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City Beneath the Radar
During August of 2007 the city of Gainesville attempted to evict the nearly 1,000 members of Tent City, a local homeless encampment, with a 5-1 vote by the City Commission. The evicted failed and public health and safety issues persist.
Tags: property line; public land; tents; shelter; unemployment; city ordinance;
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Fire Tents
A CBS News investigation discovers that "the US Forest Service had consistently ignored calls to revamp its standard-issue fire shelter," which had contributed to the deaths of several fire-fighters in recent years. The story reports on the efforts of a fire shelter designer, whose brother firefighter died inside a shelter, to convince the federal authorities to try out a new superior shelter. A major finding is that one of the deceased firefighters from the 2001 Thirty Mile Fire in Washington state died from inhaling fumes produced in result of the melting of the interior of the fire shelter.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; emergency; safety; Forest Service; StormKing Technologies; wildfires
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Beyond Shelter
Governing reports on Broward County's efforts to combat its homeless problem. The homeless were living in a tent city across the street from Fort Lauderdale City Hall. Now they're living in "Homeless Assistance Centers," which offer job and life skills instead of just a place to stay for the night. Though the program is geared towards long-term solutions, critics say that certain kinds of homeless people -- the disabled, the mentally ill -- are not able to live with the restrictions of the centers.
Tags: homelessness; homeless shelters; tent cities; Housing and Urban Development
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has made national headlines for putting inmates in tents, women on chain gangs and armed citizens in posses. His programs and public relations stunts have made "America's Toughest Sheriff" the most popular elected official in Arizona. But as the New Times discovers, Arpaio's claims rarely matched the truth. (Feb. 8 - Oct. 24, 1996)
Tags: Ortega Sheriff joke Contest entry Law enforcement 15 pgs.