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Attorneys in L.A. Win Victory; Santa Cruz ACLU Silent on Anti-Homeless Abuses
Alaska and Berkeley: Prejudice and Passion
NOTE BY NORSE: Tip of the had to John Colby for passing on these stories. The Alaska “compassionate cop” tale assumes and promulgates the mythology that homeless people are homeless because of alcohol, drug, and “mental illness” problems. It’s not a housing, job, or income problem (when it’s Continue reading
Creating Refugees in Fullerton, CA
NOTE BY NORSE: Fullerton cops, evicting homeless people from a camp they were herded to by police, are giving out the same phony reassurances, empty referrals, and move-along agenda that are often used by Continue reading
Ciampi Calls for Ammiano to Oppose the Palo Alto Vehicle-Home Ban [5 Attachments]
[Attachment(s)from Robert Norse included below]
NOTE FROM NORSE: Tony Ciampi is a long-time fighter for homeless rights in Palo Alto. Rarely I’ve persuaded him to come on the air to discuss this struggle. I’m not clear where the struggle is at right now, Continue reading
Judge to Rule on Motion for New Trial Friday in False Arrest by Two Mayors Case
NOTE BY NORSE: The Santa Cruz City Council’s slow but steady cutback of public comment time, public accessibility, and public accountability is something I’ve recently written about (and filed a formal Brown Act complaint against–see Mayor Cuts Off Comment in Consent Agenda Crackdown; Continue reading
Spreading Fear and Encouraging Hatred Among the Youth in Santa Cruz
NOTES BY NORSE:
The following Sentinel article is another example of the spreading misdirected “Public Safety” mythology being pushed by right-wing groups.The homeless and drug “crime” problem builds on the fantasy that there is some new major Public Safety threat. It’s actually that Continue reading
Mayor “Hackin'” Hillary Decrees New Gag Rule at Santa Cruz City Council
http://www.indybay.org/
Mayor Cuts Off Comment in Consent Agenda Crackdown; Brown Act Complaint Rejected
by Robert Norse ( rnorse3 [at] hotmail.com )
Saturday Jun 1st, 2013 10:49 PM
Saturday Jun 1st, 2013 10:49 PM
At Tuesday’s afternoon City Council meeting (5-28), Mayor Bryant adopted a new repressive procedure which seemed to be made up on the spot to silence Continue reading
A Modest Proposal on Homelessness
NORSE’S NOTES: Dark humor is not dead. The following letter, sent to the Sentinel for publication, was also released to me to distribute as I see fit. I haven’t heard anything back from the Public Hysteria Citizen’s Task Continue reading
Mayor’s Stacked and Packed “Public Safety Task Force” meets
START DATE: | Wednesday May 29 |
TIME: | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM |
Location Details: | |
Tony Hill Room of the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium at Church and Center Streets. | |
Event Type: | Meeting |
Contact Name | Scott Collins (posted by Norse) |
Email Address | scollins [at] cityofsantacruz.org |
Phone Number | 831-420-5030 |
Address | 809 Center St., Santa Cruz, CA |
The Public Hysteria Citizen Task Farce (more officially known as the Public Safety Citizen Task Force) meets every other Wednesday, starting May 29.2013 through November, from 6:00 pm – 9:00 .The draft minutes of the last Continue reading |