The Screen House Set-Up
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Oztrail Gazebo Screen House Inner Kit
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Council considers novel way to deal with homeless car campers
On a recent chilly evening, Scott Cronie was settling in for the night, but he wasn't relaxed. There was a drunk, angry man outside his home, a rusty RV camper parked on an empty street in Ballard.
He had gotten a recent tow warning saying he had parked in the same street for too long. He had another notice that said he would be "booted" under the city's parking-ticket scofflaw law, unless he paid his parking tickets, for which he had no money.
His bipolar condition and painful foot problem rendered him unable to work, and he couldn't afford to lose his camper again to another impoundment.
"I don't sleep at night, thinking about this," Cronie said. "It's so limited, where we can go."
The Seattle City Council is considering a pilot project in Ballard that would help people like Cronie, who is part of the neighborhood's longtime, roving colony of homeless car campers.
Proposed by Councilmember Mike O'Brien, the program would cost the city $20,000 and create a safe harbor at four churches for about 20 campers. Campers would be able to park in church parking lots, instead of constantly staying ahead of parking enforcement. And they would be able to use a church's bathroom.
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Council considers novel way to deal with homeless car campers "We have folks hanging onto their last handful of possessions and their dignity," O'Brien said of campers at a recent budget discussion. He said couples and people with pets often choose to live in cars for fear of being separated at a shelter. ... |
Occupy Phoenix's most devoted protesters
It's a catch-22 designed to keep the homeless out of sight in overcrowded shelter campuses and arrest those who dare to (or are forced to) break away. At Occupy Phoenix the anti-camping ordinances have been stringently enforced to prevent protesters ...
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What's happening today in the north valley St. John's Episcopal Church: 7:30 pm benefit concert for Torres Shelter with music ranging from Bach to Barber, by 16-year-old violinist Nellie Ponarul, 17-year-old Will Buchholtz. Ponarul accompanied by Robert Bowman. Free, donations welcome. ... |
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Falls native orchestrates live video feed of Occupy Minnesota by Liala Helal, Staff Writer The International Falls native has been camping outside at the Hennepin County Government Center plaza in downtown Minneapolis as part of the Occupy Minnesota movement, or OccupyMN, that began Oct. 7 as an offshoot of the ... |
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In some, bare electric wires trail dangerously from extension cables that lie alongside rubber piping carrying cold water from the main house. Camp beds and inflatable mattresses are crammed into the ramshackle buildings alongside camping stoves and ...
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