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Month: January 2009

No homes, but still hope

January 31, 2009
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From the Vancouver Columbian, January 30 2009 Hundreds accept a chance at improving their lives Toni doesn’t know why she’s alive today. She figures she shouldn’t be. She tried to inject bleach into a vein and doesn’t know what went wrong. What went right, she said with tears in her eyes, is that her mother […]

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New Lawsuit Threatened Against Chasse Cop

January 29, 2009
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From the Portland Mercury, January 29 2008 Bad Apple Reputation – New Lawsuit Threatened Against Chasse Cop The Portland Police Bureau officer involved in the death of James Chasse Jr. is facing the threat of another lawsuit—this time relating to his use of force against a woman claiming to suffer from mental health issues. Chasse, […]

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Safety first at the Oregon State Hospital

January 28, 2009
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By The Oregonian editorial board, January 27, 2009 It’s a sad commentary on America’s mental health system that employee safety has become an explosive issue at psychiatric hospitals from coast to coast. Last year, a patient severely beat a nurse at a state institution in North Carolina. A counselor in Texas was similarly assaulted. So […]

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Attacks by patients increase at Oregon State Hospital

January 26, 2009
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From the Oregonian, January 24 2009 Nurses and other workers are feeling more threatened than ever despite new security steps When a conflict between two patients at the Oregon State Hospital escalated to a near riot on the night of April 11, Deb Dietzel found herself on the wrong side of two locked fire doors. […]

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Help produce a cool Oregon documentary film

January 23, 2009
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From the Oregonian editorial section, January 22 2009 Oregonians should take advantage of a unique opportunity to help finance production of a commercial-quality documentary film on a fascinating subject: the Oregon State Hospital in Salem. And, yes, fascinating is the right word. In a state known far and wide as a bastion of progressive values, […]

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In Memorium: Susanna Foster

January 21, 2009
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Michael Evans, son of Susanna Foster, has collected and edited a wonderful obituary for his mother on his blog, The Susanna Foster Chronicles – Phantom of the Heart. Susanna Foster died on January 17, 2008 of heart failure in New Jersey. She was born on January 6 1924 and was 84. She began her career […]

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Hard life, cold death

January 20, 2009
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By Peter Korn at the Portland Tribune, January 15 2008 Hard life, cold death – George Grigorieff lived on the streets – died, during storms, in a Portland cemetery Renters at the apartment house on Southwest Jefferson Street in Goose Hollow had been patient. They’d let the homeless man camp underneath their front porch for […]

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Union Cop sez: Use-of-Force Review is unacceptable

January 18, 2009
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Commentary by Scott Westerman, president of the Portland Police Association, published in The Rap Sheet, December 2008 I am proud and honored to have been elected to represent you as PPA president. I will be forever grateful to the countless number of members who took the time to engage others in conversation about the issues […]

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Secret List on Trial – ACLU Challenges City Scheme in Court

January 17, 2009
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From the Portland Mercury, January 15 2009 Deputy District Attorney David Hannon had a surprise waiting for him in Room 536 of the Multnomah County Courthouse last Wednesday morning, January 7, in the form of attorney Elden Rosenthal. Hannon, whose salary is paid by the city as part of its controversial Neighborhood Livability Crime Enforcement […]

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Union Retaliation? Homeless Shelter Worker on “Work Plan”

January 16, 2009
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From the Portland Mercury, January 15 2008 A union activist and employee of an Old Town homeless shelter has been put on a “work plan” by her supervisors, she believes, in retaliation for speaking out about low wages for shelter employees. Rachel Hansen, a veterans’ caseworker at Transition Projects, Inc. (TPI) was quoted in the […]

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