HOMELESSNESS IS NOT A CRIME. THE VICTIM CANNOT ALSO BE THE CRIMINAL.

Homelessness should never be a crime. That is like calling the VICTIM... the CRIMINAL.Donna-----------------------------What's the Meanest City?by Dollars and SenseJuly 15, 2009http://www.dollarsandsense.org/blog/2009/07/whats-meanest-city.htmlLos Angeles is #1, according to The National Law Centeron Homelessness & Poverty (NLCHP) and the NationalCoalition for the Homeless (NCH) -- #1 in criminalizingthe homeless. The two organizations released a report onMonday analyzing how cities target homeless people, suchas laws against sleeping, eating, or sitting in publicspaces.[moderator: the full report may be found here-http://nlchp.org/content/pubs/2009HomesNotHandcuffs1.pdf]The report, titled "Homes Not Handcuffs," includesinformation about 273 U.S. cities. It also ranks the top10 U.S. cities with the worst practices of criminalizinghomelessness. Top 10 lists are always easier for themainstream media to comprehend, so that's been the storyfor the few media outlets that have covered the report(Reuters reporter Steve Gorman's article is the bestwe've seen so far; it's also republished on CommonDreams).The full report explains how the growing numbers ofurban homeless have been targeted for criminalization,how their civil rights have been violated in some cases,and detailed summaries of legal cases against some ofthe most abusive anti-homeless laws.And in case you want to know, the "Top Ten MeanestCities" are:1. Los Angeles, CA2. St. Petersburg, FL3. Orlando, FL4. Atlanta, GA5. Gainesville, FL6. Kalamazoo, MI7. San Francisco, CA8. Honolulu, HI9. Bradenton, FL10. Berkeley, CABerkeley???On June 12, 2007, Berkeley's City Councilunanimously passed the "Public Commons for Everyone"initiative to "clear the streets of aggressive anddisruptive behavior." This law targets a wide rangeof behavior, including lying on or blocking thesidewalk, smoking near doorways, having a shoppingcart, tying animals to fixed objects, littering,drinking in public, public urination and defecationand shouting in public. ... Osha Neumann, anattorney who defends homeless individuals, toldIndybay.org that homeless people are frightened bythese measures and many are thinking about leavingtown. He also indicated that funding for meals andother services for homeless people have beenreduced, and there are not enough shelter beds.

I AGREE WITH YOU NO ONE SUPPOSE TO E HOMELESS THEY SHOULD ALL SLEEP IN MY PALACE ANY TIME THEY WANTO ANDTHE SPLINTER LAW SHOULD BE IN EFFECT AGAIN , ALLS HELTERS SHALL OPEN UP FOR ALL THE HOMELESSNESS TO SLEEP AND EAT AND HAVE SPACE FOR THEM TO REST AND COME IN AS EMERGENCY ANY TIME HERE IN OAHU, I USE TO PRAY FOR THIS I USE TO BE ON THE STREETS OF HOTEL AND SEEN ALL MY FRIENDS WHO KNOW ME OUT THERE AND I TELL THESE PEOPLE TO COME TO THE LORD OR I WOULD BE NICE TO THEM AND TELL THEM IN WAIANAE AND PASS OUT TRACS ABOUIT MY GOD EVEN ON BUSSES I USE TO SEND IFORMATION TO THE PEOPLE HOW TO GET HLP WITH ALL RESOURCES SUCH S FOOD HOUSE ETC HER IN WAIANAEMAKAHA BEHIND HERE I HAVE SEVEDS A GOOD LEADER HERE ON THE WEST SIDE FOR CHRIST IALSO USE TO HAVE A LIFE GROUP WITH MY AUNTY OLA HER AND WE USE TO DO WASHING MINISTRY TOGETHER SHE HELPS OUT THE HOMELESS HERE IN WAIANAE SHE IS A WAI WAIOLE FAMILY, I USE T BE AWESOME BACKA AND BACK WITH AFIEND NAmed geri lindley and she is awesome she goes and deo prayers for the people out there in the world, and also aunty kelly kaaihue she is awesome woman of god who helped me in all her prayers etc they preach at the homeless shelter here in waianae. i use to got othe homeless shelter with them before, i also spreaded the word of life all over invited people to alot andseen alot of miracles happen through my savior jesus christ as a tewstimonial he has worked miracles here in waianae, and makaha, through prayer and alot of fasting and also peoples help in the community makes it a whole lot easier when we are all pono with one another , yes we fight for our rights we shall always remember it is not us it is god who is in control, .

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Tina matildo botelho July 19, 2009 at 11:12pm

donna i got to life christian university and my ministry here with god in waianae mailie and makaha has been alot of work jsus pulled me throughall these years even though i was not recognized he knows what i did and i do not need to prove to no one who iam
Tina matildo botelho July 19, 2009 at 11:07pm

I AGREE WITH YOU NO ONE SUPPOSE TO E HOMELESS THEY SHOULD ALL SLEEP IN MY PALACE ANY TIME THEY WANTO ANDTHE SPLINTER LAW SHOULD BE IN EFFECT AGAIN , ALLS HELTERS SHALL OPEN UP FOR ALL THE HOMELESSNESS TO SLEEP AND EAT AND HAVE SPACE FOR THEM TO REST AND COME IN AS EMERGENCY ANY TIME HERE IN OAHU, I USE TO PRAY FOR THIS I USE TO BE ON THE STREETS OF HOTEL AND SEEN ALL MY FRIENDS WHO KNOW ME OUT THERE AND I TELL THESE PEOPLE TO COME TO THE LORD OR I WOULD BE NICE TO THEM AND TELL THEM IN WAIANAE AND PASS OUT TRACS ABOUIT MY GOD EVEN ON BUSSES I USE TO SEND IFORMATION TO THE PEOPLE HOW TO GET HLP WITH ALL RESOURCES SUCH S FOOD HOUSE ETC HER IN WAIANAEMAKAHA BEHIND HERE I HAVE SEVEDS A GOOD LEADER HERE ON THE WEST SIDE FOR CHRIST IALSO USE TO HAVE A LIFE GROUP WITH MY AUNTY OLA HER AND WE USE TO DO WASHING MINISTRY TOGETHER SHE HELPS OUT THE HOMELESS HERE IN WAIANAE SHE IS A WAI WAIOLE FAMILY, I USE T BE AWESOME BACKA AND BACK WITH AFIEND NAmed geri lindley and she is awesome she goes and deo prayers for the people out there in the world, and also aunty kelly kaaihue she is awesome woman of god who helped me in all her prayers etc they preach at the homeless shelter here in waianae. i use to got othe homeless shelter with them before, i also spreaded the word of life all over invited people to alot andseen alot of miracles happen through my savior jesus christ as a tewstimonial he has worked miracles here in waianae, and makaha, through prayer and alot of fasting and also peoples help in the community makes it a whole lot easier when we are all pono with one another , yes we fight for our rights we shall always remember it is not us it is god who is in control, .

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