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"...city will be paying the homeless to do various jobs for the city, and in addition to paying them a small amount, will offer

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Posted on July 6, 2008 - 3:10pm at Stone Soup Station
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Daytona might be on to something here but the plan loses considerable steam when you discover that it ends after six weeks.

The Goverment Can’t Do It All

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Posted on July 2, 2008 - 8:40am at Post Politics
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On progressive has no problem with Barack Obama’s embrace of a version of George Bush’s faith based initiatives:

Obama’s Faith Based Idea Will Work

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Posted on July 1, 2008 - 8:50pm at Southern Beale
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Count me among those liberals welcoming Barack Obama’s announcement about giving faith-based groups a role in his administration.

Am I Missing Something? How Does this Happen?

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Posted on July 1, 2008 - 6:12pm at Tiny Cat Pants
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You’re Rocketown, a venue where adults and children are supposed to be able to go hear “appropriate” music in a drug and alcohol free environment.

And yet you book Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers?

Baltimore city officials kick the homeless in the crotch - Pastor wants to be protective cup

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Posted on June 10, 2008 - 6:51am at Stone Soup Station
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"But city officials say the conditions in the camp are deplorable and need to be rectified. A recent survey of homeless people living there found that most – more than 80 percent – are likely to die within the next 7 years due to existing illnesses and poor living conditions.

"Nagin recently suggested a way to reduce this city’s post-Katrina homeless population: give them one-way bus tickets out of tow

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Posted on June 4, 2008 - 6:24am at Stone Soup Station
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Looks like we may have just discovered where many of the new faces might be coming from....

With Resources Scarce, Homelessness Persists in New Orleans SHAILA DEWAN Published: Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Shout PMI and City of Columbia Mayor Bill Gentner team up in support of Initiative to Recruit Mentors

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Posted on May 31, 2008 - 5:22pm at Maury Thinks
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COLUMBIA, Tennessee – On Saturday, June 7th , beginning at 9:00am hundreds of bicycle riders will be circling around the downtown Columbia Courthouse while praying for our youth.

"You can do everything you're supposed to do to "make it" in America and still wind up scrambling and scared."

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Posted on May 20, 2008 - 6:24am at Stone Soup Station
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I've been chasing the American Dream for some 30 years now, and the closest I've ever come to achieving it has been during the last few years.

"I'll be honest with you and I think this sentiment is shared by many who have tried to stand up to the government in this count

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Posted on May 9, 2008 - 7:30am at Stone Soup Station
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I have been repeatedly asked by many about my feelings regarding Wednesday's abandoned HUD house takeover by the Nashville Homeless Power Project because some folks seem to mistakenly believe that simply because I am writing the newspaper article for the Contributor, that somehow equates me with being a full fledged supporter of the event. I want to set the record straight here.

"...375 police officers assigned to the dilapidated neighborhood spanning about a square mile on the east side of downtown."

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Posted on May 2, 2008 - 7:35am at Stone Soup Station
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A couple of quick things here - putting 375 cops in one square mile ought to have the impact of reducing crime and problems - that's a no-brainer.

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