeless are amongst our most vulnerable = citizens.=20 They inspire hatred and revulsion in many people and when they are = attacked, they cannot generally rely on protection or even = sympathy from=20 the police or the public at large.

There's no question that most of us find panhandling a = distasteful=20 practice. It confronts us with realities about misery and poverty = that we=20 would much rather prefer to ignore. It makes us feel guilty. And = for that=20 reason, it is a practice that needs to continue. It helps to = ensure that=20 it never becomes too easy to forget that our system leaves many = people=20 behind.

Thankfully, a movement to ban panhandling is very unlikely to = succeed.=20 In a ruling regarding the Ontario Safe Streets Act earlier this = year, the=20 Court of Appeal unanimously found that begging for money is a form = of=20 speech protected by the Charter. And well it should be. In a = society where=20 we protect the freedom of speech, the speech that says =93I am in = need,=20 please help me=94 is sacred. It is, at its heart, a political = statement that=20 points out the flaws of rampant and heartless capitalism. Banning = it, or=20 even severely limiting it does a disservice to the freedoms we all = hold=20 dear.

No one should be harassed for money. No one should be made to = feel as=20 though their personal safety is at risk should they refuse to = donate. But=20 we also should not be sheltered from the fact that poverty and=20 homelessness exist. In the end, the only sensible way to get rid = of=20 panhandling is to combat the poverty that drives people to do it.=20

------=_NextPart_000_01A6_01C7E0F4.F5E5AB20-- From wtinker@verizon.net Sat Aug 18 15:00:35 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:00:35 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Three dogs tear to pieces one year old child. Message-ID: <027901c7e1a8$8882b050$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0276_01C7E187.00D14DE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Em K=20 http://dnes.dir.bg/2007/08/17/news2006488.html In a village in V. Tarnovo area in front of the eyes of the mother,=20 Three dogs tear to pieces one year old child. In order to work and be able to get food for her children, a = lonely (Roma) mother arrived three days ago in the distant cow farm of = the village altogether with her two young children: a girl of 4 and the = one year old son. =20 In the fatal evening she left for while her son and went out of = home/farm. 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Tinker =C3=80 : Em K ; newhampshireHomeless@topica.com; = Jeff Michelsen ; Laura A. Hatch = ; Lee OConner ; Lilly Cote = ; gmurray@snhs.org; SUZANNE MCCOLL = Envoy=C3=A9 le : Vendredi, 17 Ao=C3=BBt 2007, 16h05mn 39s Objet : News Alert - homeless =EF=BB=BF=20 newsalert@novinite.com =20 =20 Fri 17 August 2007=20 Death Toll after Powerful Earthquake in Peru Raises to 500 The death toll from the powerful earthquake that hit Peru late on = Wednesday has risen to 500 and the number of injuries to 1,610, the = Peruvian Fire Service reported, cited by BBC. More than 16,000 families left homeless after the largest quake = that has stricken the country in more than three decades. The 7.9-strong temblor hit about 145 kilometres south- southeast = of the country's capital city of Lima, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The worst damage from the earthquake was in the coastal cities of = Ica and Pisco, south of the capital Lima. Hospitals and morgues in these regions have been overwhelmed, and = the bodies of many victims that have been recovered from the rubble are = lying on the streets.=20 Power supplies, telecommunications and road links have been = severely disrupted in the stricken area. Nine highways in southern Peru = have also been damaged.=20 The search for survivors continues. The government said = helicopters and planes were taking emergency aid to affected areas, and = injured people are being airlifted out. =20 =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- Ne gardez plus qu'une seule adresse mail ! Copiez vos mails vers Yahoo! = Mail ------=_NextPart_000_0276_01C7E187.00D14DE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =EF=BB=BF

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In=20 a village in V. Tarnovo area

in front of the = eyes of the=20 mother,

Three dogs tear = to pieces=20 one year old child.

In=20 order to work and be able to get food for her children, a lonely = (Roma)=20 mother arrived three days ago in the distant cow farm of the = village=20 altogether with her two young children: a girl of 4 and the one = year old=20 son.

In=20 the fatal evening she left for while her son and went out of=20 home/farm. The = elder child=20 went after her, too, followed by her brother. In that moment, = three dogs=20 attacked the boy. The mother heard the cries and quickly run back = but she=20 could do nothing. The Mayor said they found the right leg of the = dead=20 child at 60 meters away from the spot where the mother had = left the=20 child.

On=20 the next day the mother recognized two of the dogs which made = the=20 attack. They will be examined about rabies.

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=D0=92=D0=B5=D1=87=D0=B5 =D1=81=D0=B0 = =D0=BD=D0=B0=D0=BC=D0=B5=D1=80=D0=B5=D0=BD=D0=B8 =D0=B8=20 =D1=80=D0=B0=D0=B7=D0=BF=D0=BE=D0=B7=D0=BD=D0=B0=D1=82=D0=B8 = =D0=BE=D1=82 =D0=BC=D0=B0=D0=B9=D0=BA=D0=B0=D1=82=D0=B0 = =D0=B4=D0=B2=D0=B5 =D0=BE=D1=82 = =D0=BA=D1=83=D1=87=D0=B5=D1=82=D0=B0=D1=82=D0=B0, = =D0=BA=D0=BE=D0=B8=D1=82=D0=BE =D1=81=D0=B0 = =D1=83=D0=B1=D0=B8=D0=BB=D0=B8 =D0=B4=D0=B5=D1=82=D0=B5=D1=82=D0=BE. = =D0=A0=D0=B5=D0=B7=D1=83=D0=BB=D1=82=D0=B0=D1=82=D0=B8=D1=82=D0=B5=20 =D0=BE=D1=82 = =D0=B0=D1=83=D1=82=D0=BE=D0=BF=D1=81=D0=B8=D1=8F=D1=82=D0=B0 = =D0=BD=D0=B0 =D1=82=D1=80=D1=83=D0=BF=D0=B0 =D1=89=D0=B5 = =D0=B4=D0=BE=D0=BA=D0=B0=D0=B6=D0=B0=D1=82 =D0=B4=D0=B0=D0=BB=D0=B8 = =D0=B6=D0=B8=D0=B2=D0=BE=D1=82=D0=BD=D0=B8=D1=82=D0=B5 =D1=81=D0=B0 = =D0=B1=D0=BE=D0=BB=D0=BD=D0=B8 =D0=BE=D1=82 =D0=B1=D1=8F=D1=81.=20

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=C3=80 : Em K = <bg_topic_a@yahoo.fr>;=20 newhampshireHomeless@topica.com; Jeff Michelsen = <mehshelter@yahoo.com>;=20 Laura A. Hatch <lahat@comcast.net>; Lee OConner = <lee03276@aol.com>;=20 Lilly Cote <lili56@metrocast.net>; gmurray@snhs.org; SUZANNE = MCCOLL=20 <beadnest@verizon.net>
Envoy=C3=A9 le : Vendredi, 17 Ao=C3=BBt = 2007, 16h05mn=20 39s
Objet : News Alert - homeless

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Death = Toll after=20 Powerful Earthquake in Peru Raises to = 500

The death=20 toll from the powerful earthquake that hit Peru late on Wednesday = has=20 risen to 500 and the number of injuries to 1,610, the Peruvian = Fire=20 Service reported, cited by BBC.

More than 16,000 families = left=20 homeless after the largest quake that has stricken the country in = more=20 than three decades.

The 7.9-strong temblor hit about 145 = kilometres=20 south- southeast of the country's capital city of Lima, the U.S.=20 Geological Survey said.

The worst damage from the = earthquake was in=20 the coastal cities of Ica and Pisco, south of the capital=20 Lima.

Hospitals and morgues in these regions have been = overwhelmed,=20 and the bodies of many victims that have been recovered from the = rubble=20 are lying on the streets.

Power supplies, = telecommunications and=20 road links have been severely disrupted in the stricken area. Nine = highways in southern Peru have also been damaged.

The = search for=20 survivors continues. The government said helicopters and planes = were=20 taking emergency aid to affected areas, and injured people are = being=20 airlifted out.

Fri 17=20 August 2007

Ne gardez plus qu'une seule adresse mail ! Copiez vos mails vers = Yahoo! Mail=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0276_01C7E187.00D14DE0-- From wtinker@verizon.net Sun Aug 19 22:19:06 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:19:06 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Car collides with homeless man on bike Message-ID: <021e01c7e2ae$f595f1a0$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_021B_01C7E28D.6DE48F30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=3D/20070819/NEWS/= 70819002 Car collides with homeless man on bike By Elizabeth Dinan edinan@seacoastonline.com August 19, 2007=20 PORTSMOUTH - A homeless man was seriously injured Sunday morning when = the bicycle he was riding collided with a car driven by a city teen. Police say that at 4:35 am, emergency personnel responded to a motor = vehicle accident involving a bicycle on Lafayette Road near McDonalds. = Upon further investigation, officers learned that William Hoffman, 35, = of the Cross Roads House homeless shelter, was traveling northbound in = the southbound breakdown lane on his bicycle. According to a statement by police, Hoffman was wearing dark clothing = and did not have a headlamp installed on his bicycle at the time of the = accident when he collided with a 1997 Hyundai Accent driven by Kristina = Demers, 18, of Stark Street who was traveling southbound on Lafayette = Road. Police say as Demers turned right into the McDonalds restaurant, Hoffman = collided with Demers' car and suffered serious injuries to his liver and = ribs. At 7:20 am, he was flown from the Portsmouth Regional Hospital to = Boston Medical Center. Anyone who witnessed this accident or who has information that may help = in the investigation is urged to contact Officer Chistopher Kiberd at = 603-610-7504, or Portsmouth Crimestoppers at 603-431-1199. ------=_NextPart_000_021B_01C7E28D.6DE48F30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID= =3D/20070819/NEWS/70819002

Car collides with homeless man on bike

By Elizabeth=20 Dinan

edinan@seacoastonline.com

August 19, 2007

PORTSMOUTH =97 A homeless man was seriously = injured Sunday=20 morning when the bicycle he was riding collided with a car driven by a = city=20 teen.

Police say that at 4:35 am, emergency personnel = responded=20 to a motor vehicle accident involving a bicycle on Lafayette Road near=20 McDonalds. Upon further investigation, officers learned that William = Hoffman,=20 35, of the Cross Roads House homeless shelter, was traveling northbound = in the=20 southbound breakdown lane on his bicycle.

According to a statement by police, Hoffman was = wearing=20 dark clothing and did not have a headlamp installed on his bicycle at = the time=20 of the accident when he collided with a 1997 Hyundai Accent driven by = Kristina=20 Demers, 18, of Stark Street who was traveling southbound on Lafayette = Road.

Police say as Demers turned right into the = McDonalds=20 restaurant, Hoffman collided with Demers' car and suffered serious = injuries to=20 his liver and ribs. At 7:20 am, he was flown from the Portsmouth = Regional=20 Hospital to Boston Medical Center.

Anyone who witnessed this accident or who has = information=20 that may help in the investigation is urged to contact Officer = Chistopher Kiberd=20 at 603-610-7504, or Portsmouth Crimestoppers at=20 603-431-1199.

------=_NextPart_000_021B_01C7E28D.6DE48F30-- From wtinker@verizon.net Mon Aug 20 20:58:44 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:58:44 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] 24 homeless in Chicago? Message-ID: <016801c7e36c$e5e19d90$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0165_01C7E34B.5E2DCA20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://www.faithfullyliberal.com/?p=3D655 Monday, August 20th, 2007=20 24 homeless in Chicago?=20 By Aaron Krager A recent city conducted census of homeless living in downtown Chicago = showed a paltry 24. My initial reaction was what did they do only count = two or three blocks worth? The downtown count was released on the same day Mayor Daley claimed = homelessness across the city was down 12 percent - from 6,715 in January = 2005 to 5,922 at the same time this year - marking progress in his = 10-year Plan to End Homelessness. Snip. The 15-week "foot poll" found an average of 92 people on the streets = at the noon hour, some panhandling, others just wandering around. But = only 24 of those people were sleeping downtown when the weekly count was = conducted again at 5 a.m. The Chicago Coalition for the Homeless maintains that the number is over = 21,000 because of households doubling up and people who are more = invisible than being counted in a foot patrol survey. The city retorts: "The public perception is it should have been a higher number, but we = couldn't find it," said Acting Housing Commissioner Ellen Sahli. A few days later the city puts the picture in the right context. The = foot patrol survey was actually done over a small 12 block area. Another = census study shows a much larger number of homeless living downtown. Acting Housing Commissioner Ellen Sahli said a separate count = conducted between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m. on a cold night in January - in a = much broader swath that includes all four community areas that take in = parts of downtown - turned up 995 homeless people. Of that number, 352 people were living on the street and in public = places. The remaining 643 people were staying in shelters. The fifteen-week "foot poll" that started in May and turned up just 24 = people living on downtown streets was confined to a 12-block area = stretching from Columbus Drive to State Street and Wacker Drive to = Randolph Street, the acting commissioner said. For the most part, homeless people are lost and forgotten, not seen and = not heard. This sadly continues with the City of Chicago attempting to = sweep the problem under the rug. Homeless advocate groups claim that the = city is doomed to not fulfill its goal of ending homelessness in the = city. Especially in time for the International Olympic Committee's = decision late next year ------=_NextPart_000_0165_01C7E34B.5E2DCA20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

24 homeless in Chicago?

By Aaron=20 Krager

A recent city conducted census of homeless living in = downtown Chicago=20 showed a paltry 24. My initial reaction was what did they do only count = two or=20 three blocks worth?

The downtown count was released on the same day Mayor Daley claimed = homelessness across the city was down 12 percent =97 from 6,715 in = January 2005=20 to 5,922 at the same time this year =97 marking progress in his = 10-year Plan to=20 End Homelessness.

Snip=85

The 15-week =93foot poll=94 found an average of 92 people on the = streets at the=20 noon hour, some panhandling, others just wandering around. But only 24 = of=20 those people were sleeping downtown when the weekly count was = conducted again=20 at 5 a.m.

The Chicago=20 Coalition for the Homeless maintains that the number is over = 21,000=20 because of households doubling up and people who are more invisible than = being=20 counted in a foot patrol survey.

The city retorts:

=93The public perception is it should have been a higher number, = but we=20 couldn=92t find it,=94 said Acting Housing Commissioner Ellen=20 Sahli.

A few days later the city puts the picture in = the right=20 context. The foot patrol survey was actually done over a small 12 block = area.=20 Another census study shows a much larger number of homeless living = downtown.

Acting Housing Commissioner Ellen Sahli said a separate count = conducted=20 between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m. on a cold night in January =97 in a much = broader swath=20 that includes all four community areas that take in parts of downtown = =97 turned=20 up 995 homeless people.

Of that number, 352 people were living on the street and in public = places.=20 The remaining 643 people were staying in shelters.

The fifteen-week =93foot poll=94 that started in May and turned up = just 24=20 people living on downtown streets was confined to a 12-block area = stretching=20 from Columbus Drive to State Street and Wacker Drive to Randolph = Street, the=20 acting commissioner said.

For the most part, homeless people are lost and forgotten, not seen = and not=20 heard. This sadly continues with the City of Chicago attempting to sweep = the=20 problem under the rug. Homeless advocate groups claim that the city is = doomed to=20 not fulfill its goal of ending homelessness in the city. = Especially in=20 time for the International Olympic Committee=92s decision late next=20 year

------=_NextPart_000_0165_01C7E34B.5E2DCA20-- From wtinker@verizon.net Tue Aug 21 02:43:55 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:43:55 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] NIMBY legislator hounds halfway house out of her neighborhood Message-ID: <000e01c7e39d$1ee5b650$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C7E37B.96F66080 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Monday, August 20, 2007 NIMBY legislator hounds halfway house out of her neighborhood=20 http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/08/nimby-legislator-hounds-hal= fway-house.html Collin County neighbors led by state Rep. Jodie Laubenberg hounded a = local halfway house until it finally shut its doors, reports WFAA-TV. So, Ms. Laubenberg, you'd rather have these folks homeless on the = street, perhaps burglarizing your house instead of receiving re-entry = services? Where would you have them go? For once the Texas Department of = Criminal Justice called a spade a spade: A spokesperson for the TDCJ told us "there's such a 'not in my = neighborhood mentality' that it's impossible for these people to get = back on their feet."=20 "That is absolutely not true. The way you get someone back on their = feet and rehabilitated is you put them somewhere where there is = accountability, where there is structure," Laubenberg said.=20 She and the sheriff say they are fine with halfway houses in Collin = County, as long as it's in an appropriate place, not a half block away = from where kids play. Uh, so where in any community isn't near somewhere that kids play? Or = perhaps we're just concerned with Rep. Laubenberg's kids?=20 ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C7E37B.96F66080 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Monday, August 20, 2007

NIMBY legislator hounds halfway house out of her=20 neighborhood

http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/08/ni= mby-legislator-hounds-halfway-house.html

Collin County neighbors led by state = Rep. Jodie=20 Laubenberg hounded a local halfway house until it finally shut its = doors, reports WFAA-TV.

So, Ms. Laubenberg, = you'd=20 rather have these folks homeless on the street, perhaps burglarizing = your house=20 instead of receiving re-entry services? Where would you have them go? = For once=20 the Texas Department of Criminal Justice called a spade a = spade:

A spokesperson for the TDCJ told us "there's such a 'not in my = neighborhood=20 mentality' that it's impossible for these people to get back on their = feet."=20

"That is absolutely not true. The way you get someone back on their = feet=20 and rehabilitated is you put them somewhere where there is = accountability,=20 where there is structure," Laubenberg said.

She and the sheriff say they are fine with halfway houses in Collin = County,=20 as long as it's in an appropriate place, not a half block away from = where kids=20 play.

Uh, so where in any community isn't near somewhere that kids play? Or perhaps = we're=20 just concerned with Rep. Laubenberg's kids?=20

------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C7E37B.96F66080-- From wtinker@verizon.net Tue Aug 21 22:23:50 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:23:50 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] =?iso-8859-1?Q?AFFORDABLE_HOUSING_FINANCE_._SEPTEMBER_2007=3F=3F=3F?= Message-ID: <008801c7e441$f46586d0$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0085_01C7E420.6C063120 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Carpet Cottages the Latest in Low-Rise Housing By BENDIX ANDERSON http://www.housingfinance.com/ahf/articles/2007/sept/COTTAGES0907.htm AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE . SEPTEMBER 2007 The design for the cluster of small houses, with their pitched roofs and = clapboard siding, looks like something from another era of New Orleans = architecture, but the plan for these "Carpet Cottages" is brand new. = It's a plan that fits 14 single-story homes, plus parking spaces, onto = less than half an acre. The Carpet Cottages are just the latest twist on densely developed = attached housing with four or fewer stories. The growing shortage of = land in many markets and the spreading prevalence of infill housing is = squeezing low-rise buildings into surprisingly old-fashioned shapes as = conventional breezeway garden apartments lose their usual setbacks from = the street, their diagonal orientation, and their chunky facades-and = begin to look very much like traditional townhouses. Developers have quickly picked up on the townhouse revival as sites = suitable for garden apartments become increasingly difficult to find in = many markets. "'Garden apartment' is going to become a weird antique = word, like 'phonograph,'" said Dan Markson, senior vice president for = The NRP Group, one of the nation's largest affordable housing = developers, based in Cleveland. His firm is building an increasing = number of townhouses in its mix of affordable housing construction. The Carpet Cottage takes the townhouse to even higher densities, but = without a second floor. The architects at Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. = (DPZ) began with architect Marianne Cusato's celebrated "Katrina = Cottage" design for a small, inexpensive single-family house, which = provided an alternative to the trailers the government provided to = people left homeless by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. DPZ has fit 14 of these small houses together into a cluster of = one-story attached houses. The result is the Carpet Cottages-a design = that could have a huge impact beyond the Gulf Coast in towns with a big = need for housing but only small sites to develop and little appetite for = tall buildings. Developers can gather just five conventional lots measuring roughly 50 = feet by 100 feet on a corner of a traditional city block, cut a new, = L-shaped street to separate the corner from the rest of the block, and = create a small block measuring just 207 feet by 87 feet. Residents can = parallel park 22 cars on the streets that border the block. The density of the Carpet Cottages on this lot would be high even for a = typical, multi-story garden community. It works out to the equivalent of = 35 units per acre, though the designer's plan would only put 14 of the = Carpet Cottages together at a time, mixing the sets of cottages in among = conventional single-family homes. These attached houses fill the lot, effectively creating a single, = 14-unit building, though each house will have its own front door. Ten of = the 14 cottages have two bedrooms and will measure a relatively generous = 890 square feet. Five of these two-bedroom units will even have small = private front yards. The cluster of houses also includes two smaller, = one-bedroom, 682-square-foot units on the back corners of the lot and = two larger homes with four bedrooms, two baths, and 1,082 square feet on = the front corners of the lot. These Carpet Cottages can be produced anywhere that local officials are = willing to allow them. None have been built, yet, but there is interest. = At Jackson Barracks, a National Guard base on the border between New = Orleans' ravaged Ninth Ward and St. Bernard Parish, Cypress Realty = Partners is negotiating with officials to start construction this year = on about 100 new rental cottages, including several sets of Carpet = Cottages. The hard cost to construct the Carpet Cottages at Jackson Barracks will = average just $105 to $110 per square foot. That's very competitive = compared to the construction costs of traditional garden apartments, = especially in Louisiana, where contractors and construction materials = are scarce. The biggest challenge to building Carpet Cottages will be gaining the = trust of local officials, who must make room for the innovative new = design in their zoning rules, which typically require more conventional = construction, such as single-family homes on half-acre lots. ------=_NextPart_000_0085_01C7E420.6C063120 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Carpet Cottages the Latest in Low-Rise Housing

By BENDIX ANDERSON

http://www.housingfinance.com/ahf/articles/2007/sept/COTTAGES0907.h= tm

AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE =95 SEPTEMBER 2007

The design for the cluster of small houses, with their pitched roofs = and=20 clapboard siding, looks like something from another era of New Orleans=20 architecture, but the plan for these =93Carpet Cottages=94 is brand new. = It=92s a plan=20 that fits 14 single-story homes, plus parking spaces, onto less than = half an=20 acre.

The Carpet Cottages are just the latest twist on densely developed = attached=20 housing with four or fewer stories. The growing shortage of land in many = markets=20 and the spreading prevalence of infill housing is squeezing low-rise = buildings=20 into surprisingly old-fashioned shapes as conventional breezeway garden=20 apartments lose their usual setbacks from the street, their diagonal=20 orientation, and their chunky facades=97and begin to look very much like = traditional townhouses.

Developers have quickly picked up on the townhouse revival as sites = suitable=20 for garden apartments become increasingly difficult to find in many = markets.=20 =93=91Garden apartment=92 is going to become a weird antique word, like = =91phonograph,=92=94=20 said Dan Markson, senior vice president for The NRP Group, one of the = nation=92s=20 largest affordable housing developers, based in Cleveland. His firm is = building=20 an increasing number of townhouses in its mix of affordable housing=20 construction.

The Carpet Cottage takes the townhouse to even higher densities, but = without=20 a second floor. The architects at Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. (DPZ) = began with=20 architect Marianne Cusato=92s celebrated =93Katrina Cottage=94 design = for a small,=20 inexpensive single-family house, which provided an alternative to the = trailers=20 the government provided to people left homeless by hurricanes Katrina = and=20 Rita.

DPZ has fit 14 of these small houses together into a cluster of = one-story=20 attached houses. The result is the Carpet Cottages=97a design that could = have a=20 huge impact beyond the Gulf Coast in towns with a big need for housing = but only=20 small sites to develop and little appetite for tall buildings.

Developers can gather just five conventional lots measuring roughly = 50 feet=20 by 100 feet on a corner of a traditional city block, cut a new, L-shaped = street=20 to separate the corner from the rest of the block, and create a small = block=20 measuring just 207 feet by 87 feet. Residents can parallel park 22 cars = on the=20 streets that border the block.

The density of the Carpet Cottages on this lot would be high even for = a=20 typical, multi-story garden community. It works out to the equivalent of = 35=20 units per acre, though the designer=92s plan would only put 14 of the = Carpet=20 Cottages together at a time, mixing the sets of cottages in among = conventional=20 single-family homes.

These attached houses fill the lot, effectively creating a single, = 14-unit=20 building, though each house will have its own front door. Ten of the 14 = cottages=20 have two bedrooms and will measure a relatively generous 890 square = feet. Five=20 of these two-bedroom units will even have small private front yards. The = cluster=20 of houses also includes two smaller, one-bedroom, 682-square-foot units = on the=20 back corners of the lot and two larger homes with four bedrooms, two = baths, and=20 1,082 square feet on the front corners of the lot.

These Carpet Cottages can be produced anywhere that local officials = are=20 willing to allow them. None have been built, yet, but there is interest. = At=20 Jackson Barracks, a National Guard base on the border between New = Orleans=92=20 ravaged Ninth Ward and St. Bernard Parish, Cypress Realty Partners is=20 negotiating with officials to start construction this year on about 100 = new=20 rental cottages, including several sets of Carpet Cottages.

The hard cost to construct the Carpet Cottages at Jackson Barracks = will=20 average just $105 to $110 per square foot. That=92s very competitive = compared to=20 the construction costs of traditional garden apartments, especially in=20 Louisiana, where contractors and construction materials are scarce.

The biggest challenge to building Carpet Cottages will be gaining the = trust=20 of local officials, who must make room for the innovative new design in = their=20 zoning rules, which typically require more conventional construction, = such as=20 single-family homes on half-acre lots.

------=_NextPart_000_0085_01C7E420.6C063120-- From morganbrown@gmail.com Wed Aug 22 17:28:37 2007 From: morganbrown@gmail.com (Morgan W. Brown) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:28:37 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Avoiding Retraumatization and Fostering Recovery Among People Experiencing Homelessness In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: -------Forwarded fyi------- -------------------------------------------------------- via Homelessness Resource Center (HRC): http://homeless.samhsa.gov [Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)] HRC Knowledge Base Avoiding Retraumatization and Fostering Recovery Among People Experiencing Homelessness http://homeless.samhsa.gov/Resource.aspx?id=32529 Author(s) Prescott, Laura Content Interpersonal violence and trauma permeate the lives of people who experience homelessness leaving trails of silence, terror, rage and pain in its wake. Intimate violence shatters relationships, creating disconnection and distrust, helplessness, loss of autonomy and a sense of a foreshortened future. Because trauma so often happens in the context of relationships, it is within relationships that healing occurs. Becoming trauma-informed means generating environments that help people re-establish a sense of control, connection and meaning. In addition, being trauma-informed means acknowledging that people are fundamentally changed when traumatic events happen. Therefore, recovery from those events is a process of discovery rather than an attempt to go back to the way things once were. Discovery is made possible when services and programs explore the meaning of safety from multiple perspectives, foster authentic connections that build trust and share power by supporting choice and autonomy. It also means approaching service delivery and policy review from a perspective reflecting "trauma first�., diagnosis/liability second." Establishing safety is the first step to co-creating environments with clients that foster recovery and avoid retraumatization. But how do we do this? The principles of recovery are confluent with the principles of becoming trauma informed. Some of the common values are: - Supporting people in becoming the central directors in their own healing. - Healing starts with the person, no matter how vulnerable they appear to be. - Hope is essential to healing. - Autonomy and self-determination foster recovery. - Building trust and establishing connection create opportunities for discovery. - People are doing the best they can at any given time to cope with immeasurable losses. - A sense of safety is key to recovery. - Recovery is possible. What does it mean to approach people in a way that is trauma-informed? It means approaching them in a way that honors their strengths as well as vulnerabilities. It means creating opportunities for people who are homeless to become empowered to act as the central directors of their own lives. This often happens when individuals serving clients are willing to share power by being honest and authentic in their interactions. It also means taking into account that feelings of powerlessness and terror are stimulated by loss of control. These feelings are awakened in environments and approaches to service delivery that are crisis-driven, reactive, restricted, crowded, noisy and chaotic. Being Proactive Rather than Reactive Crises can lead to the use of coercion and force, such as police or security intervention, when shelter staff and outreach workers are put in positions to react. The immediate nature of crises tends to strip clients of power and control, leading to escalation and re-enacting prior traumatic events. In order to avoid retraumatization, to foster empowerment and increase partnerships with clients, it's essential to plan as far in advance as possible. The more proactive we can become by asking what helps and what makes things worse in times of crises, the greater the opportunity to align with clients in their healing. The more information that can be gathered with clients when they are not in crisis and a plan developed regarding how best to respond, the more likely it is we can avoid the retraumatization that happens when control is taken away. The following steps reflect a process that fosters opportunities for recovery and healing by optimizing client choice through proactive planning to avoid crisis and retrauma. Ask: Introduce yourself when you meet someone and tell them why you are speaking with them and what you hope to accomplish. Even if you've seen them many times before, they may need to be reminded, particularly if they are using substances, hearing voices, taking medications, have head injuries and focused on surviving day to day. Other useful questions include: � What is your most important priority right now? � What can we do together to ease the pain, discomfort, loneliness, fear�.or whatever emotion you sense? � Are you a mom/dad/sister/brother? � What have you done for work in the past? What would you like to do? � Did/Do you belong to a faith that provides support or comfort? � Who is your closest friend? � Do you have children? How long has it been since you have seen them? Inform: Provide information about how services work. Regular program procedures and policies give people an opportunity to make informed choices. Fostering autonomy builds trust in relationships. This is particularly important when people have been physically and emotionally controlled and violated in the past. Homelessness itself amplifies and compounds these losses. It is, therefore, particularly important to share power by giving people information, so they can begin to make decisions for themselves. Some useful information to provide might include: � How services work. � How often they are provided and where. � What alternatives might be available. � Benefits and consequences of accepting services. � Requirements/ rules/procedures for staying in certain shelters. � Rules/ requirements for accepting benefits. � What happens during intake. Are there exams for medical clearance? Do people have to remove their clothing? Are the same gender staff available? Assess: The following approaches and questions are meant to provide an outline of things to consider when designing and implementing an assessment process. They won't apply in all situations and should be tailored to the particular group of people being assessed. The point is to create a dialogue with clients at the first opportunity about their histories and to draw on their self-knowledge about what helps and what makes things worse when they are having a hard time. In this way, providers and clients can enter into a partnership with the goal of helping people avoid triggering situations and crises. The information also assists providers in getting to know clients better, the survival skills they have learned, and strengths they have developed. Some thing to consider about the assessment process: � Is privacy provided when clients are being asked personal questions about themselves, their background or health? Even if someone is on the street, are they assessed away from other people who can overhear? This is important because the information someone provides could potentially put them at risk if the wrong people hear it. In our attempt to help, it's important not to make people more vulnerable. � If we are assessing people for medical problems, how is privacy protected? � Are people being assessed under fluorescent or high pulse lights? People who have been subject to head trauma are predisposed to seizures. High pulse lighting makes it more difficult to focus and is far less soothing than incandescent lighting. � Are there implements that are reminders of prior weapons? These might be such common items as scissors, knives, forks, needles, gurneys with restraint straps, nightclubs, handcuffs, and mace. � Are there people present wearing uniforms, badges or other symbols of power? � Time of the day: night time is notoriously difficult for people who have been assaulted. � Is the environment unlocked so people can exit the interview easily? � Are entrances and exits unblocked? Make sure you're not blocking someone's exit. � Are providers positioned at the same height as clients? (Are people standing over those using wheelchairs or other assistive devices?) You want to be at the same height so you can make good eye contact with someone. - Asking specific questions will yield more accurate information than general questions. For instance, asking: "Have you ever been abused?" is likely to yield a negative response. People often do not associate abusive actions with that label. All too often, being assaulted is normative. So questions should address the information you seek such as: "Have you ever been hit, kicked or punched?" This is more likely to yield an accurate response. Here are some things to consider when assessing someone: - Are people in physical danger at the moment? It seems odd to ask this question when we know that people who are homeless are obviously vulnerable to physical threat all the time. And yet, it is still a useful question to ask, given the rates of violence people experience. People are often fleeing violent situations and have past or present experiences of being stalked, threatened and hurt. Therefore, we need to ask if they are being threatened with physical harm in the present. - Asking about prior histories of trauma. Have they been hit, knocked out (hit in the head and lost consciousness), kicked, punched, assaulted with a weapon, forced to have unwanted sex in the past? - What are some things that help (make a list) when they are having a hard time? - What are some things that make it worse (triggers) when they are having a hard time? (Make a list) - Is there someone who can be contacted if they are having a hard time? Who are they? Do we have permission to contact them? Act: How do we act in ways that are trauma-informed, recovery-oriented and person-centered? Some things to consider include: � Is privacy provided for people to change, sleep, use the shower and bathroom? � Are the shelter rules the same for men and women? � Are there support groups for people to access? � Are there groups that address grief, loss, rage, trauma, parenting, substance use? � Is there a known presence of people who are formerly homeless providing services? � Do people use people-first language? (Ex: "People with substance use problems" People diagnosed with mental illness") � Does staff believe recovery is possible for everyone including those diagnosed with a mental illness who are homeless? � Do we repeat back what people say so they know they have been heard? For more information: Prescott, L. and Bassuk, E. (forthcoming) The Long Journey Home: A Companion Guide for Creating Trauma�Informed Services for Homeless Mothers and Children. Newton, MA: National Center for Family Homelessness. Tag violence traumatic stress trauma-informed care Resource Type Report Organization National Center on Family Homelessness (NCFH) Date Issued 2007 Location Newton, MA Phone 617-964-3834 Is OK for Viewing OK for Viewing Vetted Not Vetted Exists as Hardcopy No -------------------------------------------------------- **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------- From wtinker@verizon.net Thu Aug 23 09:53:04 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (Tink) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:53:04 -0700 Subject: [Hpn] SFGate: Newsom moves to give police freer hand to clear homeless from parks Message-ID: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SFGate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/08/22/BAGBMRNGC26.DTL --------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, August 22, 2007 (SF Chronicle) Newsom moves to give police freer hand to clear homeless from parks Heather Knight, Chronicle Staff Writer (08-22) 16:12 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Police officers would be able to arrest people camping in Golden Gate Park or any other city parks at any time of day under new changes to the parks code introduced by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. The proposed ordinance to amend the park code includes new language prohibiting anyone from modifying "the landscape in any way in order to create a shelter or accumulate household furniture or appliances or construction debris in any park." That language is much broader than the previous rules, which prohibited people form constructing or maintaining actual structures or tents. The new wording would allow police officers who spot obvious encampments -- including those with sleeping bags, tarps or cooking devices -- to arrest people using them even during the daytime, according to Yomi Agunbiade, general manager of the city's recreation and parks department. "The way it was written before, it was really hard to enforce," Agunbiade said. "All this has done is broaden the definition, and it makes it a lot clearer about what camping is." Newsom's proposed legislation also expands the no-sleeping-in-parks hours from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. The proposed ordinance will go before the Board of Supervisors when it returns from recess next month. E-mail Heather Knight at hknight@sfchronicle.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2007 SF Chronicle From wtinker@verizon.net Thu Aug 23 18:53:25 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:53:25 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] (no subject) Message-ID: <00aa01c7e5b6$e368e720$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00A7_01C7E595.5BD6A570 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sex offenders roaming city homeless shelters=20 Thursday, August 23rd 2007=20 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime_file/2007/08/23/2007-08-23_sex_offe= nders_roaming_city_homeless_shel.html Convicted sex offenders are living alongside children and their families = in homeless shelters throughout the city, a report released yesterday = revealed. The report - based on data collected from the state's sex offender = registry - indicated that six pedophiles recently were living in family = shelters in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx. The offenders named in the study have all committed egregious acts = against minors between 5 and 16 years old, according to the report = released by state Sen. Jeff Klein (D-Bronx). "I was rather shocked," Klein told the Daily News. "One of the things = that made it even more alarming is that all six of these individuals = were convicted of sex crimes against minors." The Homeless Services Department said four of the six named in the = report are not currently housed in city shelters and one is in an = adult-only facility. Klein is recommending that sex offenders be excluded from family = shelters, which would be required to check applicants against the = registry before they are admitted. William Charles Tinker=20 New Hampshire Homeless=20 Founded 11-28-99 25 Granite Street=20 Northfield,N.H. 03276-1640 USA=20 Advocates,activists for disabled,displaced human rights.=20 1-603-286-2492=20 http://www.missingkids.com=20 http://www.nationalhomeless.org=20 http://www.newhampshirehomeless.org=20 newhampshirehomeless-subscribe@topica.com=20 ------=_NextPart_000_00A7_01C7E595.5BD6A570 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Sex offenders roaming city homeless shelters

Thursday, August 23rd 2007

Convicted sex offenders are living alongside children and their = families=20 in homeless shelters throughout the city, a report released yesterday=20 revealed.

The report - based on data collected from the state's sex offender = registry -=20 indicated that six pedophiles recently were living in family shelters in = Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx.

The offenders named in the study have all committed egregious acts = against=20 minors between 5 and 16 years old, according to the report released by = state=20 Sen. Jeff Klein (D-Bronx).

"I was rather shocked," Klein told the Daily News. "One of the things = that=20 made it even more alarming is that all six of these individuals were = convicted=20 of sex crimes against minors."

The Homeless Services Department said four of the six named in the = report are=20 not currently housed in city shelters and one is in an adult-only = facility.

Klein is recommending that sex offenders be excluded from family = shelters,=20 which would be required to check applicants against the registry before = they are=20 admitted.

------=_NextPart_000_00A7_01C7E595.5BD6A570-- From wtinker@verizon.net Fri Aug 24 07:19:49 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:19:49 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Police ID man killed at homeless camp Message-ID: <003f01c7e61f$2903d480$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003B_01C7E5FD.A15C0F00 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_003C_01C7E5FD.A15C0F00" ------=_NextPart_001_003C_01C7E5FD.A15C0F00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Police ID man killed at homeless camp http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/orl-bk-homeless082307,0,= 4335915.story Robert Lloyd Davis (August 22, 2007)=20 Walter Pacheco | Sentinel Staff Writer=20 August 23, 2007=20 Orlando police today identified Stephen M. King, 49, as the homeless man = who was fatally shot Tuesday at a transient camp just west of College = Park. Robert Lloyd Davis, another homeless man who lived at the camp off John = Young Parkway and WD Judge Drive, was charged with first-degree murder = Tuesday in the killing of King. Police discovered King's body as they = searched for a missing person in the camp frequented by transients. ------=_NextPart_001_003C_01C7E5FD.A15C0F00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Police ID man killed at homeless camp

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/o= rl-bk-homeless082307,0,4335915.story

Robert Lloyd Davis (August 22, = 2007)=20

Walter Pacheco | Sentinel Staff=20 Writer=20

August 23, 2007

Orlando police today identified = Stephen M.=20 King, 49, as the homeless man who was fatally shot Tuesday at a = transient camp=20 just west of College Park.

Robert Lloyd Davis, another homeless = man who=20 lived at the camp off John Young Parkway and WD Judge Drive, was charged = with=20 first-degree murder Tuesday in the killing of King. Police discovered = King's=20 body as they searched for a missing person in the camp frequented by=20 transients.

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Tinker) Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:55:19 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Only in America are the Homeless so Bad Off Message-ID: <003a01c7e6ba$fec44690$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0037_01C7E699.76BAB200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Friday, August 24, 2007 Only in America are the Homeless so Bad Off=20 posted by Joe Noory @ 7:15 PM=20 http://no-pasaran.blogspot.com/2007/08/only-in-america-are-homeless-so-ba= d-off.html La vie cachee du peripherique / The secret life of the Paris beltway - = part 4 The city's outreach call center gets 40.000 new cases per year - With thanks to Social Traitre=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0037_01C7E699.76BAB200 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Friday, August 24, 2007

Only in America are the Homeless so Bad Off

posted by Joe Noory @ 7:15=20 PM

http://no-pasaran.blogspot.com/2007/08/only-in-americ= a-are-homeless-so-bad-off.html

La=20 vie cachee du peripherique / The secret life of the Paris beltway - part = 4

The city's outreach call center gets 40.000 new cases per=20 year

- With thanks to Social Traitre

------=_NextPart_000_0037_01C7E699.76BAB200-- From wtinker@verizon.net Sat Aug 25 10:24:33 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:24:33 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Reverend stresses compassion, caution when dealing with homeless Message-ID: <004e01c7e702$21d92be0$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004B_01C7E6E0.9A0DB1C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://www.thedurhamnews.com/around_town/story/81694.html Aug 25, 2007 Reverend stresses compassion, caution when dealing with homeless=20 Flo Johnston, Correspondent It's not difficult to deal with the poor when we don't come eyeball to = eyeball with them. Stuffing some bucks or a check into an envelope is = about as close as we want to get to seeing human misery that may be = dirty, stinking and totally disgusting.=20 But what do we do when we're driving to Chapel Hill and have to stop at = the intersection near New Hope Commons and our car rolls to a halt right = beside a homeless man who's asking for help. It's a hot day. Everybody = is sweating.=20 We all have the same choices. Maybe we choose to look the other way and = pray for the light to change quickly. Or maybe, we decide to at least be = friendly and roll down the window to say good morning. Or if we've = really got a bug in our bonnet about people who beg for a living, we = might suggest in a loud voice that this individual look for a job.=20 Some Christians, however, think the way we react in such situations is = related to how seriously we take one of the central teachings of Jesus.=20 In an article in a recent Duke Chapel publication titled "Panhandling: A = Christian Response," the Rev. Gaston Warner, director of university and = community relations at the chapel, addressed common perceptions and = fears surrounding those who beg for money and gave some practical = suggestions about what to do when faced with someone begging.=20 1. "It is just a scam": These are certainly folks who have learned what = techniques work best, but there is usually a genuine need lurking = somewhere in the background. The Christian response is not lessened by = the possibility that the people asking do not really need what they say = they need. Jesus never said, "Guard thyself carefully, lest the poor con = thee out of thy money."=20 2. "They will just use the money to buy alcohol or drugs": Addiction is = often a reality for many of the chronically homeless. If money is given, = some will likely go to feeding whatever addiction the person may have. = The rest will go to buy necessities, but the problem with addiction is = that the substance is often the necessity for that person.=20 3. "Panhandlers are dangerous": While mental illness often does = accompany the chronically homeless, and one should always use caution, = those begging on the side of the road are far more likely to be harmed = by a malicious person passing by than they are to harm others. This = population is almost always the victim of violence,not the perpetrator.=20 Warner suggests that money is not always the best response to = panhandlers. A good solution might be to pack a grocery bag of items = that are useful for homeless and hungry people. Here's his list:=20 * Dinty Moore/Hormel meals (good hot or cold and nutritious)=20 * Granola bars and prepackaged trail mix=20 * Vacuum-sealed bags of tuna=20 * Travel-sized toiletries, soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrush=20 * Plastic-wrapped napkins, forks, knives, salt and pepper=20 * Bottle of water or juice=20 * Toilet paper=20 * A bag of socks (occasionally). Ever wear a single pair for several = days?=20 In the end, Warner says, the best way to engage hungry and homeless = people is to get to know them. There are many local organizations = working with them. Anyone who wants to get involved is invited to call = Warner at 414-4167 or g.warner@duke.edu. ------=_NextPart_000_004B_01C7E6E0.9A0DB1C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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Aug 25, 2007

Reverend = stresses=20 compassion, caution when dealing with homeless

Flo Johnston,=20 Correspondent

It's not = difficult to=20 deal with the poor when we don't come eyeball to eyeball with them. = Stuffing=20 some bucks or a check into an envelope is about as close as we want to = get to=20 seeing human misery that may be dirty, stinking and totally disgusting.=20

But what do we do when we're driving to Chapel Hill and have to stop = at the=20 intersection near New Hope Commons and our car rolls to a halt right = beside a=20 homeless man who's asking for help. It's a hot day. Everybody is = sweating.=20

We all have the same choices. Maybe we choose to look the other way = and pray=20 for the light to change quickly. Or maybe, we decide to at least be = friendly and=20 roll down the window to say good morning. Or if we've really got a bug = in our=20 bonnet about people who beg for a living, we might suggest in a loud = voice that=20 this individual look for a job.=20

Some Christians, however, think the way we react in such situations = is=20 related to how seriously we take one of the central teachings of Jesus.=20

In an article in a recent Duke Chapel publication titled = "Panhandling: A=20 Christian Response," the Rev. Gaston Warner, director of university and=20 community relations at the chapel, addressed common perceptions and = fears=20 surrounding those who beg for money and gave some practical suggestions = about=20 what to do when faced with someone begging.=20

1. "It is just a scam": These are certainly folks who have = learned=20 what techniques work best, but there is usually a genuine need lurking = somewhere=20 in the background. The Christian response is not lessened by the = possibility=20 that the people asking do not really need what they say they need. Jesus = never=20 said, "Guard thyself carefully, lest the poor con thee out of thy = money."=20

2. "They will just use the money to buy alcohol or drugs": = Addiction=20 is often a reality for many of the chronically homeless. If money is = given, some=20 will likely go to feeding whatever addiction the person may have. The = rest will=20 go to buy necessities, but the problem with addiction is that the = substance is=20 often the necessity for that person.=20

3. "Panhandlers are dangerous": While mental illness often = does=20 accompany the chronically homeless, and one should always use caution, = those=20 begging on the side of the road are far more likely to be harmed by a = malicious=20 person passing by than they are to harm others. This population is = almost always=20 the victim of violence,not the perpetrator.=20

Warner suggests that money is not always the best response to = panhandlers. A=20 good solution might be to pack a grocery bag of items that are useful = for=20 homeless and hungry people. Here's his list:=20

* Dinty Moore/Hormel meals (good hot or cold and nutritious)=20

* Granola bars and prepackaged trail mix=20

* Vacuum-sealed bags of tuna=20

* Travel-sized toiletries, soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrush=20

* Plastic-wrapped napkins, forks, knives, salt and pepper=20

* Bottle of water or juice=20

* Toilet paper=20

* A bag of socks (occasionally). Ever wear a single pair for several = days?=20

In the end, Warner says, the best way to engage hungry and homeless = people is=20 to get to know them. There are many local organizations working with = them.=20 Anyone who wants to get involved is invited to call Warner at 414-4167 = or g.warner@duke.edu.

------=_NextPart_000_004B_01C7E6E0.9A0DB1C0-- From wtinker@verizon.net Sat Aug 25 11:51:11 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (Tink) Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 04:51:11 -0700 Subject: [Hpn] SFGate: Supervisor Chris Daly endorses Quintin Mecke in S.F. mayor's race Message-ID: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SFGate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/08/25/BABLRP23L.DTL --------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, August 25, 2007 (SF Chronicle) Supervisor Chris Daly endorses Quintin Mecke in S.F. mayor's race Heather Knight, Chronicle Staff Writer San Francisco Supervisor Chris Daly gave his endorsement for mayor Friday to Quintin Mecke, the director of a city-funded public safety group who is active on homelessness issues. Mecke also has picked up the backing of BART board member Tom Radulovich - raising hope among some progressives that they may have somebody to rally around as a challenger to incumbent Mayor Gavin Newsom in the Nov. 6 election. But some other well-known progressives, including Supervisors Tom Ammiano and Ross Mirkarimi and former Supervisor Matt Gonzalez, are staying out of the endorsement game so far - even though Mecke has worked past campaigns for all three men. The dozen people running against Newsom - including a nudist, a homeless taxicab driver and a performer who goes by the name Chicken John - have gotten attention mostly for their wackiness. But those who know Mecke say he's a genuine, earnest candidate. "Quintin Mecke is not just talk," said Daly, an archenemy of Newsom's, in a statement Friday. "He's been working on the important issues facing San Francisco for years. For those concerned about public safety, neighborhood protections, and affordable housing, Quintin Mecke is our best choice for mayor." Daly, who organized a progressive convention earlier this summer in the hopes of finding a challenger to Newsom, and considered taking on the role himself, did not return a call for further comment. Eric Jaye, Newsom's campaign manager, said only, "Supervisor Daly has been saying these many months that he would find a candidate, and apparently he has." Mecke, a 34-year-old registered Democrat and single renter in the Alamo Square neighborhood, is the program director of the city-funded Safety Network Partnership, which works to improve public safety in neighborhoods around the city. He was president of the Mental Health Association of San Francisco and is a member of the Shelter Monitoring Network, which makes scheduled and surprise visits to shelters for homeless people and reports its findings to the Board of Supervisors. Mecke said Friday he would have backed Daly, Gonzalez or Mirkarimi for mayor, but when they all bowed out, he decided to enter the race to ensure that progressive ideals were at least discussed. "I think we need to start thinking about what the city's vision is and talking about public safety, homelessness and the fact that the city is becoming unaffordable for families," he said. "I decided to put my money where my mouth is and make sure these conversations happen." He said the first thing he would do as mayor is ensure that shelters - many of which lack basics such as beds, soap and toilet paper - have a uniform standard of care, as prisons and hospitals do. He is working with Ammiano to make sure that happens this fall. Mecke praised Newsom for starting Project Homeless Connect, a bimonthly one-stop shop where homeless people can receive all sorts of services. He said it should be open on a smaller scale much more frequently. He said that community policing initiatives need to be expanded to help stem the homicide crisis, and that the police department needs to work to repair its relationship with African Americans, who experience violence way out of proportion to their percentage of the city's population. Mecke was born and raised in Pennsylvania and earned a bachelor's degree in religion from Dickinson College and a master's degree in public administration from San Francisco State University. He spent two years in the Peace Corps in Niger. In San Francisco, he has held a variety of jobs related to community organizing, public safety, mental health and homelessness. His entree into political life was working on Ammiano's supervisorial campaign in 1998; he worked later in Ammiano's office as an intern. "I know that Quintin's not a nudist or a clown," Ammiano joked Friday, adding that he doesn't plan to endorse anybody in the race. "I think he's going to impress people on the campaign trail because he's very cogent. He has what I call a quiet intensity - he really does believe in and has practical experience in the issues he's talking about." Gonzalez said Friday he and his law partners each contributed $100 to several candidates: Mecke, blogger Josh Wolf, physician Ahimsa Sumchai, juvenile probation manager Lonnie Holmes, former Supervisor Tony Hall and Chicken John, a.k.a. John Rinaldi. The contributions were made in an effort to help a Newsom challenger qualify for public financing, which is available for the first time in this year's mayor's race and would allow a challenger to ultimately qualify for $850,000 in public money. To qualify, a candidate must submit evidence of donations totaling $25,000 from at least 250 residents of San Francisco by Tuesday. Mecke said it'll be close, but he is hopeful he'll reach that baseline qualification in time. Gonzalez isn't convinced. "From my cursory look at the candidates, most of them are promoting one or two primary issues that they care a lot about, but I have yet to see somebody with a real comprehensive program," he said. "I would want to see that before I personally made a decision." Mirkarimi said he knows Mecke well and admires him, but hasn't made up his mind about an endorsement. "I know that a number of candidates like Quintin Mecke, Tony Hall, Ahimsa Sumchai and others will all do a good job in elevating the discourse, and that's what we need," he said. Mecke said he wasn't naive enough to believe the endorsements from Daly and Radulovich would be the start of an explosion in popularity like Gonzalez experienced in his last-minute run against Newsom in 2003. "I'm just really hoping progressives stand up and say, 'Our ideas are better.' I'm not here to make it a protest candidacy. I'm not here to make it me against Gavin," he said. "I'm actually here to have a substantive conversation about the issues that are facing San Francisco." E-mail Heather Knight at hknight@sfchronicle.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2007 SF Chronicle From wtinker@verizon.net Sun Aug 26 05:52:29 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (Tink) Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:52:29 -0700 Subject: [Hpn] SFGate: Children who survive urban warfare suffer from PTSD, too Message-ID: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SFGate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/08/25/MN7PRKTI3.DTL --------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, August 25, 2007 (SF Chronicle) Children who survive urban warfare suffer from PTSD, too Jill Tucker, Chronicle Staff Writer Tierra Turner's older brother was shot and killed on a busy Bayview street last summer. By the time Tierra, 11, arrived at the scene with her mother, a yellow tarp covered 18-year-old Anthony Brooks' body. Nearby, a second tarp covered his friend, Monte Frierson. Standing outside the police tape, Tierra broke down, her small body heaving with sobs. Two weeks later, Tierra started the sixth grade. Along with a Tinker Bell backpack and pink Princess cell phone, she carried the deaths with her to Visitacion Valley Middle School each day, absentmindedly writing "RIP Ant and Monte" on the cover of her notebooks and in sidewalk chalk on the playground. As the months passed, her grades slipped and her temper often flared. At her school, the principal and staff see the signs and symptoms of trauma-related stress in many of their students - the hostile outbursts, the sliding grades, the poor test scores or the inability to pay attention. [Podcast: Learning to teach kids with post-traumatic stress disorder.] They are among the countless children in San Francisco's toughest neighborhoods who experience murder, violence and trauma - an often unavoidable consequence of living in an urban war zone. The violence, layers of it overlapping year after year, can eventually take up residence in the children's minds. Like combat veterans, they develop post-traumatic stress disorder - the soldier's sickness. As many as one-third of children living in our country's violent urban neighborhoods have PTSD, according to recent research and the country's top child trauma experts - nearly twice the rate reported for troops returning from war zones in Iraq. Los Angeles Unified officials conduct annual surveys, finding similar rates of PTSD within the schools in that city's most violent neighborhoods. Implementing a group treatment program, one developed by the district, has come in fits and starts, however. In the Bay Area and across the country, meanwhile, PTSD in these urban children is generally undiagnosed, untreated and almost completely off the radar for policymakers and education officials. A Stanford University researcher, however, believes schools should be on the front lines when it comes to recognizing and treating children with symptoms of PTSD, and has identified Visitacion Valley Middle School as the ideal place to test a therapy involving 17 one-on-one sessions with a trained counselor. "We have to pay a lot more attention to this," said Dr. Victor Carrion, director of the Stanford Early Life Stress Research Program. "PTSD basically feeds on avoidance. The more you avoid it, the worse it gets." But Carrion lacks ongoing funding and said the study has stalled despite a waiting list of students at the school. Nearly a third of the 105 students in Tierra's sixth-grade class at Visitacion Valley said they have seen or knew someone killed with a gun, according to a poll school officials administered last fall. "The violence permeates the lives of the children," said school Principal James Dierke. "It's something they carry around with them like a coat, all day long." Yet, these children, while hurt and scared, can be helped. Tierra's trauma is recognized The F-word flew smoothly out of Tierra's mouth as if it had been there before, which it had. The profanity didn't faze Dierke, who sat beside her in his office in June, a day before school let out for the summer. Tierra continued the rant - something about a boy she wanted to beat up. It wouldn't have been the first fistfight the girl waged, punching larger opponents with the full force of her 110 pounds on her 5-foot, one-inch frame. Dierke didn't blink at Tierra's language or tough talk. She wasn't in trouble. The two were just chatting. "Are you going to summer school?" Dierke asked, changing the subject. "You need to." She didn't look at him when she said yes. Tierra, now 12, had been a good student in elementary school, both in classwork and behavior. At home, she was outgoing and would tease her brother or laugh as he danced for girlfriends. She called him NuNu. She doesn't remember why - maybe it was just easier to say than Anthony. But now, his death hangs over Tierra and her family. Tierra cried and screamed the day he died and then withdrew, said her mother, Marian Hawkins-Turner. "She just kind of went into a shell," Hawkins-Turner said one afternoon last spring while her daughter was still at school. Except for one particular day. That day, Hawkins-Turner sat on the couch across from Tierra's open bedroom door. Her daughter sat on her bed, repeatedly stabbing a teddy bear with the pointed tip of a plastic comb. "What are you doing?" the mother asked her daughter. "This is what I want to do to the person who killed my brother," Tierra responded. At school this year, Tierra's grades slid, she was belligerent in class, mouthy to teachers and at times a troublemaker on the playground. She spent more than her fair share of sixth grade in administrators' offices getting scolded or punished. One spring afternoon, she ran through the school halls yelling obscenities, chasing a boy who teased her. He hadn't been mean, but she punched him anyway. "Don't forget I'm going to beat your ass tomorrow," she yelled after him. She looked like a bad kid with a bad attitude. But Dierke knew different. Based on Tierra's behavior, Dierke and the school's social worker Chuck Waters identified her earlier this year as eligible for the Stanford PTSD study. School's students affected Visitacion Valley Middle School sits on a hilltop, bordered by an open-space park and low-income neighborhoods. Many students live in nearby public housing units, including Sunnydale's decrepit barracks-style row houses. About 70 percent of the students are considered low income, 25 percent are English learners and 18 percent are in special-education programs. Every year, there are double-digit homicides in the surrounding communities of Visitacion Valley, Bayview and Hunters Point, as well as countless nonlethal shootings. In Dierke's office, a television screen rotates through security images of the school's hallways and parking lots. On his desk is a folder with daily crime statistics from the area. He stays in frequent contact with police officials and social services agencies. He knows before Monday morning whether he'll need grief counselors on hand because of a weekend tragedy. "We have kids who are literally stepping over criminal activity to get here to school," Dierke said. "We have a lot of kids who have seen a tremendous amount of violence." There was the former student who watched a man hold a gun to his mother's head and rape her. There was the girl who nearly tripped over a dead body lying next to the path as she ran to school. There were the three boys who watched a gunfight while they waited for their school bus, bullets flying before 8 a.m. And there have been many like Tierra - their sibling, father, mother or close friend slain. They seem numb to the violence, even as its emotional aftermath festers inside. Dierke always knew the trauma stayed with the children. He also knew they couldn't function in class or on the playground because of something that had happened to them sometime in years past or as recently as over the weekend. Until a couple of years ago, he just didn't know what to call it. Now he knows. But doing something about it is something else entirely. Staff, teachers trained The teachers and staff at Visitacion Valley say they see PTSD symptoms play out in the students on a daily basis. They see it in the playground fistfights and in subpar schoolwork. They see it in seemingly unprovoked emotional outbursts - sometimes taking the form of tears streaming down students' faces and other times uncontrolled rage and clenched fists. "It's really responsible for not having kids reach their academic, social and emotional milestones," said Stanford's Carrion, an associate professor of adolescent and child psychiatry. "The symptoms really cause impairment." Carrion is testing the school-based therapy, with counselor interns or the school's social worker trained to provide the 17 one-hour sessions. He also trained the school's entire staff to recognize the signs and symptoms of PTSD. His treatment is designed to be used by school counselors to help children who have multiple symptoms related to trauma. The treatment is prescribed on the basis of the symptoms rather than an official diagnosis by a psychologist or psychiatrist - which would cost additional time and money that the schools don't have. About six students over the last two years have participated in Carrion's study, which requires parental approval and cooperation - at times a difficult hurdle depending on the stability of a student's home life. During the sessions, students talk with a trained mental health professional, describing in detail the trauma they've experienced. They also identify the triggers that remind them of the trauma, cues that set off outbursts, anxiety or even panic - loud voices maybe, seeing the color of blood, or someone touching them. And they find ways to react differently. The treatment helps children understand that what they are going through - the fear, the outbursts and the lack of concentration - is completely normal given what they have experienced or witnessed. "When students understand that, their self-esteem goes up and they become a survivor rather than a victim," Carrion said. "What happens if they don't get treated, they become violent themselves." Therapist intern Laura Strom, who helped Carrion conduct the research, recalled one of the first Visitacion Valley students who participated in the study. The girl's life had been a living hell. When she was 5, her father set her closet on fire as she huddled on her bed. He had hoped to kill everyone inside the house. Firefighters rescued her. Two years earlier, she had been removed from her home and health workers found cockroaches in her ear. At age 9, she saw her brother stabbed in the back. At 14, she had PTSD. Cockroaches, police cars and the sight of syringes triggered symptoms: withdrawal, fear, anxiety. After the treatment, the girl's self-esteem improved, Strom said. The girl's grades went up. Her PTSD symptoms decreased. School officials would like to see Tierra enrolled in the treatment this year. But that might not be possible. Carrion's research grant from the American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry ran out. He is looking for more funding, perhaps hundreds of thousands of dollars to hire full-time therapists for the study. With school starting Monday, he doesn't know how many - if any- students will get to participate. PTSD symptoms like ADD Social worker Chuck Waters often saw several students each day in his closet-size office in Visitacion Valley's counseling office. Some were there with average symptoms of teenage angst; for others, it was about so much more. They were his regulars. The school has a few dozen programs that aim to help them - golf, Girl Power lunches, group sessions for students with incarcerated parents, tutoring, flag football, music classes, a garden, violence-prevention programs, anger management and schoolwide sessions on the power of positive thinking. But Waters knows many of the students need more help than the school can now give. PTSD can look a lot like attention-deficit disorder, he said, with the lack of concentration, poor grades and inability to sit still. "It's so hard to diagnose," he said. "It's one kid at a time." Yet it almost guarantees that these students - often African American or Latino and low income - won't do as well on standardized tests as their wealthier, whiter and safer peers. "Post-traumatic stress is rampant," said Meredith Rolfe, administrator for the California Department of Education's Safe and Healthy Kids Program Office. "There doesn't seem to be the realization of the relationship to academic achievement." "It explains the achievement gap," said Trish Bascom, executive director of San Francisco Unified School District's Health Programs. Providing mental health services - and PTSD treatment - in schools is ideal because that's where the children are, and it's often the one place they feel safe, both Rolfe and Bascom said. Dierke is frustrated by the lack of attention to the issue. "If we can do it for the asthma kids or if we can do it for the fat kids, we ought to be able to figure out what to do about this," he said. Tierra's life goes on Tierra was in the kitchen, fixing a ham, mustard and white bread sandwich for herself and her 4-year-old cousin. Her mom sat on the couch a few feet away, her face drawn. "I didn't sleep much last night," Marian Hawkins-Turner said. She had gone to play bingo the night before, a regular game at a parlor up the street. Hawkins-Turner said she was scanning her bingo cards when four men with guns drawn burst into the building. She didn't realize what was happening at first. Across the room, one of the four men eyed the crowd, waving a gun at chest level, its muzzle scanning for victims. The men took money and fled. "I flashed on my son," she said the next day. "I was a nervous wreck. I'm just tired of people dying." Tierra carried the two sandwiches to the living room, knelt on the floor and took a bite. She said nothing about her mother's story. Her face showed no emotion. A few months later, and a mile from where her brother died, Tierra was baptized at Calvary Hill Community Church, her body cloaked in a white robe as she was immersed in the water, her sins removed and her soul cleansed. She said she wanted to get baptized because when she dies, she wants to go to heaven. There, Tierra believes, she will see her brother again. The symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder A diagnosis of PTSD requires meeting specific criteria outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Those include exposure to a traumatic event that caused a response involving intense fear, helplessness or horror; in children that might include disorganized or agitated behavior. Subsequent symptoms, lasting longer than a month, include: -- Re-experiencing trauma through dreams or thought -- Acting or feeling as if the traumatic event were recurring -- Avoidance of feelings or activities -- Sense of foreshortened future -- Feeling of detachment or estrangement from others -- Irritability or outbursts of anger -- Difficulty concentrating or sleeping -- An exaggerated startle response -- Intense distress from cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event Source: National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs E-mail Jill Tucker at jtucker@sfchronicle.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2007 SF Chronicle From wtinker@verizon.net Sun Aug 26 06:15:59 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 02:15:59 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] 93-year-old charged with cocaine trafficking Message-ID: <000801c7e7a8$92f94480$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C7E787.0B07A4C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://www.newsobserver.com/front/story/681455.html Aug 24, 2007=20 93-year-old charged with cocaine trafficking >From Staff Reports Durham police have arrested a 93-year-old man on cocaine-trafficking and = related charges.=20 William C. Tinnen was arrested Thursday during a raid at 204 Teel St., = police said in a news release issued today. Police spokeswoman Kammie = Michael said she assumed police had a tip that drug activity was taking = place there.=20 In addition to trafficking, Tinnen is charged with possession of cocaine = with the intent to sell or deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia and = maintaining a dwelling for the sale of drugs. Officers also confiscated = three firearms from the house.=20 Tinnen's bond was set at $200,000.=20 He was among four people arrested by the Special Operations Division in = two raids and an undercover operation.=20 Also arrested were:=20 - Ryheme McLaurin, 25, and his mother, Doris Faye McLaurin, 52, both of = 1113-B Gurley Street, in a raid on their apartment. They were charged = with trafficking in heroin or opium, maintaining a dwelling for the sale = of drugs and other felony drug counts. In addition to heroin, = investigators confiscated Percocet, Oxycodone, cocaine and Vicodin. Bond = for Ryheme McLaurin was set at $200,000 and bond for Doris Faye = McLaurin, was set at $175,000.=20 - Francisco Morales Medina, 38, of Ellis Road on two counts of = trafficking methamphetamine, possession of cocaine and methamphetamine = with the intent to sell or deliver, maintaining a vehicle for the sale = and delivery of drugs and sale and delivery of methamphetamine. = Investigators confiscated 11 grams of cocaine, 70 grams of = methamphetamine and a Ford pickup truck. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C7E787.0B07A4C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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Aug 24, 2007=20

93-year-old charged with cocaine trafficking

From Staff = Reports

Durham = police have=20 arrested a 93-year-old man on cocaine-trafficking and related charges.=20

William C. Tinnen was arrested Thursday during a raid at 204 Teel = St., police=20 said in a news release issued today. Police spokeswoman Kammie Michael = said she=20 assumed police had a tip that drug activity was taking place there.=20

In addition to trafficking, Tinnen is charged with possession of = cocaine with=20 the intent to sell or deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia and = maintaining=20 a dwelling for the sale of drugs. Officers also confiscated three = firearms from=20 the house.=20

Tinnen's bond was set at $200,000.=20

He was among four people arrested by the Special Operations Division = in two=20 raids and an undercover operation.=20

Also arrested were:=20

- Ryheme McLaurin, 25, and his mother, Doris Faye McLaurin, 52, both = of=20 1113-B Gurley Street, in a raid on their apartment. They were charged = with=20 trafficking in heroin or opium, maintaining a dwelling for the sale of = drugs and=20 other felony drug counts. In addition to heroin, investigators = confiscated=20 Percocet, Oxycodone, cocaine and Vicodin. Bond for Ryheme McLaurin was = set at=20 $200,000 and bond for Doris Faye McLaurin, was set at $175,000.=20

- Francisco Morales Medina, 38, of Ellis Road on two counts of = trafficking=20 methamphetamine, possession of cocaine and methamphetamine with the = intent to=20 sell or deliver, maintaining a vehicle for the sale and delivery of = drugs and=20 sale and delivery of methamphetamine. Investigators confiscated 11 grams = of=20 cocaine, 70 grams of methamphetamine and a Ford pickup=20 truck.

------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C7E787.0B07A4C0-- From wtinker@verizon.net Sun Aug 26 21:09:23 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:09:23 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] FBI Needs Your Help Message-ID: <019801c7e825$6109ba90$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0195_01C7E803.D94A0040 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 FBI Seeks 2 Mysterious Men on Ferry The FBI is seeking two men who have been seen on Washington state = ferries exhibiting what the agency calls "unusual behavior."=20 The FBI's Seattle field office released photographs of the two men = and asked the public for help identifying them.=20 "We had various independent reports from passengers and ferry = employees that these two guys were engaging in what they described as = unusual activities on the ferries," Special Agent Robbie Burroughs, a = spokeswoman for the FBI in Washington state, told FOXNews.com.=20 Editor's Note: Important: Be prepared for terror with an Emergency = Radio. Homeland Security says every home should have one. Get our FREE = offer Emergency Radio - Go Here Now.=20 "They felt that these guys were showing an undue interest in the = boat itself, in the layout, the workers and the terminal, and it caused = them enough concern that they contacted law enforcement about it."=20 The two men were photographed by a ferry employee and the = photographs were distributed to ferry workers several weeks ago.=20 Editor's Note: FBI Director Robert Mueller warns that al-Qaida is = seeking to acquire and detonate nuclear devices in the U.S. Read More - = Go Here Now.=20 Meanwhile, ferry service on one Seattle ferry line was halted = during the Wednesday morning commute when a crewmember found a = suspicious package in the passenger area.=20 Investigators determined the package did not pose an immediate = threat and service was resumed after about an hour.=20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0195_01C7E803.D94A0040 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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The FBI=92s Seattle field office released photographs of the = two men and=20 asked the public for help identifying them.=20

"We had various independent reports from passengers and ferry = employees=20 that these two guys were engaging in what they described as = unusual=20 activities on the ferries," Special Agent Robbie Burroughs, a = spokeswoman=20 for the FBI in Washington state, told FOXNews.com.=20

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Investigators determined the package did not pose an immediate = threat=20 and service was resumed after about an=20 hour.

------=_NextPart_000_0195_01C7E803.D94A0040-- From wtinker@verizon.net Mon Aug 27 11:31:11 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 07:31:11 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] ADMINISTRATION SOURCE CONFIRMS THEIR DETERMINATION TO ATTACK IRAN Message-ID: <00e501c7e89d$c595b220$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00E2_01C7E87C.3DB24330 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ADMINISTRATION SOURCE CONFIRMS THEIR DETERMINATION TO ATTACK IRAN=20 If you thought the Cheney White House could not be so crazy as to=20 attack Iran given the existing debacle in Iraq, we have news for you.=20 They ARE that crazy. As reported by Time magazine on line last week,=20 an administration official declared unilaterally "There will be an=20 attack on Iran", based on the totally bogus assertion that they are=20 the source for the IEDs being used in Iraq. And the only way to stop=20 the insanity is to impeach the Vice President immediately.=20 ACTION PAGE ON CHENEY IMPEACHMENT:=20 http://www.actspeak.com/cheney_impeachment.php=20 Never mind that all anyone has to do is Google the words "missing=20 explosives iraq" and in seconds you will find all the links to how=20 340 bulk tons of the most powerful military explosives just walked=20 away from the Al Qa'qaa storage depot and others, which HAD been=20 under U.N. seal, until they were left entirely unguarded for a month=20 and a half while the U.S. military was only interested in protecting=20 the oil ministry.=20 Never mind that all one of the strategic Keystone Cops in the Vice=20 President's office would have to do is Google the words "ieds copper=20 discs" and in seconds they too would find all the links to how local=20 machine shops in Iraq were cranking out the parts needed to make all=20 those IEDS as a cottage industry, given that they now have enough=20 stolen high explosives stockpiled for a 200 year insurgency at=20 current rates of attacks.=20 And yet still the push is from Cheney's office to tell even bigger=20 lies about Iran than he ever told about Iraq, and to escalate yet=20 another fraudulent casus belli into world war with a billion Muslims,=20 99.999 percent of whom would have rather just be left alone in peace=20 had we not gone out of our way to bomb their cities.=20 ACTION PAGE ON CHENEY IMPEACHMENT:=20 http://www.actspeak.com/cheney_impeachment.php=20 Remember that Cheney is the originator of the irrational 1 percent=20 doctrine, by which he asserted that even if the chance of potential=20 threat is very small we must act preemptively to take that threat=20 out. As a result of such doctrinaire dogma, 99 percent of the million=20 Iraqis killed so far, and of the millions more made into refugees or=20 maimed, have been innocent bystander civilians. That's a whole lot of=20 hearts and minds. Operating with at most 1 percent intelligence, and=20 99 percent the certainty of a paranoid, delusional madman, Dick=20 Cheney has turned U.S. foreign policy into a self-fulfilling=20 disaster.=20 This is the same Dick Cheney who when interviewed in 1994 explained=20 (in a private assessment he wishes he could suppress now) what a bad=20 idea it would have been to try to depose Saddam by ourselves all=20 alone with nobody from the region with us, and how it would lead to=20 nothing but a quagmire and Iraq flying apart into sectarian pieces.=20 THAT 9/11 did not change. But were they candid with the American=20 people about the risks of an occupation of Iraq? No, they lied about=20 that too. They told us it would be a six week cake walk with candy=20 and flowers, to sucker us into sacrificing thousands of American=20 lives and a trillion dollars from our treasury to Cheney's war=20 profiteering cronies, only to then tell us that's the reason we can't=20 just leave now.=20 Only impeachment can save us now. Only impeachment can remove Cheney=20 from office before he sucks America into an even more horrendous=20 quagmire. We do not have time for the next election to save us. With=20 more and more evidence surfacing that the last two presidential=20 elections were stolen outright, with them putting into place secret=20 presidential directives to declare martial law and worse in response=20 to the crisis they themselves are determined to precipitate, only if=20 you speak out now can we save ourselves.=20 ACTION PAGE ON CHENEY IMPEACHMENT:=20 http://www.actspeak.com/cheney_impeachment.php=20 Please cast your vote on the action page above, just as over 100,000=20 of your fellow alarmed citizens already have, which will send your=20 message in real time to all your members of Congress, and letter to=20 the editor of your nearest daily local newspaper if you like as well.=20 In doing so we can pressure more members of Congress to sign on to=20 H.Res. 333, calling for the impeachment of Vice President Cheney,=20 just as 20 House members already have. If enough of us speak out=20 Congress absolutely will act. All House members are up for=20 reelection. They cannot ignore us all.=20 Please speak out. Click a mouse one time. We need YOUR voice to join=20 in the mounting calls for impeachment NOW. Please.=20 Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed=20 to be ours, and forward this message to everyone else you know.=20 William Charles Tinker=20 New Hampshire Homeless=20 Founded 11-28-99 25 Granite Street=20 Northfield,N.H. 03276-1640 USA=20 Advocates,activists for disabled,displaced human rights.=20 1-603-286-2492=20 http://www.missingkids.com=20 http://www.nationalhomeless.org=20 http://www.newhampshirehomeless.org=20 newhampshirehomeless-subscribe@topica.com=20 ------=_NextPart_000_00E2_01C7E87C.3DB24330 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

ADMINISTRATION SOURCE CONFIRMS THEIR DETERMINATION TO ATTACK IRAN=20

If you thought the Cheney White House could not be so crazy as = to=20
attack Iran given the existing debacle in Iraq, we have news for = you.=20
They ARE that crazy. As reported by Time magazine on line last week, =
an=20 administration official declared unilaterally "There will be an =
attack on=20 Iran", based on the totally bogus assertion that they are
the source = for the=20 IEDs being used in Iraq. And the only way to stop
the insanity is to = impeach=20 the Vice President immediately.

ACTION PAGE ON CHENEY = IMPEACHMENT:=20
http://www.actspeak.com/cheney_impeachment.php =

Never=20 mind that all anyone has to do is Google the words "missing =
explosives iraq"=20 and in seconds you will find all the links to how
340 bulk tons of = the most=20 powerful military explosives just walked
away from the Al Qa'qaa = storage=20 depot and others, which HAD been
under U.N. seal, until they were = left=20 entirely unguarded for a month
and a half while the U.S. military = was only=20 interested in protecting
the oil ministry.

Never mind that = all one=20 of the strategic Keystone Cops in the Vice
President's office would = have to=20 do is Google the words "ieds copper
discs" and in seconds they too = would=20 find all the links to how local
machine shops in Iraq were cranking = out the=20 parts needed to make all
those IEDS as a cottage industry, given = that they=20 now have enough
stolen high explosives stockpiled for a 200 year = insurgency=20 at
current rates of attacks.

And yet still the push is from = Cheney's=20 office to tell even bigger
lies about Iran than he ever told about = Iraq, and=20 to escalate yet
another fraudulent casus belli into world war with a = billion=20 Muslims,
99.999 percent of whom would have rather just be left alone = in=20 peace
had we not gone out of our way to bomb their cities. =

ACTION=20 PAGE ON CHENEY IMPEACHMENT:
http://www.actspeak.com/cheney_impeachment.php =

Remember that=20 Cheney is the originator of the irrational 1 percent
doctrine, by = which he=20 asserted that even if the chance of potential
threat is very small = we must=20 act preemptively to take that threat
out. As a result of such = doctrinaire=20 dogma, 99 percent of the million
Iraqis killed so far, and of the = millions=20 more made into refugees or
maimed, have been innocent bystander = civilians.=20 That's a whole lot of
hearts and minds. Operating with at most 1 = percent=20 intelligence, and
99 percent the certainty of a paranoid, delusional = madman,=20 Dick
Cheney has turned U.S. foreign policy into a self-fulfilling=20
disaster.

This is the same Dick Cheney who when interviewed = in 1994=20 explained
(in a private assessment he wishes he could suppress now) = what a=20 bad
idea it would have been to try to depose Saddam by ourselves all =
alone with nobody from the region with us, and how it would lead to=20
nothing but a quagmire and Iraq flying apart into sectarian pieces. =
THAT=20 9/11 did not change. But were they candid with the American
people = about the=20 risks of an occupation of Iraq? No, they lied about
that too. They = told us=20 it would be a six week cake walk with candy
and flowers, to sucker = us into=20 sacrificing thousands of American
lives and a trillion dollars from = our=20 treasury to Cheney's war
profiteering cronies, only to then tell us = that's=20 the reason we can't
just leave now.

Only impeachment can = save us=20 now. Only impeachment can remove Cheney
from office before he sucks = America=20 into an even more horrendous
quagmire. We do not have time for the = next=20 election to save us. With
more and more evidence surfacing that the = last two=20 presidential
elections were stolen outright, with them putting into = place=20 secret
presidential directives to declare martial law and worse in = response=20
to the crisis they themselves are determined to precipitate, only if =
you=20 speak out now can we save ourselves.

ACTION PAGE ON CHENEY = IMPEACHMENT:=20
http://www.actspeak.com/cheney_impeachment.php =

Please=20 cast your vote on the action page above, just as over 100,000
of = your fellow=20 alarmed citizens already have, which will send your
message in real = time to=20 all your members of Congress, and letter to
the editor of your = nearest daily=20 local newspaper if you like as well.
In doing so we can pressure = more=20 members of Congress to sign on to
H.Res. 333, calling for the = impeachment of=20 Vice President Cheney,
just as 20 House members already have. If = enough of=20 us speak out
Congress absolutely will act. All House members are up = for=20
reelection. They cannot ignore us all.

Please speak out. = Click a=20 mouse one time. We need YOUR voice to join
in the mounting calls for = impeachment NOW. Please.

Please take action NOW, so we can win = all=20 victories that are supposed
to be ours, and forward this message to = everyone=20 else you know.

------=_NextPart_000_00E2_01C7E87C.3DB24330-- From wtinker@verizon.net Mon Aug 27 18:39:18 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:39:18 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Police arrest homeless man in Senate office burglary Message-ID: <003401c7e8d9$943d2190$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01C7E8B8.0C6A7B80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Police arrest homeless man in Senate office burglary Associated Press http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/state/hc-27124941.apds.m0714.b= c-ct--doddaug27,0,4103403.story?coll=3Dhc-headlines-local-wire Published August 27 2007 HARTFORD, Conn. -- Police have arrested a homeless man in connection = with a weekend burglary at Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd's = Hartford office. Hartford police say it doesn't appear that 47-year-old Gilberto Soto = knew he was breaking into a presidential candidate's office. They say he = took a television, a computer and other electronics. Charges against Soto have not been finalized. Police watched = surveillance video from Dodd's office, then spotted Soto near Bushnell = Park and arrested him Monday morning. The burglary happened late Saturday. Dodd has served in the U.S. Senate since 1981 and is seeking the = Democratic presidential nomination. ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01C7E8B8.0C6A7B80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Police arrest homeless man in Senate office = burglary

Associated Press

h= ttp://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/state/hc-27124941.apds.m0714.bc= -ct--doddaug27,0,4103403.story?coll=3Dhc-headlines-local-wire<= /DIV>

Published August 27=20 2007

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Police have arrested a homeless man = in=20 connection with a weekend burglary at Democratic Senator Christopher = Dodd's=20 Hartford office.

Hartford police say it doesn't appear that = 47-year-old=20 Gilberto Soto knew he was breaking into a presidential candidate's = office. They=20 say he took a television, a computer and other electronics.

Charges against Soto = have not=20 been finalized. Police watched surveillance video from Dodd's office, = then=20 spotted Soto near Bushnell Park and arrested him Monday = morning.

The=20 burglary happened late Saturday.

Dodd has served in the U.S. = Senate since=20 1981 and is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination.

------=_NextPart_000_0031_01C7E8B8.0C6A7B80-- From wtinker@verizon.net Mon Aug 27 19:21:42 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:21:42 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Arrest in '06 killing of homeless man on Long Island Message-ID: <00d001c7e8df$80b16950$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00CD_01C7E8BD.F90006E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Arrest in '06 killing of homeless man on Long Island August 27, 2007=20 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--homelessslaying0= 827aug27,0,76107.story CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) _ A 24-year-old man was arrested in the June = 2006 slaying of a homeless man who was shot as he sat in the front = passenger seat of a car, police said.=20 Jaudonn Bunn, of Copiague, was ordered held without bail Saturday at his = arraignment on a murder charge in First District Court in Central Islip. = The judge entered a not-guilty plea for him.=20 Bunn fired several times into a car parked at an apartment complex in = North Amityville, Suffolk police said.=20 Glenn Jamison, 24, was sitting in the front seat when he was struck and = killed, police said. Another passenger was injured, while a man in the = driver's seat was not hit.=20 Bunn did not know the people in the car, said Homicide Det. Sgt. John = Twiname. Instead, Bunn was involved in a robbery attempt, he said.=20 Several of Bunn's relatives, who attended the arraignment Saturday, = refused to comment to a Newsday reporter. His attorney also declined to = say anything.=20 If convicted, Bunn could spend up to 25 years to life in prison.=20 ___=20 Information from: Newsday, http://www.newsday.com=20 ------=_NextPart_000_00CD_01C7E8BD.F90006E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Arrest in '06 killing of homeless man on Long Island

August 27, 2007

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ne= wyork/ny-bc-ny--homelessslaying0827aug27,0,76107.story

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) _ A = 24-year-old man=20 was arrested in the June 2006 slaying of a homeless man who was shot as = he sat=20 in the front passenger seat of a car, police said.

Jaudonn Bunn, = of=20 Copiague, was ordered held without bail Saturday at his arraignment on a = murder=20 charge in First District Court in Central Islip. The judge entered a = not-guilty=20 plea for him.

Bunn fired several times into a car parked at an = apartment=20 complex in North Amityville, Suffolk police said. =

Glenn Jamison, 24, was sitting in the front seat = when he was=20 struck and killed, police said. Another passenger was injured, while a = man in=20 the driver's seat was not hit.

Bunn did not know the people in = the car,=20 said Homicide Det. Sgt. John Twiname. Instead, Bunn was involved in a = robbery=20 attempt, he said.

Several of Bunn's relatives, who attended the=20 arraignment Saturday, refused to comment to a Newsday reporter. His = attorney=20 also declined to say anything.

If convicted, Bunn could spend up = to 25=20 years to life in prison.

___

Information from: Newsday,=20 http://www.newsday.com

------=_NextPart_000_00CD_01C7E8BD.F90006E0-- From wtinker@verizon.net Fri Aug 31 01:11:04 2007 From: wtinker@verizon.net (William C. Tinker) Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:11:04 -0400 Subject: [Hpn] Homeless need respect more than anything Message-ID: <008701c7eb6b$ce5c4510$6500a8c0@newd658d320271> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0083_01C7EB4A.4671AA30 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0084_01C7EB4A.4671AA30" ------=_NextPart_001_0084_01C7EB4A.4671AA30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://www.newsdurhamregion.com:80/news/Columns/article/85188 Homeless need respect more than anything Sun Sep 02, 2007=20 By Erin Hatfield Other Stories by this Author=20 "It was a social experiment for a reality television world," a friend = said while we discussed homelessness. I had been telling him about the series I recently wrote that explored = the problem, politics and possible solutions to homelessness in Durham = Region. He was telling me about a television documentary where a homeless man, = who appeared to be relatively likely to succeed if given the opportunity = (he wasn't an alcoholic or a drug addict) was handed $100,000 and told = to do with it as he saw fit. Upon receipt of the windfall he immediately = went out and bought a $40,000 truck, gave money to street friends and = made unwise use of it. Within a year he was back on the street. "It was a lesson to the bleeding hearts of the world," my friend said = (clearly meaning me). "Sometimes dolling out the toonie a day is better = than a year's worth of toonies at one time." The basic sentiment that money doesn't solve everything is bang on. = Sometimes the problem is much bigger and runs much deeper than the = dollar. One would think that $100,000 would be more than enough to pull someone = out of hard times. But, this guy knew what he knew, which was a life on = the street. The education and skills he needed to stay off the street he = either hadn't acquired or had left behind a long time ago. Handing Durham's homeless a shiny new building isn't going to solve the = problem. Sure, money is needed, to build more social housing and keep = what we have in acceptable condition, but there is much more to giving = someone a home than putting up four walls.=20 A home is a place where a person feels as though they belong and they = feel nurtured, encouraged and safe. Simply changing a person's = surroundings isn't going to change the person or keep them off the = street.=20 A solution to homelessness isn't simply about building homes. A solution = lies not necessarily in expecting our governments to throw money at it. = At the grassroots level, people can do more than any government funding. Durham's homeless population often has suffered mental and physical = abuse, they have trust issues and very often have never been a part of a = proper home or know what it takes to become a contributing member of = society. In order to solve homelessness we as a society have to give them more = than money. We have to enable people to learn life skills, be = self-sufficient and most of all show them they are worthwhile. After all, a home isn't defined by a huge house and a six-figure income. = It's defined by quality of life, emotional and physical well-being. Erin Hatfield's column appears every third Sunday. E-mail = ehatfield@durhamregion.com. ------=_NextPart_001_0084_01C7EB4A.4671AA30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<= FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2>http:= //www.newsdurhamregion.com:80/news/Columns/article/85188

Homeless need respect more than=20 anything

Sun Sep=20 02, 2007

By Erin Hatfield
Other Stories by this=20 Author

=93It was a social experiment for a reality television world,=94 a = friend said=20 while we discussed homelessness.

I had been telling him about the series I recently wrote that = explored the=20 problem, politics and possible solutions to homelessness in Durham = Region.

He was telling me about a television documentary where a homeless = man, who=20 appeared to be relatively likely to succeed if given the opportunity (he = wasn=92t=20 an alcoholic or a drug addict) was handed $100,000 and told to do with = it as he=20 saw fit. Upon receipt of the windfall he immediately went out and bought = a=20 $40,000 truck, gave money to street friends and made unwise use of it. = Within a=20 year he was back on the street.

=93It was a lesson to the bleeding hearts of the world,=94 my friend = said=20 (clearly meaning me). =93Sometimes dolling out the toonie a day is = better than a=20 year=92s worth of toonies at one time.=94

The basic sentiment that money doesn=92t solve everything is bang on. = Sometimes=20 the problem is much bigger and runs much deeper than the dollar.

One would think that $100,000 would be more than enough to pull = someone out=20 of hard times. But, this guy knew what he knew, which was a life on the = street.=20 The education and skills he needed to stay off the street he either = hadn=92t=20 acquired or had left behind a long time ago.

Handing Durham=92s homeless a shiny new building isn=92t going to = solve the=20 problem. Sure, money is needed, to build more social housing and keep = what we=20 have in acceptable condition, but there is much more to giving someone a = home=20 than putting up four walls.

A home is a place where a person feels as though they belong and they = feel=20 nurtured, encouraged and safe. Simply changing a person=92s surroundings = isn=92t=20 going to change the person or keep them off the street.

A solution to homelessness isn=92t simply about building homes. A = solution lies=20 not necessarily in expecting our governments to throw money at it. At = the=20 grassroots level, people can do more than any government funding.

Durham=92s homeless population often has suffered mental and physical = abuse,=20 they have trust issues and very often have never been a part of a proper = home or=20 know what it takes to become a contributing member of society.

In order to solve homelessness we as a society have to give them more = than=20 money. We have to enable people to learn life skills, be self-sufficient = and=20 most of all show them they are worthwhile.

After all, a home isn=92t defined by a huge house and a six-figure = income. It=92s=20 defined by quality of life, emotional and physical well-being.

Erin Hatfield=92s column appears every third Sunday. E-mail ehatfield@durhamregion.com.

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Thursday, August 30, 2007

Bones found in homeless-area tent

GRANT JEFFERIES/gjefferies@bradenton.com

A Manatee County Sheriff's crime scene = investigator=20 prepares to load belongings and the bones, of a person found in a wooded = area=20 west of Grand Harbour Parkway and north of SR 64 on Thursday. The bones = were=20 found at what appears to be a homeless camp by a survey crew working in = the=20 area. GRANT JEFFERIES/gjefferies@bradenton.com

HERALD STAFF REPORT

EAST MANATEE - Surveyors working in an area north of State Route 64 = near=20 Grand Harbour Parkway today discovered what appear to be human = bones.

According to a Manatee County Sheriff's Office report, the bones were = found=20 inside a tent in a wooded area.

The tent was in what appeared to be a homeless camp.

Identification was found at the scene, but positive identification of = the=20 remains has not be verified.

There is no evidence that foul play was involved in the death, but = the=20 medical examiner's office has to determine the cause of death.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the = sheriff's office=20 at 747-3011, or Crime Stoppers at = 866-634-TIPS.

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Homeless Advocates Question Sweeps

Mayor Exploring Idea Of Closing Park At = Midnight

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Posted on Fri, Aug. 03, 2007

BY ADAM H. BEASLEY

abeasley@MiamiHerald.com