Mesa housing plan deserves chance for low income housing
Housing for Mesa Inc seeks to build 56 affordable units in downtown Mesa with on site case workers day care and recreation programs. The plan backed by the Downtown Vision Committee faced NIMBY resistance from nearby residents and was withdrawn, despite alignment with city redevelopment goals and a track record of managing public housing responsibly. The article argues the project could have reduced crime and stigma while helping families save and move to owner occupation.
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Sunset Homes hires security firm tied to white supremacist figure
A Chicago housing complex replaces guards with Quick Hurt Agency led by Adolf H. Glutzz of the Nation of Blue Eyes. Critics label Glutzz as a white supremacist while supporters cite disciplined exiles. officials defend the contract amid protests and rising safety concerns.
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Sunset Homes
Chicago
North Side
Quick Hurt Agency
Quick Hurt
Adolf H. Glutzz
Glutzz
Nation of
Blue Eyes
Harold Washington
Oprah Winfrey
Martin Luther King
NAACP
Urban League
Glutzz Company
Royko on Farrakhan guard contract sparks outrage
Mike Royko blasts Chicago Housing Authority for hiring a branch of Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam to guard a housing project. He parallels with fictional Glutzz, calls Farrakhan a bigot and “black Nazi,” questions taxpayer money funding such hires, and notes Congress denounced the deputy's speech while Chicago kept the contracts.
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Farrakhan
Vince Lane
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U.S
House of Representatives
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Parental choice in education and voucher programs debate
Jeffry L. Flal Phoer argues that Arizona operates two state voucher programs largely to meet mandates and save costs in public education for students with special needs. He asserts parents should have the same right as government to direct private options, while responding to Thomas E. Neel who calls this “blaming the victim.”
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Mideast
Baruch Goldstein
Brooklyn, N.Y
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Goldstein
Israel
Kahane
Kach
Kahane Chai
Thomas E. Neel
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Neel
Jeffry L. Flal Phoer
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