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Feeding homeless under Marion Street Bridge now illegal
Officials with the city of Salem have stopped issuing permits that allow volunteers to feed homeless people under the Marion Street bridge in Salem. The city also banned the area as a homeless camping site, saying that the area has become dangerous and dirty and that crime and trash have plagued the area.
Political position 1
Praising the city’s move, Salem’s local newspaper The Statesman Journal, thanked city officials for taking the steps to clear out the Marion Bridge area, saying, “So we're relieved the city of Salem tried something different Tuesday when it cleared out a makeshift homeless camp of tents that had sprung up around the support beams of the Marion Street Bridge downtown.”
Political position 2
The city has agreed to offer social service providers to members of the homeless camp under the bridge, but services are insufficient. For example, Salem’s Union Gospel Mission currently provides help to men only. There is not a single facility in Salem that offers homeless women a safe place to spend the night. Also, the city requires temperatures to drop to dangerously low numbers before the city will allow warming shelters to open.
News of the real
All people have the right and responsibility to exercise their own will, independence, courage, time and money to help others. Criminalizing this most basic human function – compassion – is a striking form of dehumanization
Find out for YOURSELF at the
Homelessness Topic.
Political position 1
Praising the city’s move, Salem’s local newspaper The Statesman Journal, thanked city officials for taking the steps to clear out the Marion Bridge area, saying, “So we're relieved the city of Salem tried something different Tuesday when it cleared out a makeshift homeless camp of tents that had sprung up around the support beams of the Marion Street Bridge downtown.”
Political position 2
The city has agreed to offer social service providers to members of the homeless camp under the bridge, but services are insufficient. For example, Salem’s Union Gospel Mission currently provides help to men only. There is not a single facility in Salem that offers homeless women a safe place to spend the night. Also, the city requires temperatures to drop to dangerously low numbers before the city will allow warming shelters to open.
News of the real
All people have the right and responsibility to exercise their own will, independence, courage, time and money to help others. Criminalizing this most basic human function – compassion – is a striking form of dehumanization
Find out for YOURSELF at the
Homelessness Topic.
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by Tim King
The Ike Box is a wonderful café in a historic building, with comfortable seating, good drinks – and a mission way beyond coffee.
It is a mission that helps people who are falling through the cracks. Behind the counter you will find young people engaged in the Ike Quest to live with “intentionality, intelligence, and spirit.”
In the words of the founders, Mark and Tiffany Bulgin, “We believe that there are ways to inspire the under-inspired young person, and that this is the way to break the cycle of faltering family resulting in faltering youth, resulting in faltering family…So rather than write off these apparently shiftless youth as lost causes, we choose to invest.”
The Ike Quest includes programs for shelter and transition housing, viable education alternatives, and training and experience in vital life skills. Their mission is to, “help divested young people build capacity to rise to the challenges of life.”
More at visionarynews.org
It is a mission that helps people who are falling through the cracks. Behind the counter you will find young people engaged in the Ike Quest to live with “intentionality, intelligence, and spirit.”
In the words of the founders, Mark and Tiffany Bulgin, “We believe that there are ways to inspire the under-inspired young person, and that this is the way to break the cycle of faltering family resulting in faltering youth, resulting in faltering family…So rather than write off these apparently shiftless youth as lost causes, we choose to invest.”
The Ike Quest includes programs for shelter and transition housing, viable education alternatives, and training and experience in vital life skills. Their mission is to, “help divested young people build capacity to rise to the challenges of life.”
More at visionarynews.org
Place:
Ike Box Café
by Tim King
News of the Real
Media Reports Murder by Security Guard Without Addressing Core Problem
Conventional news:
A grief-stricken Salem family is suing a former security guard for the shooting death of their 25-year-old son. On July 22, 2017, Jose Francisco Moreno Jr. was shot to death by 35-year old Gregory Capwell, a security guard with a history of dangerous and aggressive behavior. Jose Moreno was with two friends heading in a Denny's restaurant when they were approached by Capwell, who told them they were trespassing. Moreno called Capwell a "rental cop." Capwell escalated the situation to the point of shooting Moreno twice in the chest, killing him. Capwell was convicted of murder.
Underlying news
Why was this security guard permitted to be in a position of authority, although he had a history of acting aggressively? The Statesman Journal newspaper wrote that Capwell had "a decade-long history of using excessive force." How could a security guard go ten years without being reigned in?
But lack of proper oversight of the security guard is just another link in the chain of violent events that led to Jose Moreno’s death. Why is it that Capwell had such a violent temperament to begin with? And why have security guards become so prevalent – in public libraries, government buildings and even restaurants?
Whenever there is a violent crime in our community we should not be content to condemn the culprit. We should immediately engage in a process of self-reflection. How did our society and ourselves become so unaware, so miserable, and so destructive? What is it about own own lives – our work, our leisure, and our state of mind – has made this possible?
Original article
A grief-stricken Salem family is suing a former security guard for the shooting death of their 25-year-old son. On July 22, 2017, Jose Francisco Moreno Jr. was shot to death by 35-year old Gregory Capwell, a security guard with a history of dangerous and aggressive behavior. Jose Moreno was with two friends heading in a Denny's restaurant when they were approached by Capwell, who told them they were trespassing. Moreno called Capwell a "rental cop." Capwell escalated the situation to the point of shooting Moreno twice in the chest, killing him. Capwell was convicted of murder.
Underlying news
Why was this security guard permitted to be in a position of authority, although he had a history of acting aggressively? The Statesman Journal newspaper wrote that Capwell had "a decade-long history of using excessive force." How could a security guard go ten years without being reigned in?
But lack of proper oversight of the security guard is just another link in the chain of violent events that led to Jose Moreno’s death. Why is it that Capwell had such a violent temperament to begin with? And why have security guards become so prevalent – in public libraries, government buildings and even restaurants?
Whenever there is a violent crime in our community we should not be content to condemn the culprit. We should immediately engage in a process of self-reflection. How did our society and ourselves become so unaware, so miserable, and so destructive? What is it about own own lives – our work, our leisure, and our state of mind – has made this possible?
Original article
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by Tim King
Buinsess Type: Big box store
Big box stores are a testament to the wealth of America, where you can seemingly get anything you want. Not quite. If you simply need a place to park at night when the vast parking lots are entirely empty, you will find that there is a dark side to all this prosperity.
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Big Box Stores
by Tim King
Buinsess Type: Bank
In addition to poverty, those with little money suffer from the banking system itself. Banks restrict access to bank accounts, making it difficult for those with poor credit or who have no home to engage in the basic economic services needed to lead a decent life.
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Banks
by Tim King
Buinsess Type: Convenience store
A review of a number of local store shelves show that most stores carry very little – if anything – in the way of local products. One Shell convenience store and gas station owned by the SanJay company offers no local products of any kind. Another Shell station owned by the Jackson’s chain, located on South Commercial, was also void of local products.
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Convenience Stores
by Tim King
This edition’s Not so Splendid Award goes to a Salem company that operates with impunity from competition, thanks to city leadership.
The only game in town when it comes to trash removal is Republic Services. This results in [less quality and] high prices.
But things weren’t always this way. Republic has both very good and very poor reviews, but the biggest criticism is that the business has a monopoly on Salem. This is because the Salem city council drove its competition out of town. Back in 2008, Ken Gotlib, who operated 1-800 Got Junk? in Salem, developed cancer. At that point the city of Salem decided to run his business out of town on a rail.
On August 25th, 2008, the Salem City Council TIM WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? voted this man and his highly-regarded business out of Salem, effectively ensuring that all garbage-related business would be the business of a single company that will never be threatened with competition. Gotlib was quoted by Salem-News.com saying, “We’ve closed down. We’re not taking any more jobs. We’re referring calls to the city manager, or the local hauler.”
Seet salem-news.com for details.
The only game in town when it comes to trash removal is Republic Services. This results in [less quality and] high prices.
But things weren’t always this way. Republic has both very good and very poor reviews, but the biggest criticism is that the business has a monopoly on Salem. This is because the Salem city council drove its competition out of town. Back in 2008, Ken Gotlib, who operated 1-800 Got Junk? in Salem, developed cancer. At that point the city of Salem decided to run his business out of town on a rail.
On August 25th, 2008, the Salem City Council TIM WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? voted this man and his highly-regarded business out of Salem, effectively ensuring that all garbage-related business would be the business of a single company that will never be threatened with competition. Gotlib was quoted by Salem-News.com saying, “We’ve closed down. We’re not taking any more jobs. We’re referring calls to the city manager, or the local hauler.”
Seet salem-news.com for details.
Place:
Republic Services
by Visionary Society
News of the Real
It’s impossible to find news about Venezuela
They say the first casualty in war is truth. Truth never had a chance when it comes to understanding what is happening in Venezuela or the U.S. intervention there. Agenda-driven news obliterates the real facts on both sides.
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by Tim King