Comments on: Laws of Physics: Homeless Camp Moves

By: Robert Braun

Robert Braun — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:52:53 +0000

One thing i thought i mentioned was Why we were thrown out out of the camp it was the force behind Peter Building Company evicting us off the land. the police went to the head of PBC and a letter was wrote out so the police could have their way to remove us.

By: Robert Braun

Robert Braun — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:53:37 +0000

to(#43.)We dont run from adversity!. What kind of organization would we be if we did? who would look for help if we did?

By: Dave Askins

Dave Askins — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:32:44 +0000

Re: [43] Yes, it has relocated, i.e., not completely erased. Meetings with city officials, agencies, etc. are scheduled.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:38:45 +0000

Has “Camp Take Notice” been relocated? I don’t see it at Ann Arbor-Saline/I-94 these days.

By: Robert Braun

Robert Braun — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:53:29 +0000

Donald Lyons dont understand i been out of trouble for over ten years i went to Job retraining in April of 2008 in Pontiac,mi nu-way truck driving school i havent stopped trying and because of my public record i am unable to drive freight in and out of Canada and the companies the School worked with hire over the road before you can do local dedicated routes

By: Donald Lyons

Donald Lyons — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:39:07 +0000

@Mox. Hatchet job? By that you mean the reporter dug up official court files and police records on these people. Records, which, by the way, also detail their own excuses for their behavior. Stop being an apologist for criminals.

By: Joe ocho

Joe ocho — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:10:57 +0000

It is well and good for you people to be so judgmental but I AM a homeless person who has been seeking employment since 2002 and am presently in a job retraining program but with the economy tanking the way it is now, I do not think I will be finding a job once I get out.
You don’t seem to realize that once the jobs are gone, they are GONE. They went overseas and they were technologically displaced and WHAT ABOUT ALL OF YOUR AUTOMOTIVE JOBS IN MICHIGAN? You people have nearly a THIRD WORLD ECONOMY here.
Instead of ridiculing homeless people, YOU BETTER FIGURE OUT HOW YOU ARE GOING TO AVOID HOMELESSNESS! BECAUSE I did everything I was supposed to do, went to school, got the job, and was technologically displaced from three jobs before I was finally injured on a job that had no worker’s comp insurance and the company owner left the state. So tell me how I AM A BOHEMIAN and all of the other epithets. because GPA don’t mean**** in the real world.
I pray that you people will be homeless and try to get out of the trap and the prison.
ALSO THERE IS VERY REAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST OLDER PEOPLE IN THE WORKFORCE. AND IN SOCIETY IN GENERAL. SOME DAY YOU WILL BE OLD. THINK ABOUT IT.

By: Mox La Push

Mox La Push — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:29:12 +0000

Good points, Jay Barth. Also worth mentioning is fight over the the old armory across from Ann Arbor City Hall. The city got it from the state for $1 and some community members/activists wanted to use it for a homeless shelter/low-income housing. The city council and local business leaders said “Nyet” and sold it to a local developer who put in some upscale condos.

Commissioner Barbara Levin Bergman, a trained social worker and member of the County Homeland Security Task Force, was featured in the Snooze on May 24, 2008 expressing her frustration over her inability to use lethal injection to take care of a “career nuisance”:

” ‘Clearly, what we did in jail didn’t work,’ said Washtenaw County Commissioner Barbara Bergman. ‘What are we going to do with this guy? We can’t afford to keep putting him in jail. We can’t put him out of his misery by lethal injection.

” ‘He isn’t a career criminal. He is a career nuisance.’ ”

Link to Ann Arbor News article.

Reporter Tom Gantert did a hatchet job on the four men who are the article’s subjects. They are never heard from–they are the subjects of remarks and characterizations by police and others but their voices are not heard. Gantert apparently never even attempted to let them tell their stories. I was acquainted with two of the men profiled in the article and Gantert did a disservice to them and his readers. The comments to the article speak volumes about what’s acceptable discourse in Ann Arbor.

By: Robert Braun

Robert Braun — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:18:33 +0000

My point why i am not working i want to work you know why? do i really have to put my business online? I messed up in the past no one wants to hire me. this is my 2nd stint of homelessness, in January of 2004 i started working at the Kroger on Plymouth Rd after my background check cameback even when i disclosed my past to them they fired me. and when w.g grinders was in operation for six months the owner let me go because one of his drivers found out i lived at the shelter

By: Lily Au

Lily Au — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:48:39 +0000

The greatness of “Camp Take Notice” is more. Do you know that of course, we’ve a noble soul, Caleb. He clothes and feeds you before he does to himself (this part always makes me uptight). For example, this time he was sent to jail. People don’t see that he sacrifices himself to save the camp. Outside, you meet many rich, so-called high class people but you can’t compare the same so We also have an amazing & diligent, energetic board. We’ve meetings 4 or 5 times a week. We made media packet/ bylaws/ 501C3 status with high efficiency. We’ve smarts people, Caleb is very intelligent, others are PHDS. Me? I’m nutritionist (no License), recreation manager, resource staff, psychologist, fitness coach(fake)…..You don’t know what campers have there, we’ve swimming days, bowling party, movie days, bible study, sometimes I supervise food there too. My name is Raccoon, I like picking gently used stuff from dumpster for them.

“Camp Take Notice” might not be perfect, we’ve some fun things you can’t find elsewhere. The camp is absolutely CLEAN and SOBER. I’m a soft-hearted person, I did try to ask for chance for campers who violated the rule. The result was always, “No, he cannot stay!”

Caleb was arrested again Friday’s midnight in the dark, the trooper didn’t know that we had many board members there to protect the camp with camera to record what police did. They threatened us to leave in the complete dark, the taste of “Secret Police”. The night, Caleb was arrested second time, I even had the feeling being in “Beijing, China–Tenennmum” all done in the dark.
Ann Arbor really did the most stupid thing. The camp is an alternate place for homeless, at least, you don’t have to sleep on chairs. Caleb is a “Noble Soul”. We put them in jail. ???!!!. Let’s see next week court case. Rumor has it that Tuesday, one o’clock. I really hope that the judge happens to read all our comments before sending Caleb to jail. We hope people at churches would do their part to help out the needy in our community. Of course, Ann Arbor City also has to consider the “Housing First Initiatives” program which claims success in nine different states across the country these 2 years. Check online, you’d know more about the merit & magic of the program.