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Homelessness and Street People
What does "Alternate LIfestyles" mean?
Not everyone in Burlington is a church going heterosexual that grows up, gets a job earning an honest and legal income, gets married to someone of the opposite gender, and has children by way of their sexual activity with that person. An "Alternate lifestyle" can be anything that deviates from what most of us would consider to the normal (and traditional) lifestyle that is recommended by the Lord. In fact, Burlington seems to attract many people that choose to live other life styles. I realized that there were many things I had not been sure how to categorize that would easily fit in this category.
Disclaimer: I am NOT condoning or condemning these lifestyles, by listing them on my web page. In fact, as a bible-believing Christian, the web master does not agree with any of the life styles mentioned below. But, the directory was originally designed to be a secular listing of local web sites and stories, without moral consideration or prejudice. The fact that these sites are listed is only to show the fact that the following does exist in Burlington, not to condone or condemn it. I do, however, feel a need to make it known that I DO NOT sanction any of these activities.
There are 259 Alternate Lifestyles links for you to choose from!
Attacks Are Occuring On The Dwellings Of The Homeless.
A man who won a civic award in Burlington earlier this year build a sturdy lean-to last year and steep hillside above the bike path between Skate Park and North Beach. He used pressure-treated lumber and hung a tarp as his west wall. On Friday, October 19th an apparent arson fire demolished the structure with all his belongings - sleeping bag, clothes, book, papers - leaving him to begin anew with only what he was wearing.
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Burlington Panhandling Law has been Revised.
Burlington panhandlers discovered that their First Amendment rights were protected Monday, after city officials revised the old begging law. The city had supported a total ban on panhandling, but a U.S. Supreme Court ruling stated that it was illegal to prohibit a person's right to ask for money because it infringes on their freedom of speech. Despite the new law, there are certain restrictions. The law bans aggressive panhandling and allows police to take action if a panhandler is harassing someone. Mayor Peter Clavelle said that panhandlers are not allowed to touch a person, yell at them for money, approach someone at the automated teller machine, or follow them. Downtown shopper Tara Panigutti said that while it may not be easy, there is a way to deal with panhandlers. Clavelle said that the law was changed to avoid complaints and a posible court date.
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Friends and family of a homeless man who was found dead
over two weeks ago held a memorial service for him today. Police are still calling the death "suspicious." But exactly what happened to James Ferrin remains a mystery.
After the death was discovered by another homeless man, police sealed off the area of a homeless camp in the tree-covered me that had been occupied by several people in the tree-covered median of Interstate 189 over the summer. It was late Sunday afternoon, September 7th. The body was identified as that of 40-year old Jimmy Ferrin, of whom no photograph has been found. Ferrin and his wife came to Burlington from Colorado about six months ago.
His friends say he was murdered. Today, they gathered for a memorial and to support Ferrin's distraught wife, Jenna Ferrin.
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Health Care for the Homeless
is a federal program that covers the very neediest through the Community Health Center. It's one of 140 similar programs around the country and has the backing of the Bush administration. Here, the outreach is coordinated with several local agencies, including the Committee on Temporary Shelter and Howard mental health services. ... Two weeks ago we reported on a group of homeless people who choose to live outdoors instead of taking advantage of a homeless shelter, even through the long, hard winter. But no one can live totally alone. Social service agencies offer a range of help to anyone who needs it -- even some who don't want it.
As winter settles in, the disadvantaged face a growing challenge just to stay warm and healthy. A small minority of the homeless make it harder on themselves by choosing to live outdoors year-round.
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A homeless trespasser has been charged with starting
an arson fire in a Burlington apartment house. No one was injured in the fire at the 206 Maple Street apartment house early Saturday morning, but authorities say only luck and sound construction technique prevented a potential tragedy.
The estimated ,000 blaze was contained in the unoccupied front part of the building. Fire crews say heavy fire doors prevented the fire from spreading to rear apartments where five people were sleeping. They escaped without injury.
Authorities say they immediately suspected arson and the trail led to John Kane, 60, a transient with a history of alcohol-related crime including convictions for a 1973 stabbing murder in Newport, Vermont, a 1986 arson in Franklin County, and a 1990 aggravated assault in Chittenden County.
Police say Kane and a friend broke into the apartment house Friday night seeking a warm spot to sleep and drink beer, but the residents called police who arrived around nine o'clock and removed the trespassers.
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Brien Gartland goes "dumpster diving" every day
for his food. He raids the garbage bags outside gourmet groceries looking for slightly bruised mangos, unopened containers of rice pudding and the like.
Known as "Deadbolt," the bearded 21-year-old sleeps in a vacant building and refuses to get a job because he's disillusioned with capitalism and Western democracy, systems he believes exploit the poor and give power to the elite.
Gartland is an anarchist. He views government or any hierarchical structure as coercive and ultimately undemocratic.
Anarchists have drawn attention in recent years as key participants in sometimes violent protests at meetings of international organizations, such as the World Economic Forum, a gathering of government and business leaders that begins Thursday in Davos, Switzerland.
The world would be a better place, Gartland and other anarchists argue, if everyday people were directly involved in making decisions through group consensus about their communities....
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