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--- In Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com, "schon thriller tell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > LOOKING FOR CHRISTANS TO DONATE TO US... LOOKING FOR A ATTY AT LAW > AND LOOKING FOR Certified Public Accountants One of the hurdles to > finding a permanent location are the zoning and other red tape > issues. WE NEED TO work with a pro-bono legal team to help smooth > some of that over. THIS IS NOT A SCAM. PLEASE SEND CHECK OR MONEY > ORDER > > > TO: MINISTER TELL,SCHON T. > > > 475 N.W. GLISAN > > > PORTLAND,OREGON 97209 > > > (503)679-8558 > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PORTLAND-OREGON/ > "Resources for the poor are overloaded. > One night last winter 445 people requesting shelter were turned > away." > > crossroads teaches people to organize and peacefully advocate for > > their sisters and brothers. > In Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com, "schon thriller tell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2003/02/44824.shtml > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PORTLAND-OREGON/ > > "Sleeping should not be against the law. The lack of sleep leads to > > psychosis and hallucinations," said Jeff Roundtree, himself > formerly > > homeless. "Sleep deprivation was used as a torture technique by > Japan > > on P.O.W's during WWII." > > "This law does not address the root cause of any problems. It just > > shifts them to other areas." Jamie Manuel, project associate for > > crossroads continues, "Resources for the poor are overloaded. One > > night last winter 445 people requesting shelter were turned away." > > crossroads teaches people to organize and peacefully advocate for > > their sisters and brothers. > > During the winter months there are only 630 emergency shelter beds > > available for those seeking shelter. A one-time street count > > conducted last April by JOIN showed 1,672 people sleeping outside. > > Asked about the impact of displacement, law enforcement officials > > told crossroads that their job is to enforce the law within their > > jurisdiction. They do not consider themselves responsible for > > displacing the homeless into other neighborhoods. Ultimately it is > > the police commissioner, Mayor Vera Katz, who is responsible for > > police policies. Mayor Katz was not available for comment, she was > in > > New York City discussing plans for a major league baseball team to > > come to Portland. Three of the proposed sites for a $400,000,000 > > stadium would be over or next to the I-405 corridor. > > "Time and again law enforcement and city officials tell us that > these > > laws will direct people experiencing homelessness through the > > community court system and to social services that will get them > off > > the streets." Said Rachel Langford, a volunteer with > crossroads, "At > > the same time they admit that these social services are > overburdened, > > under-funded, and unable to meet the needs of many homeless > > citizens." "Time and again law enforcement and city officials tell > us > > that these laws will direct people experiencing homelessness > through > > the community court system and to social services that will get > them > > off the streets." Said Rachel Langford, a volunteer with > > crossroads, "At the same time they admit that these social services > > are overburdened, under-funded, and unable to meet the needs of > many > > homeless citizens." > > When contacted by street roots Myers declined comment and referred > > questions to Sgt. Brian Schmautz, Portland Police Department's > public > > relations officer. Schmautz said this is not a part of a solution > to > > homelessness. He said he was not aware who was trespassing on ODOT > > land, nor was he aware of any data directly connecting homeless > with > > larcenies. > > However he said, "I have talked with officers and most perceive a > > connection between transients and larcenies." When asked if > > concentrated enforcement in these areas will simply move people to > > other areas, Schmautz said, "I don't know, I cannot predict the > > future." > > Activist Christian Parenti comments, "The government has a choice, > > either treat people well or incarcerate them." Jerry Martin, also > > formerly homeless said, "Well it looks like the city of Portland is > > moving toward sheltering the poor in jail. Although this solution > is > > probably the most expensive, it does have the allure of not > requiring > > much thought." > > > > phone: 503-228-5657 > > address: 1231 S.W.Morrison KATU 2 News - Portland, Oregon > > www.katu.com > > > > Portland's homeless: A growing problem > > > > June 13, 2003 > > > > PORTLAND - Walk down many streets in Portland and you'll find > plenty > > of homeless people. > > Portland's homeless problem is growing, and solutions may be hard > to > > find. > > > > Mike Eddy said he sees a number of homeless people on his way to > work > > every day in southeast Portland. Homeless people living out of > carts, > > and hanging out on the streets. > > > > Related stories: > > Street family member still sought for murder > > Portland's homeless warned to obey laws > > Land sought for new Dignity Village > > > > One homeless man, "Eddie", a Vietnam vet called Portland the best > > place in the country to be homeless. He has been homeless in > Portland > > for 27 years, by choice. > > > > "We know there is help available we choose not to use that," said > > Eddie. "It's just a lifestyle." > > > > That lifestyle infuriates many business owners, who are often left > > with the mess. > > > > Elizabeth Robarts, owner of The Slammer Tavern in southeast > Portland, > > said transients are ruining her business. > > > > "We just had two over there sleeping," said Robarts. ". . .you get > > people that go by if they aren't my regulars they don't want to > stop." > > > > With homeless camps alongside freeways, and on street corners, you > > might wonder what the city is doing to help. > > > > Portland Mayor Vera Katz admits homelessness is a big problem, and > > she's appointed Commissioner Eric Sten to a special committee to > look > > into the issue. > > > > Sten said that while homelessness is on the rise, he thinks locking > > transients up won't do any good. > > > > "I don't see a lot of evidence that the crackdown really solves any > > problem," said Sten. > > > > Instead, Sten would like to focus on providing housing and social > > programs to get the homeless of the streets. > > http://www.katu.com/printstory.asp?ID=58374 > > LOOKING FOR CHRISTANS TO DONATE TO US... LOOKING FOR A ATTY AT LAW > AND LOOKING FOR Certified Public Accountants One of the hurdles to > finding a permanent location are the zoning and other red tape > issues. 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CHURCH MINISTRY 501-(C)(3) > Webster's 1913 Dictionary: > "Morally free from guilt, guiltless, free from the guilt of a > particular crime or offense, a man [person] is innocent of the crime > charged." > > Self Defense: > "Force likely to cause death or great bodily harm is justified in > self-defense only if a person reasonably believes that such force is > necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm." > Source: Lectric Law Library's Lexicon > > "Not guilty" means: the person may have been present at the crime > scene, but was neither the perpetrator nor an accomplice. > A person is "innocent", when s/he is not only "not guilty", but not > involved in any form or fashion at all. > IIPPI is not here to judge anybody and we do not reject "not guilty" > prisoners. However, we distinguish between "innocent", "not guilty" > and self-defense on the IIPPI website. > Hurricane from the album Desire > Copyright 1975 Ram's Horn Music > Words by Bob Dylan and Jacques Levy > > > Music by Bob Dylan > > > > Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night > > > Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall > She sees the bartender in a pool of blood, > Cries out, "My God....they killed them all!" > > > > Here comes the story of the Hurricane > The man the authorities came to blame > For something that he never done > Put in a prison cell but one time > He coulda been the Champion of the World... > > Three bodies lying there does Patty see > And another man named Bello moving around mysteriously > "I didn't do it" he says, and he throws up his hands > "I was only robbin' the register, I hope you understand." > "I saw them leavin," he says and he stops. > "One of us had better call up the cops." > And so Patty calls the cops > And they arrive on the scene > With their red lights flashing In the hot New Jersey night... > > Meanwhile far away in another part of town, > Rubin Carter and a couple of his friends are driving around. > The number one contender for the middleweight crown > Had no idea what kind of shit was about to go down > When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road, > Just like the time before and the time before that. > In Paterson that just the ways things go... > If you're black you might as well not show > Up on the streets > Unless you wanna draw the heat. > > Alfred Bello had a partner and he had a rap for the cops > Him and Arthur Dexter Bradley were just out prowlin' around > He said "I saw two men runnin' out, they looked like middleweights, > "They jumped into a white car with out-of-state plates." > And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head > Cop said "Wait a minute boys, this one's not dead!" > So they took him to the infirmary. > And though this man could hardly see > He told them he could identify the guilty man > > Four in the morning and they haul Rubin in > They took him to the hospital and they brought him upstairs > The wounded man looks up through his one dying eye > Says, "Wha'd you bring him in here for? > He ain't the guy..." > > Yes, here's the story of the Hurricane > The man the authorities came to blame > For something that he never done > Put in a prison cell but one time > he coulda been The Champion of the World > > Four months later the ghetto's are in flame > Rubin's in South America, fighting for his name > While Arthur Dexter Bradley's still in the robbery game > And the cops are puttin the screws to him, looking for somebody to > blame. > "Remember that murder that just happened in a bar?" > "Remember you said you saw the getaway car?" > "You think you'd like to play ball with the law?" > "Think it might have been that fighter that you saw running that > night?" > "Don't forget that you are white." > > Arthur Dexter Bradley said "I'm really not sure." > Cops said "A poor boy like you could use a break." > "We got you for the motel job and were talking to your friend Bello." > "You don't want to have to go back to jail, be a nice fellow." > "You'll be doin' society a favor." > "That son of a bitch is brave and getting braver." > "We want to put his ass in the stir." > "We want to pin this trip murder on him." > "He ain't no Gentleman Jim." > > Rubin could take a man out with just one punch > But he never did like to talk about it all that much > "It's my work," he'd say, > "I do it for pay." > "And when it's over I'd just as soon go on my way > "Up into some paradise, > "Where the trout streams flow and the air is nice > "And ride a horse along a trail." > But then they took him to the jail house, > Where they try to turn a man into a mouse. > > All of Rubin's cards were marked in advance > The trial was a pig circus, he never had a chance > The judge made Rubin's witnesses drunkards from the slums > To the white folks who watched he was a revolutionary bum > And to the black folks he was a crazy nigger > No one doubted that he pulled the trigger > And though they could not produce the gun > The DA said he was the one who did the deed, > And the all white jury agreed. > > Rubin Carter was falsely tried > The crime was Murder One, guess who testified? > Bello and Bradley and the both baldly lied > And the newspapers, they all went along for the ride > How can the life of such a man > Be in the palm of some fool's hand? > To see him obviously framed > Couldn't help but make me feel ashamed > To live in a land where justice is a game > > Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties > Are free to drink martinis and watch the sunrise > While Rubin sits like Buddha in a ten foot cell > An innocent man in a living hell. > > Yes, that's the story of the Hurricane > But it won't be over till they clear his name > And give him back the time he's done... > Put in a prison cell but one time > he coulda been The Champion of the World... > > http://www.angelfire.com/ma3/SteinDawg18/main.html > WE WANT TO HELP IM A UNIVERSAL LIVE CHURCH ORDAINDE MINISTER > > > > > > > open to bartering MASAGES FOR DONATIONS > > > > > > > CIVIL- HUMAN RIGHTS CHURCH - + MISTRIES I AM THE REVOLUTION > WHEN > > > > IT COMES IT WILL NOT BE TELIVISED.... 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NO TRAINNING NEEDED > > > THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU. > > > VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SHELTER REGISTRY # 174108-95 > > > ASSUMED BUSINESS NAME > > > SCHON TELL > > > 475 N.W. GLISAN ST PORTLAND,OREGON 97209 has been ordained as a > > > minister of the > > > Universal Life Church, Modesto, California. > > > Date of Ordination: 6/9/2000 by Kevin Andrews, Pastor www.ulc > > > WE HAVE OVER 300 HOMELESS IN PORTLAND,OREGON SLEEPING OUT SIDE IN > > THE > > > COLD RAIN In Portland > > > http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=64906 > > > > > Portland's homeless 'Dignity Village' is legalized > > > > > > > > > > VIDEO > > > > Watch this story > > > > > > TOOLS > > > > Email this story to a friend > > Printer-friendly Version > > > > By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI > > PORTLAND - A one-acre shantytown established by Portland's homeless > > has won the right to be called a "campground" - a designation which > > finally makes it legal. > > > > Since 2000, the 60 residents of Dignity Village have battled to > gain > > legal recognition for their encampent of tents, scavenged planks > and > > cardboard boxes, all of which violate the city's zoning codes if > > defined as "housing." > > > > The campground status - which four of five city officials voted for > > Thursday - gives them the right to stay in their self-regulated > tent > > city. But it also legalizes a lower standard of living for the > city's > > poorest. > > > > "Lowering standards is just hard for me to do," said Jim > Francesconi, > > the only city commissioner to vote against the camp, citing the > > camp's rat problem. Critics of the tent city argued that the focus > > should instead be on creating affordable housing, but supporters > say > > that solution would take years to implement. > > > > Dignity Village was founded four years ago when eight homeless men > > and women decided to pitch five tents on public land, saying they > had > > nowhere else to go. Waiting lists for shelter beds, a recently > > released study said, is as long as 12 weeks. > > > > The encampent has grown to include its own village council, elected > > officers, a Web site and non-profit status. It has a Web site and > > most recently has given birth to a "sister city" - a homeless camp > in > > Osaka, Japan. > > > > "Usually, when I became homeless, I went into the woods," said the > > village's treasurer Tim McCarthy, 56. "I was all alone - this was > the > > first chance I had to be around other people in the same situation." > > > > One of the largest hurdles, said Dignity Village Chairman Ron Wold, > > is the fact that when you are homeless you don't have an address, > > making it nearly impossible to respond to job ads. > > > > "If you don't have a phone number, or a place to get mail, or a > place > > to shower, it gets very hard to get back on your feet again," said > > Wold, 49, who was living in a motel room until his money ran out in > > 2002. > > > > Jack Tafari, 57, one of the camp's original eight founders, said he > > used to sleep in a doorway. > > > > Portland has an estimated 2,000 homeless people, and 20 homeless > > shelters run by the city and private organizations. > > > > Other cities generally do not tolerate large-scale encampments of > > homeless people. In October, Seattle cracked down on "The Jungle," > a > > homeless camp in the woods. > > > > In Anchorage, Alaska, authorities cleared out about 50 sites in May > > because of the danger posed by the homeless people's campfires. > > > > Until its designation as a campground Thursday, Dignity Village was > > in legal limbo, relying on the city to extend its lease. > > > > "It could be seen as a beacon of hope for people around the world," > > said one homeless man who took the microphone to address the > > commissioners. > > > > (Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved > > http://www.portlandonline.com/shared/cfm/image.cfm?id=43821 > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PORTLAND-OREGON/message/411 > http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/10/326591.shtml > > homelessness | police / legal > > Et Tu, Tom? Another Knife in the Back for Homeless People in Portland > author: CatWoman > Ever since taking office, Mayor Tom Potter has been walking a > delicate and > difficult line between the interests of the people of this city and > the > interests of those who pull the purse strings. Yesterday, alas, he > stepped over onto the wrong side of that line. That's when he > unveiled a plan that promises to further persecute the poor and > homeless people of Portland, at the behest of the forces of > gentrification. > Promising to make downtown "safer," Mayor Potter expressed a desire > to rid downtown of anyone who might scare shoppers away with their > naked and unabashed poverty. Assuring homeless people that, hey, this > is nothing personal or anything, he launched an attack on something > called "aggressive panhandling," as well as an assualt on "a small > but highly visible group who don't [sic] respect Portland's laws or > its core value of respect for others." By respect for others, he > appears to mean respect for those with a hearty income, rather than > those who are presumably beneath our respect. Because, if anything, > this proposal only reifies the already ingrained disrespect > Portland's business interests show toward those who cannot afford > their wares. The mayor went on to outline a 5-step program for the > elimination of homeless people from our streets. Oh, that isn't what > he called it or anything, but that is what it amounts to. > > There will be a curfew in the South park blocks, and the obligatory > Public Safety Action Committee. The Committee will consist of six > full-time Portland police officers, drawn from a pool of officers > already known for the intolerance and violence they have shown toward > homeless people. The curfew, of course, will not apply to those who > seem to have a "legitimate" reason to be in the park. It will apply > only to those who dare to sleep there, or who fit the profile > of "troublemaker," or, if history is any guide, those who just plain > scare the good citizens of Portland by the way they look. Said the > mayor, "City residents will still be allowed to walk through one of > our most beautiful parks, but no one will be allowed to loiter, > harass visitors or use the park as their personal camp. Those who > violate the curfew will be arrested." But, as always in portland, it > is the officers on the street who get to determine who is > there "legitimately" and who is not. It will be the people who wear > tattered clothes and have no where to go who will be charged > with "loitering," the people who frighten away customers because of > the holes in their pockets who will be charged with "harassing > visitors." > > I think the phrase that bothers me the most in this statement is the > part about those who "use the park as their personal camp." This > seems unnecessarily venomous, and underlies a lack of any real > understanding of the issues involved here. Homeless people do not > even pretend to have a "personal camp," either in the South Park > blocks, or anywhere. In point of fact, they do not have a personal > anything. They, more than most of us know, are very much aware that > the parks, like the rest of this city's supposedly public spaces, are > not theirs. They have no place to sleep without harassment, no place > to get away from the increasingly hostile public gaze. They cannot > even sleep in the bushes next to the roaring freeway without risking > fines, arrests, or worse. So it seems disheartening that the Mayor, > from whom I expected better, would imply that homeless people deserve > retribution for being uppity enough to try claiming a piece of the > public commons as their own. > > In addition to the curfew and yet another full-time police squad > targeting this population, the Mayor will be allocating $500,000 for > addiction treatment, plus $1.3 million for more jail space to house > those who are swept into this net. Said the Mayor, "Now, when one of > these people is arrested, they will be given a choice - immediate > admission into a treatment program that will get them off the streets > and into programs that can help, or jail." When I called the Mayor's > office to find out why they are willing to spend so very much more on > jail beds, I was informed that it is "because jail space is more > expensive than treatment." Perhaps this is why, but I doubt it. Maybe > it's because incarceration is really the goal here, not treatment. > Either way, though, it sounds like jail to me. How many other > populations can you think of that are arbitrarily picked up off the > streets and given a choice like that? > > This project is being sold to us as a necessary "law and order" > response to a growing threat lurking in the heart of downtown. > However, in almost the same breath yesterday, the Mayor declared that > crime is actually declining steadily in downtown Portland -- down 7%. > I have to ask, then, why is this expensive and ethically questionable > program even necessary? So far, no response on this question has been > forthcoming from city hall. I think, though, that I know the answer. > > Unlike Portland's homeless population, who understand all too well > that the commons is not theirs, the Portland business community seems > to belive the opposite. Every public space is just a dividend in the > eyes of the Portland Business Alliance, a fruit ripe for the picking. > Corporate colonialists have a grand scheme to turn the park blocks > into a thriving metropolitan shopping mall (which we need every bit > as much as we need all those new jail beds that will make their dream > possible). Homeless people are in the way of that scheme, because > they do not fit the desired image. They remind people that the price > of gluttony, of unbridled over-consumption, is a price often exacted > from others. They make people feel guilty about having too much in a > world where others have little. Poverty, in short, is bad for > business. So, like every indigenous population who stands in the way > of the colonialist oppressor, they will be herded into the wastelands > at the outer edges of our society. In this case, rather than > reservations or zoos, they will go to jail to make way for "progress > ------------------------ Yahoo! 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