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Oregonian – October 27, 1987 Mind Games Oregon’s Mental Health System (3rd of 5 parts) A warm Indian summer sun draws a handful of tenants out onto the concrete driveway and overgrown lawn beside the Care and Share boarding house, just a few blocks from the orderly grounds and ornate buildings of the Oregon State […]
From The Oregonian, September 19, 1987 Trying to preserve a delicate truce between business interests and social service agencies, Mayor Bud Clark is trying to stop Baloney Joe’s planned move to Old Town. The Burnside Community Council, which runs the Baloney Joe’s emergency shelter at the east end of the Burnside Bridge, has purchased a […]
Eds. Note – In retrospect this article shows the power of the “business community” over Portland’s mayor to oppress the homeless. Within days Stoops was outed as a homosexual by the Willamette Week and threatened with prosecution for raping a teenager – who quickly disappeared and later denied Stoops had done anything wrong. Seeing a […]
From The Oregonian, February 28, 1986 – not available elsewhere online READ – Cleanup evicts transients under bridges (PDF)
From The Oregonian, February 23, 1986 – not available elsewhere online READ –’12-point Dan’ earns credit for selling homeless plan (PDF)
From The Oregonian, February 16, 1986 – not available elsewhere online READ – A Night on the Town (PDF)
Guest column by Michael Stoops published in The Oregonian, November 15, 1985 – not available elsewhere online. Michael Stoops was the chairman of the board of the Burnside Community Council. He is now executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless. READ – More than mere annoyance, homeless are reflection of us (PDF)
One Dollar Magazine, 1976 by Mark Christensen What To Do About Those Burnside Bums – if they won’t go away? (PDF) Good snapshot of the clinical and economic drivers of homelessness and chronic illness – alcoholism and mental illness – pervasive in Portland’s inner city in the 1960s – 1970s. Mark Christensen shook Portland off […]
From the Oregonian, October 1906 “Joseph Groggin falls from water wagon en route to county poor farm.” DOWNLOAD – Hillside Farm – 10 6 06
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