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This is absolutely intolerable that americans have to give up their
children in order to secure a place to sleep... I think we need to bring
this situation to the attention of NATO... It seems to me that massive
air strikes are required on the capital in order to restore civility and
kindness to the regional Government.
I am outraged that the UN has done nothing to help solve the human
suffering in the United States. I hear a constant barrage from the media
in regards to the Butcher of Baghdad and the similaities between
Slobidan Milosivic and Hitler... But never a word about the Leader of
the Free World who has turned his back on his own... I say bring home
the troops, disolve NATO, stop the War on Drugs and lets take care of
our own....People are hungy and in need here in the USA, drug abuse is
not a crime, only an illness and there is no war....I want a President
not a leader of the free world....How free is a world that is bombed
into submission...
They are doing the same thing to us "bombing that is" submit or be
homeless. Submit or go to jail, be the same as everyone else, believe
like we tell you to. Do as I say or else....I have had enough of "them
and their shit" ... Lets make a change to "Do as we the people tell you
to or out of office.... Let them see what life on the street is like.
Politicians that is....Clinton, Barr, Lott, Forbes, Bush, Dole and the
list goes and on....
Hey BTW Happy Easter everyone....mike
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From: Tom Boland <[log in to unmask]>
To: "HOMELESS PEOPLE'S NETWORK list" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Mothers losing children in Welfare Reform's wake: Wisconsin Works FWD
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 10:58:50 -0700 (PDT)
"Joe Volk, head of the communitywide Task Force on Emergency Shelter and
Relocation Services, said that fallout from W-2 had hit the shelter system,
mainly in two ways: families staying longer and more mothers giving up
their children and moving into shelters.' -- from article below
http://www.jsonline.com:80/news/Metro/990401thosewhodbehurtdecryb.asp
FWD Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - April 1, 1999
THOSE WHO'D BE HURT DECRY BUDGET
By Margo Huston of the Journal Sentinel staff
One after another, ordinary people and community leaders took to the podium
Wednesday to tell state lawmakers that Milwaukeeans will suffer gravely
from provisions in Gov. Tommy G. Thompson's proposed 1999-2001 biennial
state budget.
Yolonda Cannon, 35, a mother of two who has AIDS, spoke on behalf of
herself and her sister, Cashmarie Cannon, 42, who has five children and
also has AIDS.
Cannon said the state's $100 a child caretaker supplement was not enough to
provide for children. She said that she and her sister could not work and
the families were not eligible for the Wisconsin Works (W-2) welfare
reform.
In response, state Rep. Antonio Riley (D-Milwaukee) said that when W-2 was
enacted, an amendment was defeated that would have allowed people with HIV
or AIDS to be exempt from some work requirements and still receive
benefits. "I think we'll go back and resurrect that," he told the sisters.
Joe Volk, head of the communitywide Task Force on Emergency Shelter and
Relocation Services, said that fallout from W-2 had hit the shelter system,
mainly in two ways: families staying longer and more mothers giving up
their children and moving into shelters.
Volk urged the state to double its contribution to homeless programs, from
$1.1 million a year to $2.2 million.
In response, state Rep. Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) said that he believed
increasing services for homeless people would be an appropriate use for the
state's millions of dollars of excess federal welfare money.
State Sen. Brian Burke (D-Milwaukee), Senate chairman of the Joint
Committee on Finance, which sponsored the "listening session" at the
Milwaukee Public Schools Administration Building, said that speakers
"reflected a cross section of community dissatisfaction with the proposed
budget."
Many speakers told of hardships that they and others will suffer because of
cuts in state money for alcohol and drug addiction treatment, for community
aid and for programs that would lower class sizes in poor Milwaukee
schools.
In related developments:
The five W-2 agencies in Milwaukee County, along with most counties, have
qualified for "fast track" renewal of their contracts, meaning they won't
have to participate in open competition for the next two-year W-2
contracts, beginning Jan. 1, 2000.
The governor has named a Wisconsin Works and Alcohol and Drug Abuse Task
Force, with 12 of the 20 members from Milwaukee. J. Jean Rogers, economic
support administrator for the Department of Development, will lead the task
force, which is the state's response to calls from community leaders for an
extra $10 million to combat abuse problems.
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