WPB Parking Rates

  Updated 3/24/2022@ 12:35 p.m

 

I received a number of phone calls and emails regarding March 21, 2020 City Commission meeting and the topic was item # 8.4 “Resolution No. 88-22 amending existing parking rates and hours of operation for the City Parking System.”

Many downtown residents and businesses are upset over the parking rate increases and they have good reason to be because they were deprived of their right to address their elected officials and express their concerns for the rate hike and the effect it would have on their pocketbooks and businesses.

I placed a PRR with the City Clerk. My comments in Italic, when you see the map where parking prices increase, double click to enlarge.

PRR   Mon, Mar 21, 2022 5:52 pm “On the agenda for the City Commission meeting 3/21/2022 item # 8.4 concerns changes to the city parking fee. No explanation of what the changes are. Please send me the documentation explaining what the changes are.”

City Response: Tue, Mar 22, 2022 10:19 am “I will provide the resolution approving the fees once signed by the Mayor.”   Cancel the request, I have the needed information.

PRR   Tue, Mar 22, 2022 10:19 am “One more request for the agenda for the City Commission meeting 3/21/2022 item # 8.4 concerns changes to the city parking fee. I did not notice this item on the Draft agenda. Please tell me the date and time it was added to the 3/21/2022 City Commission meeting.”

City Response: “This item was approved to be added to the final agenda at agenda review on March 17th, and was published with the final agenda on Friday, March 18th.”

Here lies the problem. It was added to the agenda on 3/17/2022 (Thursday) and put on the final agenda 3/18/2022(Friday) Saturday and Sunday City Hall closed.

At one time (before James & Johnson) emails were sent to residents who registered with the city to receive notice of upcoming meetings. Now residents must check the City’s website.

WPB Watch published a story and predicted problems with the way the City conducted business. Thanks to city leaders for proving me right—–again.

Posted on City Website:

“If you wish to give public comment, please attend the meeting or fill out and submit the public comment form below before the deadline specified:”

“DEADLINE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT   2:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting.”

A resident found the addition of # 8.4 after 2:00 p.m. so to late for residents to offer an opinion. So when you are told “we want to hear from you'” understand they mean developers, and everyone who can contribute to keep them in office. They knew this would not be popular with residents and businesses and holding it to the last minute insured approval from City Commissioners, with no complaints from residents

Here is a short list of the changes made to the parking rates, and readers can read all the changes below which include ALL CITY PARKING GARAGES including City Center, Banyan Street Garage, Clematis Street Garage, Evernia Street Garage and Sapodilla Garage.

Want to park on Clematis St. Parking meters went from $1.25 to $2.50/ hr; and parking is limited to 2 hours.

Sunday parking in a City Garage was free, now it will cost you $5.00, along with Saturday & Holiday’s.

Once upon a time the city gave you the first hour of garage parking for free, just enough time to run in and pay your water bill, or check out a book from the library. No More!

“$1.00 First two Hours  $2.00 Each Additional ½ hour after the 1st Two Hours” Wording it that way instead of sticker shock of $4.00/hr. with the maximum charge of $20.00 doubling the price from $10.00.

People who work in downtown depend on the parking garage and this increase hurts them the most.

GARAGE PARKING PERMITS
Monthly $100.00 plus tax
Residential $ 80.00 plus tax               Tax really?

ZONE A,B  & C

Daily Meter Rental Fee       $25.00
Monthly Meter Rental Fee $400.00

Downtown Residential rate and Hospitality Worker (People who work in restaurants or hotels who depend on tips to help pay their parking charges will be hurt the most.)

Over stay your welcome look at the City fines!

 

City’s new parking rates:

Resolution No 88-22

The end!

Mayoral Town Hall: South End Neighborhoods.

3/9/2022.    Mayor James met with the South End Neighborhoods

The crowd consisted of 25-30 people and 15 minutes into the meeting 3 couple left after coming to the conclusion I had. James started his re-election campaign. You can hear and see the meeting below. It appeared to me James was not comfortable, read from a script, and if he said “uh” once he said it a hundred times.

He told us what a wonderful job he’s done since taking over the “reins” of WPB.

He started with a question, asking the people in attendance how long they lived in the city with a show of hands. 10 years, 5 years and 2 years. Majority of hands showed people lived in WPB for 10 Years or more.

The mayor pointed out all the good WPB has to offer, never mentioning the downside of residing in the City. I will write about 3 issues he mentioned growth, crime and food deserts.

Growth:

“It’s all about growth. You have probably noticed that WPB has grown a bit. In the last 18-24 months Let me give you some statistics. My administration assisted with the re-location or expansion of 12 new companies to WPB which had more than 300 highly compensated jobs, Financial Services, Tech, Construction and Multi Media. WPB received thirty nine million in business tax last year.

We have six (6) Class A office projects in the pipeline. To give you some perspective between 2008 and 2019 there were no Class A office projects. We have 3 billion dollars in construction projects that are in various stages of completion.”

James told the story of meeting the President of El Cid neighborhood who told him there was a 40% turnover in home ownership. People are not happy when that many relocate.

“West Palm Beach Is Overflowing With Class A Office Space As New Towers Emerge:” For a look at the other side of the coin, please read the story below.

https://rrcra.com/west-palm-beach-is-overflowing-with-class-a-office-space-as-new-towers-emerge/

What’s the downside of over-building?

The cement industry produces somewhere between 5-10% of all carbon-dioxide emissions worldwide, making it the third-largest source of global-warming, behind only coal-fueled power plants and combustion-engine vehicles. Test for yourselves. If you’ve ever walked barefoot across a sun baked parking lot, you know firsthand how concrete soaks up and retains the sun’s heat. When temperatures rise, the countless miles of concrete streets, sidewalks, walls and roofs in cities magnify that effect, creating a phenomenon known as “urban heat islands”. I can walk across grass barefooted and not burn my feet. Government so concerned about global warming, they want us to give up driving cars and go all electric to save the planet.

Picture of WPB Skyline. Now picture it with James words “We have six Class A office projects in the pipeline. We have 3 billion dollars in construction projects that are in various stages of completion.” Double click to enlarge.

If that’s not enough to make you think, how about residents living in areas where they can’t exit their garages due to traffic gridlock.

West Palm Beach, Florida Average Apartment Rent in February 2022 is $2,141- $2,875 Compared to a year ago, West Palm Beach, Florida apartments have recorded a 34% rent increase.

Since James has taken office he has talked about building “low cost” apartment rentals. Where are they?

Do you enjoy tennis? Do you play at Currie Park? If the answer is yes, get your play time in because The powers to be have decided once again that developers needs are more important than residents.

“The Currie Park tennis courts are to be completely removed in favor of commercializing the park. Not enough room for tennis or other recreation. Instead, the City wants to locate a 2500 sq ft. restaurant and a two-story 4800 sq ft events complex – known as a “Resiliency Hub.”

Be honest— are you sorry if you voted for the $30 million bond issue for parks?

Crime:

Murder map: Deadliest U.S. Cities # 40. West Palm Beach, Florida

The murder rate in West Palm Beach is 15.07 per 100,000. The murder rate plummeted in the city from 2018 to 2019, dropping by more than 9 per 100,000 residents.

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/murder-map-deadliest-u-s-cities/27/

28 murders in 2018

17 murders in 2019        James elected Mayor of WPB.

15 murders in 2020

23 murders in 2021

2 murders in 2022 Jan.1 thru Mar. 19 I believe there have been more deaths. PB Post not updated at the time story was posted.

https://apps.palmbeachpost.com/homicides/

The link below you will find stats for West Palm Beach VIOLENT CRIMES and West Palm Beach PROPERTY CRIMES.

https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/fl/west-palm-beach/crime

Food Deserts:

What qualifies as a food desert? Geographic areas where access to affordable, healthy food options (aka fresh fruits and veggies) is limited or nonexistent because grocery stores are too far away.

James told the small audience he brought FAMU (Florida A&M University) to operate an urban farm in WPB.

Below are excerpts from Macuba, and the entire story can be read below.

“A few weeks ago on this page,  we deplored  West Palm Beach’s decision to scrap the urban farm that brought color, life and fresh produce to a dusty food desert north of downtown. There are no full-size grocery stores within a mile, so Henrietta Bridge Farm, the creation of Vietnam War veteran Stewart Bosley on an acre and a half of town land, was a godsend for residents within walking distance.

Sadly, the town, for reasons as yet unexplained – other than vague discussions about building halfway houses – refused to renew Bosley’s lease this year and forced it to empty itself.

Now here is more encouraging news. The town hall has reached an agreement with a branch of Florida A&M University to establish three small urban farms and educational programs to serve low-income residents of West Palm Beach, starting at six months.

Although the sites are much smaller than the now bulldozed property of Henrietta Avenue, Vonda Richardson, executive director of FAMU cooperative extension program, said they would each provide enough produce for 30 to 50 people.

“Meeting this need of our workforce, residents and homeless people is a top priority for Mayor (Keith) James,” a city press release noted. Who writes this crap?

Bosley, for his part, gets credit for planting the idea of urban farming in West Palm Beach and running Henrietta Bridge Farm for years. It was Bosley who recommended the city to contact FAMU, which he first urged about 10 years ago and then again more recently. Although he regretted that the city had put his farm aside, just as a new growing season was starting, he offered to help with the new as best he could.

Every now and then he glances through the chained door to the now silent lot at 401 N. Rosemary Ave. Some of the plants he established still grow their way through the soil.”

There has been no movement at the former site of Henrietta Bridge Farm with the exception of little plants reaching for the sun.

https://macuba.org/plan-for-famu-west-palm-brings-hope-for-urban-farm-in-food-deserts/

Video of James meeting with the south end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p08yExu6lE8

The end.

 

Who is Phyllis Brooks?

Covid-19 Pfizer Releases Court Ordered Test Results.

I previously wrote two stories (1) Tuskegee Experiment (2) Aids Epidemic. I wrote the stories knowing it would lead to the third story concerning Covid and attempted to reveal a dark place in American history and what the government is capable of if not watched with a close eye. Thankfully we have people who are willing to do that for us.

Using fear as a means of manipulating the masses, people agreeing to give up the rights to manage their own bodies and health, forced to carry vaccine card’s and allowing themselves to be injected with a vaccine with unknown long term consequences.

One of my favorite quotes: “Truth is like a lion, you need not defend it. Let it loose and it will defend itself!” St. Augustine.

Full disclosure
I did not want, or accept the vaccine for Covid. Here’s my explanation for the decision I made.
I am in excellent health, with the exception of a knee that needed replacement, take no prescribed medication, but take vitamins and minerals daily. I still manage my home and continue to edge, weed-wack and mow my own lawn, although what used to take me 3-4 hours are spread out over 2 days.

On my 65th. birthday I became eligible for Medicare and was advised to find a doctor. I did. On my first visit he asked if I had received a flu shot. I had not, so he gave me one. It took all of 2 day’s before I became violently ill, and it lasted 7-10 days. I attributed it to the flu shot.

Second year the doctor said he was going to give me a fly shot, and I refused the vaccine. When he questioned me I told him how sick I was after receiving it previously. His response was “think how much sicker you would have been had you not received it” I relented and held my arm out for the second flu shot, with the same devastating results.

Third year he insisted I take the flu shot, I insisted I needed a doctor who would listen to me, left his office and never looked back. My new doctor listened and understands, doesn’t insist, and explained he has to ask if I want the flu and pneumonia shot.   I just smile at him.

For over two years we have listened to MSM (main stream media) report on Carona and the wonderful vaccine developed that would save lives if we consented to receiving it. Many like myself were not willing and we were considered villainous, a danger to society, not welcome if we couldn’t produce a Vaccination Card.

President Biden and Fauci appeared on TV and quoted in MSM, that was the information we received.

Media appeared never to question it, just accepted what was told to them and reported the news as given.

I have two people in my life, one an old friend who advises me on stories I want to write on WPB Watch. He shows me the other side of the coin. Many times he is right, and when we don’t agree he is fine with it. You know who you are, and I thank you for your patience.

The other is a new friend who finds information and is willing to share it with me, as he has done for this story. I thank you for your trust, and you know who you are. Let the journey begin.

12/21/2020 ” President-elect Joe Biden received his first dose of the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on live television and reassured Americans of the vaccine’s safety.”

1/11/2021 – “Joe Biden on Monday received the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on camera, as part of an effort by the President-elect’s incoming administration to reassure the country of the safety of the vaccines.”

9/27/2021 “President Joe Biden received a Covid-19 booster shot Monday, in accordance with the latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”

The President of the United States is one of the most protected people in the world, and Americans are expected to believe Biden received a vaccine developed by Pfizer, the first to receive emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in under a year not knowing the long term effects. It worked, people began rolling up their sleeves. One friend told me she trust the science, I replied the science is what Fauci and the CDC tells you it is.

We received daily reports on people who died from Carona, millions admitted to hospitals and placed on ventilators. One man was shot in the head and his reported cause of death was Carona virus. The media picked up on the story and received an apology, a mistake was made.

Sen. Scott Jensen, R-Minn., a physician in Minnesota, was interviewed by “The Ingraham Angle” host Laura Ingraham on April 8 on Fox News and claimed hospitals get paid more if Medicare patients are listed as having COVID-19 and get three times as much money if they need a ventilator.

Jensen said, “Hospital administrators might well want to see COVID-19 attached to a discharge summary or a death certificate. Why? Because if it’s a straightforward, garden-variety pneumonia that a person is admitted to the hospital for – if they’re Medicare – typically, the diagnosis-related group lump sum payment would be $5,000. But if it’s COVID-19 pneumonia, then it’s $13,000, and if that COVID-19 pneumonia patient ends up on a ventilator, it goes up to $39,000.”

Jensen clarified in the video that he doesn’t think physicians are “gaming the system” so much as other “players,” such as hospital administrators, who he said may pressure physicians to cite all diagnoses, including “probable” COVID-19, on discharge papers or death certificates to get the higher Medicare allocation allowed under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. Past practice, Jensen said, did not include probabilities.” Read the entire story below:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/04/24/fact-check-medicare-hospitals-paid-more-covid-19-patients-coronavirus/3000638001/

December 18, 2021  Wait what? FDA wants 55 years to process FOIA request over vaccine data

Freedom of Information Act requests are rarely speedy, but when a group of scientists asked the federal government to share the data it relied upon in licensing Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, the response went beyond typical bureaucratic foot-dragging.
As in 55 years beyond.

That’s how long the Food & Drug Administration in court papers this week proposes it should be given to review and release the trove of vaccine-related documents responsive to the request. If a federal judge in Texas agrees, plaintiffs Public Health and Medical Professionals for Transparency can expect to see the full record in 2076.     Read the entire story below:

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/wait-what-fda-wants-55-years-process-foia-request-over-vaccine-data-2021-11-18/

“January 7, 2022   Score one for transparency. Judge orders FDA to hasten release of Pfizer vaccine docs.”

“A federal judge in Texas on Thursday ordered the Food and Drug Administration to make public the data it relied on to license Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, imposing a dramatically accelerated schedule that should result in the release of all information within about eight months.
That’s roughly 75 years and four months faster than the FDA said it could take to complete a Freedom of Information Act request by a group of doctors and scientists seeking an estimated 450,000 pages of material about the vaccine.”  Read  the entire story below:

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/paramount-importance-judge-orders-fda-hasten-release-pfizer-vaccine-docs-2022-01-07/

“Under the PREP Act, companies like Pfizer and Moderna have total immunity from liability if something unintentionally goes wrong with their vaccines.
The quickest vaccine ever developed was for mumps. It took four years and was licensed in 1967. Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine was developed and cleared for emergency use in eight months — a fact that has fueled public mistrust of the coronavirus inoculation in the U.S.” Read the entire story below:

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/16/covid-vaccine-side-effects-compensation-lawsuit.html

Discovery of Ivermectin A National Historic Chemical Landmark Dedicated at Merck & Co., Inc., on December 2, 2016.

“The story is so improbable it defies belief: a soil sample from Japan stops suffering in Africa. It starts when a scientist discovers a lowly bacterium near a golf course outside Tokyo. A team of scientists in the United States finds that the bacterium produces compounds that impede the activity of nematode worms. It is developed into a drug that wards off parasites in countless pets and farm animals, averting billions of dollars in losses worldwide. Extraordinarily, the drug also prevents or treats human parasitic diseases that would otherwise cause blindness and other severe symptoms in hundreds of millions of people in many of the poorest countries on Earth”

https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/ivermectin-mectizan.html

COVID Patient in Coma Gets Ivermectin After Court Order:   (Nurije Fype)

“A 68-year-old woman with COVID-19, who has been in intensive care in an Illinois hospital for a month, started receiving the controversial drug ivermectin this week after her family sued the hospital to have someone administer it.
Fype’s daughter said her mother has been a patient at Elmhurst Hospital since April 7, was put on a ventilator on April 28, and is now in a coma.

The FDA has warned against ivermectin’s use for treating COVID-19, but a high-profile group of doctors has spoken passionately in favor of it. The National Institutes of Health said there is not enough data to recommend either for or against its use in treating COVID-19.

Three days later, according to the Daily Herald, the lawyer for the hospital, Joseph Monahan, argued the hospital could not find a hospital-affiliated doctor to administer the ivermectin.

In a follow-up hearing on Tuesday, Monahan told Orel that the hospital asked 20 doctors and 19 other health care workers, including nurses and pharmacists, to administer the medication and they all declined.

When Fype’s doctor was unable to administer it, the legal team found another doctor, Alan Bain, DO, to do it. Monahan said Bain was granted credentials to work at the hospital so he could administer it Monday evening.”
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210506/covid-patient-in-coma-gets-ivermectin-after-court-order

For 20 days, Dr. Alan Bain of Chicago drove to Elmhurst Hospital, usually after a full work day, to administer ivermectin to a critically ill woman named Nurije Fype, whose daughter, Desareta, sought and won two court orders for the COVID treatment. Dr. Bain had been asked to give the drug after other hospital physicians declined, despite the court’s orders, to give the FDA-approved medication.
She said her mother is expected to return home late this week.”

The courts have been busy allowing families to sue hospitals and doctors for refusing to administer ivermectin which they believed would save their loved one’s.

March 1,2022    FDA started releasing the Court ordered Pfizer documents.

March 2,2022   I received FDA documents  containing 38 pages, the last 9 pages contained a “LIST OF ADVERSE EVENTS OF SPECIAL INTEREST” I contacted a member of the media and asked if they were interested in viewing the documents. No response.

Why is the media not interested in these documents? That was the question that bothered me. I can only think of one reason. Turn on your TV and what you see/hear is advertising for a drug that will change your life, check with your doctor.

Can you imagine how many millions are made by the media for running the ad’s?

Next ad could be from Attorney’s who ask if you have taken the drug that will change your life and it has—for the worst, call me—I’m here to help.

I suppose the old adage applies “Follow the Money” may apply.

If I could suggest any reading material to subscribers it would be Robert F.Kennedy Jr’s book “The Real Anthony Fauci” A true eye opener and explains how we got to this point.

Court ordered Pfizer documents released can be read below:   If your unable to open, please try a different browser.

38 pages released by FDA below.

Pfizer test results

I also received the documents below.

“BioNTech Signs Collaboration Agreement with Pfizer to Develop mRNA‐based Vaccines for Prevention of Influenza.

BioNTech will receive $120 million in upfront, equity and near‐term research payments from Pfizer and will be eligible to receive up to $305 million in potential development, regulatory and commercial milestone payments and up to double‐digit royalties.” 3 page Contract below:

20180816_Pfizer_BioNTech_Press-Release_EN

COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine (BNT162/PF-07302048)
Part 1 of the Original Submission – Rolling Biologics License Application (BLA)
Request for Priority Review Designation

Dear Dr. Gruber,
“Please find enclosed Part 1 of the Original Submission of the rolling Biologics License
Application (BLA) for the BNT162b2 vaccine candidate developed by BioNTech and Pfizer
under BB-IND 19736 for the prevention of COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 in
individuals ≥16 years of age. This vaccine was granted Fast Track Designation for
individuals >18 years of age on 07 July 2020. The Grant Fast Track Designation Letter is
provided in Module 1.7.4. Submission of this BLA as a rolling application was agreed during
the teleconference of 16 April 2021”    6 pages of documentation released by the FDA

Pfizer A wire transfer for $2,875,842.00 was made

For years I have heard fake news, fake news, fake news I never realized it was coming from my own government.

Please take a moment to say a prayer for innocence citizens of Ukraine.

The end

 

 

 

Aids Epidemic & Anthony Fauci

How much of what happened during the Aids epidemic sounds familiar 30 years later with the Carona Virus?

People ask: Where did AIDS originally start?
“Where did HIV come from?”

HIV infection in humans came from a type of chimpanzee in Central Africa. The chimpanzee version of the virus (called simian immunodeficiency virus, or SIV) was probably passed to humans when humans hunted these chimpanzees for meat and came in contact with their infected blood.”

“Dr. Fauci was appointed director of NIAID ( National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease) in 1984. He oversees an extensive portfolio of basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose, and treat established infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, respiratory infections, diarrheal diseases,”

https://www.niaid.nih.gov/about/anthony-s-fauci-md-bio

May 25, 2003 Dr. Fauci on AIDS Oncology Times:

WASHINGTON, DC—”The news about the number of AIDS cases is bad and getting worse, said Anthony S. Fauci, MD, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), speaking to a science writers association here last month.”

In the United States, 980,000 people are living with AIDS. In the world, 42 million people have the disease—29.4 million in sub-Saharan Africa alone.

Between 1999 and 2001, AIDS increased by 14% in gay men and 10% in heterosexuals, he said. The incidence is now 50% black, 29% white, and 19% Hispanic. Much of this new pattern is fueled by drug abuse, said Dr. Fauci.”

https://journals.lww.com/oncology-times/fulltext/2003/05250/dr__fauci_on_aids__little_good_news_as_infections.18.aspx

Three decades before coronavirus, Anthony Fauci took heat from AIDS protesters

“AIDS protesters hold flares and signs during a raucous demonstration at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., on May 21, 1990.

“Act Up, Fight Back, Fight AIDS!” The angry chanting grew louder as hundreds of protesters wove through the usually placid campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda on May 21, 1990.

With signs that read “Red Tape Kills Us” and “NIH — Negligence, Incompetence and Horror,” members of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, or ACT UP, marched toward a row of police officers in riot gear guarding Building One. Suddenly, the pack parted and a small group of protesters ran through the middle of the crowd, right to the police line, bearing torches spewing rainbow-colored smoke. Chaos erupted between the screaming crowd and police, each pushing and shoving back and forth.

For months, ACT UP had been formally urging Fauci to include their members in the government’s development process for AIDS drugs.

Fauci, now under attack by some Trump supporters for his response to the coronavirus pandemic, was in favor of the group’s participation.

“I was trying to get them into all the planning meetings for the clinical trials,” Fauci said last week, taking time out from the coronavirus fight to look back at another deadly disease he managed 30 years ago. But he met increasing resistance from the scientific community, who were put off by ACT UP tactics.” People fighting for their lives put off the scientific community.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/05/20/fauci-aids-nih-coronavirus/

“Disparities and Discrimination”

“HIV was first identified in MSM, (Mainstream Media) which served to increase the discrimination this community was already facing. It quickly became clear, however, that the emerging HIV epidemic was impacting other communities as well.

The first cases of HIV in women were identified in 1983. And, in 1986, the CDC reported that AIDS was disproportionately impacting Blacks/African Americans and Hispanic/Latino Americans. Early in the epidemic, misinformation was abundant.”

“Advocacy and Activism”

“In the face of this kind of stigma, many of the communities most impacted by HIV became fierce advocates for their needs. Founded out of the LGBTQ+ movement, the HIV community has a history of activism that has shaped the course of the epidemic.

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, groups like GMHC (formerly the Gay Men’s Health Crisis), ACT UP (the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), NMAC (formerly National Minority AIDS Council), the Latino Commission on AIDS, and the Black AIDS Institute (BAI) formed to offer direct services, provide education, amplify the voices of marginalized communities, and advocate for laws and policies that could help those suffering most. They fought for increased investment in research, care, prevention, and other services that people living with HIV needed, like housing and employment programs”

https://www.gileadhiv.com/landscape/history-of-hiv/?utm_id=iw_sa_15442187196_127739511742&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=history+of+aids&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5pSry4Sl9gIVCoaGCh3_dgQOEAAYASABEgIRcPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

“The Fauci’s ran a neighborhood pharmacy at 13th Avenue and 83rd Street and lived in an apartment above. The whole family helped out in the business — his dad working in the back of the pharmacy while his mother and sister operated the register. Tony delivered prescriptions from the time he was old enough to ride a bike.  Strong family relationships were an important part of Tony’s upbringing.” Double click picture to enlarge.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1994641/

 

Fauci has been involved with pharmaceutical’s from the time he learned to ride a bike.
Now we have the Carona Virus developed in Communist China and I have two question which will never be answered.

Was Aids really caused by chimpanzee or was it developed in a petri dish?
Is it a coincidence Dr Anthony Fauci oversaw both epidemics, Aids & Carona Virus, where mis-information was wide spread?

The end!

Tuskegee Experiment: The Infamous Syphilis Study

This is the first of three stories. The second story will concern the Aids epidemic, and finally a story on Coronavirus. The story recently published “Removed for the 4th. time” contained what I believe the media will and will not report on. I blame myself for reading Sharyl Attkisson books.

How do you get your news?

I don’t give a damn what information the Federal Government releases to the media. I do care about what the media reports to us, and I don’t want what comes out of government mouths, and media accepting it as the “truth and nothing but the truth” concerning the virus and miraculous vaccine. I can share a dozen stories of friends and acquaintances who have passed on after receiving the vaccine and booster.

The day of the Investigator Reporter is dying, but not dead yet. Let’s pray for their recovery, and their editors allow them to do what they do best, Investigate and report the truth.

It’s your body and your decision what you put into it. Want to smoke–your decision, Don’t eat meat–your decision, couple of cocktails–your decision, don’t want the vaccine–your decision.

It’s reported people of color are pushing back against the vaccine. endangering the rest of the population. All out program to get them vaccinated. Hey, come on it’s free medicine to keep you and America safe. Still they don’t bite. Could the story below be the cause of their apprehension.

Here is what the Federal Government inflicted on African Americans in 1932.

Below is a story from “History.” Remember what they say about history? “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” quote by George Santayana.

“The Tuskegee experiment began in 1932, at a time when there was no known treatment for syphilis, a contagious venereal disease. After being recruited by the promise of free medical care, 600 African American men in Macon County, Alabama were enrolled in the project, which aimed to study the full progression of the disease.

The men were monitored by health workers but only given placebos such as aspirin and mineral supplements, despite the fact that penicillin became the recommended treatment for syphilis in 1947, some 15 years into the study. PHS (Public Health Service) researchers convinced local physicians in Macon County not to treat the participants, and instead research was done at the Tuskegee Institute.

In the mid-1960s, a PHS venereal disease investigator in San Francisco named Peter Buxton found out about the Tuskegee study and expressed his concerns to his superiors that it was unethical. In response, PHS officials formed a committee to review the study but ultimately opted to continue it—with the goal of tracking the participants until all had died, autopsies were performed and the project data could be analyzed.

Buxton then leaked the story to a reporter friend, who passed it on to a fellow reporter, Jean Heller of the Associated Press. Heller broke the story in July 1972, prompting public outrage and forcing the study to finally shut down.

As a result of the Tuskegee experiment, many African Americans developed a lingering, deep mistrust of public health officials and vaccines. In part to foster racial healing, President Bill Clinton issued a 1997 apology, stating, “The United States government did something that was wrong—deeply, profoundly, morally wrong… It is not only in remembering that shameful past that we can make amends and repair our nation, but it is in remembering that past that we can build a better present and a better future.”

Tuskegee wasn’t the first unethical syphilis study. In 2010, then-President Barack Obama and other federal officials apologized for another U.S.-sponsored experiment, conducted decades earlier in Guatemala. In that study, from 1946 to 1948, nearly 700 men and women—prisoners, soldiers, mental patients—were intentionally infected with syphilis (hundreds more people were exposed to other sexually transmitted diseases as part of the study) without their knowledge or consent.”

https://www.history.com/news/the-infamous-40-year-tuskegee-study

The Tuskegee experiment began in 1932 and ended in 1972 = 40 years.     US Presidents were:

1932 Herbert Hoover Republican 2 years
1934—1944 Franklin Roosevelt Democrat 10 years
1945—1952 Harry S. Truman Democrat 8years
1953—1960 Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican 8 years
1961—1962 John F. Kennedy Democrat 2 years
1963—1968 Lyndon B. Johnson Democrat 6 years
1969—1972 Richard M. Nixon Republican 4 years

7 Presidents Republicans 14 years    Democrats 26 years=40 years

Because of my parents religious and political view I was raised Catholic and Democrat.
I will die a Catholic.

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Removed Again 4th.Time

Received the message below from someone watching the City Commission Meeting held on Feb. 22, 2022 when Mayor James had me removed for the 4th. time from a City Commission meeting for not wearing a mask.

“Why do you put yourself through it? You know he’s only going to throw you out again. He’s surrounded by plexiglass you’re not.”

I explained everyone on the dais does not have plexiglass in front of them, only on the sides.

When you sit in chambers you see and hear things that people watching the meetings on TV or their computer miss. Here is my side of the story.

When I arrived the dais was empty a few minutes later everyone was seated.The mayor was mask less so I removed my mask. We went through Call to Order, Moment of Silence, Pledge of Allegiance and the rules for Civility and Decorum.

James asked the City Administrator if there are any Additions, Deletion or Reorganization of Agenda. Both the mayor and I remained mask less.

The first item on the agenda was a Proclamation, presented by James. He stood and put on his mask to leave the dais and make the presentation. When he put on his mask so did I. When he returned to the dais he removed his mask. So did I.

Were both sitting mask less when a police office sat behind me and asked me to put on my mask.

I explained as I previously had, when the Mayor uses his mask so will I. My only concern is I hope the police understand my position and I am not disrespecting them. In my opinion the Police & Fire Dept. are the best in PBC.

The Mayor then asked me to put on my mask, I stood, held up my mask and put it on asking him to do the same. He did not, I removed my mask and he asked the police to remove me.

On the way from chambers people were looking at me and I said to the audience “He has 2 sets of rules, one for us and one for himself.”

So why do I keep doing it? It’s the principle of the mask issue.

James made the rule that everyone in City Hall, all employees and visitor must wear a mask, and in his own words there will be “no exceptions” Be happy you are not an employee of the city and either wear a mask or be fired.

In my opinion James has a sense of entitlement and self-importance which makes him inconsiderate, arrogant, self-centered and egotistical.

The stories I write are not to bring attention to myself but to bring attention to the City of WPB and it’s leaders who make and break the rules.

Here is where I ask readers to be patient as I’m writing about books which I believe will tie into the story, and I promise there is a point to be made. I hope you agree.

I enjoy reading and have my favorite authors and wait patiently for their next story. A friend recommended I read “The Real Anthony Fauci” written by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and honestly I’m sorry I ever listened because I never truly understood the meaning of “Ignorance is Bliss” until I read the book.

The next suggestion was Sharyl Attkisson, Investigative reporter who has won multiple Emmy awards, Edward R. Murrow Award and made New York Times bestselling author for her book “Slanted.” Below are 4 books she had published.

Stonewalled : my fight for truth against the forces of obstruction, intimidation, and harassment in Obama’s Washington / Sharyl Attkisson. Publication Date 2014.

Master manipulator : the explosive true story of fraud, embezzlement, and government betrayal at the CDC Author James Ottar Grundvig ; foreword by Sharyl Attkisson ; introduction by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Publication Date 2016.    (Before Coronavirus.)

The Smear : how shady political operatives and fake news control what you see, what you think, and how you vote / Sharyl Attkisson. Publication Date 2017  

Slanted : how the news media taught us to love censorship and hate journalism / Sharyl Attkisson. Publication Date 2020 

Over the years I have noticed how much the media has changed, and not to my liking. The two books Stonewalled and The Smear I read how Ms. Attkisson peeled back the layers of her own profession and allowed me a look inside the new media. Who else could explain it as well, after dedicating over 20 years of her life to reporting for CBS.

Here’s the point, and it’s a comparison between two Mayor’s Garcetti & James

Excerpt below from NBC news. This story was also reported by N.Y. Post, NBC, ABC, FOX, CNN, Politico and others.

“Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti claimed he held his breath while failing to mask up at a football game, drawing widespread criticism — and mockery — on Wednesday.

He was among top politicians and celebrities at Sunday’s San Francisco 49ers-Los Angeles Rams playoff game at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles and hobnobbed with basketball legend Magic Johnson, who posted images of his high-profile pals on Instagram.”

Garcetti, Gov. Gavin Newsom, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, actor Rob Lowe, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and other Golden State VIPs were not wearing their masks when cameras clicked, Johnson’s Instagram showed.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/l-mayor-eric-garcetti-defends-maskless-pictures-hold-breath-rcna14729

When I publish a story I include media reporters who obviously don’t see a story when a resident is removed from City Hall on 4 different occasions for refusing to wear a mask when the Mayor does the same.

Below is a video with the Mayor and City Commissioners. Video made in 2021 when Cory Neering was still a Commissioner. Message wear your mask.
As always James has the first and last word.

https://youtu.be/RZQEN5z_K_w

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Is Common Sense Dead! R.I.P.

The big news this week are the crashes between Brightline and Automobiles. Let’s address it.

Folk Tale:    Once upon a time John and his young son Philip were driving through town when they came upon a traffic jam. Up ahead they could see that a large semi trailer with a high load had become wedged under a railway overpass.

The father experienced only the frustration of being held up while his son experienced a world of unbelievable wonder. There were police everywhere and fire trucks, a big crane and even a train that was forced to stop at the approach to the bridge.
While John sat in the car fuming, his son Philip could no longer contain himself. He sprang out of the car and raced away towards all the important people in suites, wearing yellow hats, all trying to figure out what to do.

I know how to get the truck out!” he cried out. The men were more concerned for the boy’s safety and shooed him away. The young fellow persisted until he found someone who would listen – all the time dragging an exhausted dad behind him.

What do you think we should do?  asked the man. If you want to get the truck out all you have to do is let the air out of the tires!

Common sense from a young boy, better known as “out of the mouth of babes”  and confusion from important people.

Brightline Train WPB Watch 1/11/2018 (published)

Brightline Train Speeds to 125 MPH
Every city along the route held meetings including WPB. Residents appeared before the commission with their opinions both pro and con. Residents were concerned with 2 issues noise and safety. The powers to be were concerned with insuring the train made a stop in WPB.   It does.

Let’s talk safety:  If you recall the horrific accident that occurred in Seattle when the train derailed, left the tracks, went down the embankment killing 3 and injuring over 80. The data recorder had the train traveling 80 MPH in a 30 MPH zone while approaching a curve.

This train was not equipped with a safety device called “positive train control” which is technology that can automatically slow or stop a train. Sounds like excellent technology.

For years regulators have requested the device be installed on all trains. What is wrong with these regulators, don’t they know that would be expensive and hurt the bottom line? Here is how I imagine the conversation went.” Read the entire story below which includes an interview with Senator Numbnuts.

https://wpbwatch.com/2018/01/brightline-we-told-you-you-didnt-listen/

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/18/amtrak-train-derails-near-seattle-onto-the-i-5-freeway.html

 

2/21/2022  BOCA RATON, Fla. (CBS12) — “After multiple collisions with cars and pedestrians last week, officials in Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast are considering ways to make Brightline train crossings safer.
The high speed train has had at least four high-profile crashes in recent days. Brightline released video of one of the incidents in Lake Worth, showing a driver trying to beat the train and crashing into it.

“Our drivers need to take responsibility for their actions,” said Palm Beach County Mayor Robert Weinroth, who also chairs the Transportation Planning Agency.”

https://cbs12.com/news/local/could-changes-to-signals-quiet-zones-improve-brightline-safety

 

2/21/2022  FORT LAUDERDALE  (Tampa Bay Times) “Brightline trains killed one person and seriously injured another in separate accidents less than 12 hours apart, the latest in a spate of collisions plaguing the higher-speed passenger trains since the railroad recently resumed operations.

Tuesday night’s death was the ninth involving Florida’s privately owned passenger railroad since it resumed operations in November after an 18-month shutdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s the 57th since Brightline began test runs in 2017, giving it the worst per-mile fatality rate in the nation, according to an ongoing Associated Press analysis that began in 2019.”

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2022/02/16/after-57-deaths-brightline-in-florida-pleads-with-people-to-stop-dangerous-crossings/

Now let’s revive common sense:    My car can travel over 100 mph, doesn’t mean I must travel that fast.  Brightline can travel 125 mph, and they do. Why are they allowed to run 80 mph through busy city streets with a posted speed of 30 mph?

That’s an easy question. The faster they run, the more trips they make, the more money they make. it’s always about the bottom line.

County Mayor Robert Weinroth, who also chairs the Transportation Planning Agency may want to check if all Brightline trains are equipped with a positive train control, as mentioned above. That would be an excellent way to begin talks on safety.

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Meet With the Chief Neighborhood Meeting

The day former Mayor Muoio term ended so did the Neighborhood Meetings with the Mayor, City Administrator, City Attorney, City Commissioner for the district, Code Enforcement and the Chief of Police were present to hear residents concerns, and all meetings were held at City Hall in the Flagler Room.

Before the neighborhood meetings were ended in 2019 I attended the monthly North end meetings because of the crime rate in that section of the city. I remember asking a regular attendee at the meetings if he thought the meetings would improve the crime in the area. He admitted he didn’t know, but at least the mayor and others took an interest in meeting and listening to residents concerns. That helped knowing they were heard.

Good news, the meetings have resumed and has a new name “Meet with the Chief”

I attended the Downtown residents and business owners meeting held at the Police Department on 2/16/2022.

Missing was the Mayor, City Administrator and the City Attorney. Present was City Commissioner Christy Fox, a representative from code enforcement, Police Chief Adderley, Deputy Chief Morris and Officer Seth Buxton who led the meeting, along with other officers.

People bought their condo’s downtown so they could live and play in the heart of the city. This is where the action is. What they have is sleepless nights that the TV and AC can’t block out the noise.

Sadly the resident count was 7-10 residents, but they did share their concerns and it was all about noise and various issues such as speeding, blocking intersections, going wrong way on 1 way streets, very loud mufflers , doing wheelies, drag racing and a new one I haven’t heard of before and it’s called “smoking” or “lighting-up.” A resident at the meeting mentioned it and understood the concept and he shared with the police and later with me, and the harm that can be done when drivers add a “line lock” to cars.

Line Lock Explained by a resident at the meeting, and later to me in an email. Best part of the story is his explanation where I simply cut & pasted his response.

“A “Line Lock” is an aftermarket component you can purchase and add to your car which will allow you to lock your front brakes enabling you to spin your rear tire while remaining stationary. In doing so, your rear tires will heat up (friction) and smoke.

Line Locks were designed for drag racing at drag strips; not for street use.

The driver would release the line lock and the car would lurch forward, tires heated, sticky, and spinning. This is dangerous on public streets for obvious reasons.”

Now imagine a pedestrian waiting to cross an intersection pushing a baby stroller or walking their dog, the walk sign is lit, they start to cross and the line lock fails. I get it.

Not one resident at the meeting complained about traffic noises during the day, as one resident stated it’s not a problem and expected. The problem begins early evening and continues at times until 2:00 AM.

Can you picture cars “smoking” or “lighting-up at 2:00am as the noise bounces off the many tall buildings, much like drivers going through an underpass where the childish drivers beep their horn to enhance the noise as it bounces off the roof and sides of the tunnel.

Here’s the problem as I see it. These meetings were just re-started and it’s a good chance for residents to meet with the police and discuss their concerns.

A downtown resident sent out 198 e-mails, and placed the upcoming meeting on Facebook inviting them to attend. There were 7-10 residents at the meeting. People complain about the noise but wouldn’t attend a meeting and have a conversation with the police.

It does no good to sit in a neighbors apt, drinking coffee, saying “did you hear the noise last night, wasn’t it terrible?” Downtown resident’s should make an attempt to attend the meetings to help their neighbors who are trying to make a difference for you as well as themselves. There is strength in numbers.

Dogs

A resident told the story of how the noise affects her dog when they are out for their nightly walk. The noise starts, the dog cowers and pulls against the leach in an attempt to run from the offending sound.

“Do dogs hear louder than humans?”

“Dogs do have a much stronger ability to hear a wider range of sounds than humans do. In fact, dogs can hear sounds between 40 hertz and 60,000 hertz. … This improves their hearing and as a result, allows them to hear louder noises than humans. If noises get too loud, your dog will let you know” 

 

Meet with the Chief- Downtown meetings will be held 3rd. Wednesday, every other month @ 6:00 PM at the WPB Police Dept. 600 Banyan Boulevard.

Upcoming meetings: 4/20/22, 6/15/22, 8/17/22, 10/19/22, 12/21/22.

I would like to end the story on a positive note along with an apology to Allison the owner of “Blue Mountain Coffee House, located at 540 Clematis St.

I recently visited the Police Dept and was invited out for a cup of coffee and Blue Mountain was the destination. An easy walk from the station house. It was truly the best cup of coffee I ever had.

I suggested to a friend who was going to the meeting meet me @ 5:00 and she would have a great cup of coffee while we discussed the upcoming meeting @ 6:00 PM.

I took a booth ordered a coffee and waited for my friend to arrive.

We looked at the blackboard and saw hamburger and fries. We were told they were “sliders” and consisted of 2 burgers. OK we both ordered the sliders.

Hot damn, the best burgers ever. Fries were delicious. We took our time and enjoyed every bite.

Now the apology: I didn’t realize the restaurant closed at 5:00 but remained open for us, and the owner was so gracious, fed us, and it wasn’t until we were leaving she mentioned the closing time.

Have a craving for hamburger, bring your appetite and it will be satisfied. I highly recommend Blue Mountain.

Ready to close the story and a news report catches my attention.

“Paris inaugurated its first noise radar on Monday as part of a plan to fine loud motorcycles and other vehicles in one of Europe’s noisiest cities. High on a street lamp post in the 20th district in eastern Paris, the city installed the first noise radar that is able to measure the noise level of moving vehicles and to identify their license plate.”

https://madison.com/news/world/sound-pollution-paris-inaugurates-its-first-noise-radar-in-bid-to-quieten-its-streets/video_9ff935f1-d311-5ca9-82c1-d57b6a2214d6.html

Good enough for Paris, good enough for WPB

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WPB Police Getting A Helping Hand!

For the record I have and always support Law Enforcement, and all first responders. Bless them all.

 

Dec. 15, 2021 PB Post reporter Alexandra Clough, wrote the article, and below are excerpts from the story.  Entire story can be read below. My comments in italic.

‘Very powerful,’ ‘financially successful people’ create fund to back West Palm Beach police.

“A group of residents has created a group to raise money for the West Palm Beach Police Department.”

“Al Adelson, who launched the fund. Adelson is a developer of The Bristol, an ultra-luxury condominium at 1100 S. Flagler Drive.”

The Bristol is where Mayor Keith James sent the WPB Fire Dept. to issue the Covid vaccine to wealthy residents.

“Among the people involved in the new police fund is Stephen Ross, owner of the Miami Dolphins football team and chairman of New York-based Related Cos., developer of The Square (formerly CityPlace), and numerous office buildings.”

In addition to Adelson and Ross, financier Robert Garvey and attorney Bill Bone also are involved.

“Adelson said the money raised by the fund will be used to recognize police officers with awards, as well as purchase needed equipment, such as a new mobile command center van. The van costs $1 million, Adderley said.”

$1 million seemed high to me so I googled it and here’s the response.
How much does a mobile command center cost? ” A well equipped unit can range $100,000-$300,000 depending on options and features added.”

“This group is going to raise tens of millions of dollars over the next few years.”
In just a few months, Adelson said the nonprofit already has raised $150,000 for police.
On Wednesday, 277 West Palm Beach police officers each will receive $200 Publix gift certificates paid for by the fund at an event being held at the downtown police headquarters.

Adelson said members of the fund are concerned about “street people” in the downtown who may be dealing with addictions. “That’s a different element, and I’m concerned that element will turn to crime,” Adelson said. “We want our downtown and the whole city to be safe. He stressed that he is not singling out homeless people who may be struggling economically.”         All homeless people are struggling economically.
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2021/12/15/deep-pocket-residents-raise-millions-west-palm-beach-police/6499296001/

If I could give any advice to the “group” Adelson, Ross, Garvey and Bone it would be to work directly with the Police Dept; and the Police Union when dispensing the funds, and bypass the Mayor and City Administrator because past actions prove they can’t be trusted.

Example:
A presentation by City Administrator Faye Johnson concerning the city budget included the following information.

Slide 11 FY09 – FY18 Fire Assessment Fee • The total Fire Assessment Fee collected for the period was $19,675,963 of which: $11,434,115 (H) was allocated within the Fire Assessment Fund and $8,241,848 was allocated to the General Fund.”

James, along with the aid of the City Commissioners raised the Fire Fee from $50.00 to $100.00 effective in 2019.

WPB Watch did a story on the Fire Fee and if readers want to refresh their memory It can be read here:      https://wpbwatch.com/2021/08/no-misuse-of-citys-fire-fee/

The “group” never mentions crime in our area, just raised the issue of “street people & homeless people” so I am assuming the “street people” is a problem in their little slice of paradise.

If they can raise millions why not build housing for the homeless, and I don’t mean in the poorest section of the city where crime is a problem. See below: “Most Dangerous Neighborhoods In West Palm Beach, FL.”

A member of the “group” is Stephen Ross, owner of the Miami Dolphins and Related.

2/7/2022 Palm Beach Post reporters Alexandra Clough and Kimberly Miller wrote:

“Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross is a powerhouse real estate titan who helped transform West Palm Beach from a sleepy midsized city to a growing center of finance and business.

Along the way, his Related Cos. has become the dominant developer in the city, and Ross is known as a business leader who doesn’t take no for an answer when it comes to winning approval for his ambitious real estate projects.

Related’s presence in downtown is pervasive, from the company’s mixed-use project known as The Square, formerly CityPlace, to its ownership of the downtown’s top four Class A office buildings, and to a new waterfront office tower under construction that won city approval despite vocal public opposition.

But real estate brokers mindful of Related’s power privately refer to West Palm Beach by a different name: “Relatedville.”

If you read this far is there any doubt Stephen Ross doesn’t have the “pull” to make things happen in WPB? How about Mr. Ross build one less Class A office buildings and replace it with a Class A building to house the homeless.
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2022/02/07/miami-dolphins-owner-and-related-cos-developer-stephen-ross-helped-transform-west-palm-beach/6638327001/

“Most Dangerous Neighborhoods In West Palm Beach, FL.”

“Here are the most dangerous neighborhoods in West Palm Beach for 2022. The rankings are calculated based on the number of violent crimes per 100,000 people for each neighborhood, compared to the West Palm Beach violent crime average. Violent crimes include murder, rape, robbery and assault. The most dangerous areas in West Palm Beach is based on data from the local law enforcement agency and when not available, also includes estimates based on demographic data.”
https://www.areavibes.com/west+palm+beach-fl/most-dangerous-neighborhoods/

It’s Super Bowl Sunday and see how the homeless embarrass Los Angeles. America, one of the richest country in the world, can’t take care of it’s poorest citizens. Shame on us.

Los Angeles wants to hide homeless crisis as Super Bowl approaches, community leader says.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/los-angeles-wants-to-hide-homeless-crisis-for-super-bowl-community-leader-says

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