Nerk Informer
Tonight will be an important meeting to attend. A number of us will be in attendance to speak out on the homeless issue and I will personally be speaking on the same and on Safety Director Baum’s remarks from two weeks ago. More updates to come soon! Here are this week’s documents: To see Council Minutes and Agendas: http://www.newarkohio.net/government/city-council/minutes-materials To see School Board Documents: http://www.newarkcityschools.org/BoardofEducation.aspx This We
A Statement on Mrs. Kanagy and Safety Director Baum
This past Monday, at the City Council meeting, an inappropriate line was crossed. As you’ve likely seen from the story in the Newark Advocate, a citizen named Jen Kanagy (a close friend of mine) spoke about the issue of homelessness. Mrs. Kanagy is a co-founder of a local charity organization called the Newark Homeless Outreach. She and our mutual friend Patricia Perry established this effort about a year ago because they saw a growing need for help to provide warm food and c
Nerk Informer
Even as the weather is still not our ally at the moment, I have made it a point to try and knock on as many doors as I can when I am off work and there is daylight. Needless to say, I am anxious for spring’s arrival (but I am speaking to the proverbial choir, I’m sure). In the next few days I will begin a video series which I will entitle the “Tyranny of Poverty”. These videos will focus on a single subject related to local poverty and will attempt to prescribe a way forward