Car camp at a loss
with no place to park
Labor union candidates vie for presidency
■ HOMELESS
Organisations work j
together to find an
appropriate site k>r
homeless lodging
By Melissa lebahn
The Centennial ( ar Tamp is 1
in danger of being eliminated !
bin iitise of low funds and land •'
disputes unless the Homeless
Action C oalition and ProjtH t |
Recover t an work with the i itv
ol Eugene to find a solution
As of right now there will
not l>e a Centennial ( nr (tamp
this year, said Tom Mussel
white, executive director for
Project Recover
There isn't any money to give
to the i ar camp, said Richie
Weinman, housing and commu
nity development manager It
takes S100.000 to run the i amp
Last year the state of Oregon,
city of Eugene and Lane Countv
helped contribute.
Proposed car camp
Lmcoin Si
3rd Awe
6lh Av«
n*rr a*oTON
Project Recover would like to
use the base of Skinner Butte
between Third Avenue and I.in
< otn Street, to set up a « amp on
alnntt 2 fi at res of city land, but
the c ity doesn't want to let KO of
that pierce c>f land, Musselwhite
said.
Weitirnan said the land that
Projet t Recover wants to use is a
maintenance yard that is not an
adequate site to use for the car
camp A reasonable location for
the car camp would have to he
property zoned as public land,
whit h is land where schools or
the city hall IS (mill. 1 ie said that
the land Project Recover wants
to use might have been rezoned
and is no longer public laud
The decision not to use that
land for a car i amp w as made h\
the l ugene City Council. Wein
man said He also said that the
council is very concerned about
the whole homeless issue They
are trying to find wavs to
address the issue and still keep a
balance on all other city issues
"This was a special one time
allocation and it isn't going to be
available again." Weinman said
The (its of Eugene and
campers' foes contributed most
of the money last year, but the
city isn't willing to contribute
ttiis year without inter-govern
mental support. Weinman said.
Musselwhite didn't see
money as the issue He said
camp fees pay for toilets to he
brought in. which art- the real
necessity; everything else is sup
plemental.
The camp offers a legal site for
homeless people to live, it pro
vides minima) services to the
residents, such as toilet and
shower facilities, and a .M hour
stafl to supervise the residents.
Residents buy their own
resources like food, but church
es and other non-profit organi
zations regularly donate food.
The l amp would provide the
homeless with the stability nec
essary1 to carry on the daily func
tions of life without being told
they are illegally camping.
We just want a safe, stable
place where people can just be
off the streets from the police."
Musselwhite said.
Project Recover is a non prof
it group with a mission to help
an increasing number of people,
who ore poor anti have the char
acteristics of homeless, to find a
productive and constructive
way of livelihood. They also
have the need to address eco
nomic and environmental stabil
ity and environmental
degradation
The Homeless Action Coali
tion is a coalition of agencies,
social services, homeless people
and students who are interested
in homeless issues
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MU YORK (Api -With a
call for unity to confront the
Repubiu an Congress, AM, ( ({)
President Thomas Donahue
opened the annual convention
that will i home between him
and a challenger who claim*
enough support to take aver
Donahue *• address Monday
genii rail) steered clear of the
issues that divide him and John
Sweetie!, who i laims control
of 55 percent of the votes to be
l ast by federation delegates
representing more than 1 t mil
lion workers on Wednesday
It’* true that vve i.oirie here
today divided on the issue ol
who will lead us over the next
two year*. Donahue told more
than 1.000 delegates Hut on
1 hursd.iv, let there tie no ques
tion that when we leave this
hall to < irrv on our work, we
must do so with our divisions
and student loan programs, and
hi' threatened lo veto propos
als lo cut Medicare and a tax
( red it for I hi) working poor
It is lime we learned a fun
damental lesson." Clinton said
rreefing working people in
ii del eni lair, humane, enlight
ened way gives you a stronger
American economy, not a
weaker one "
The delegates greeted him
with a chant of "four more
years
Much ol Donahue's .' >
minute speech focused on
Kepublti an plans to curtail the
enfori emeu! of labor law % and
proposals to abolish the mint
mum vvage. rediu e i ollege loan
programs and trim a lav i red
il for the workinw poor
and what Donahue worn
threats to working men ami
womt'n Its ttic agenda of House
Speaker Newt (.mgrich of
(.oorgin
"In the next ole<tion. tins
tabor movement is going to he
with K llntonl every step of tim
way. fighting to send Newt (on
gru h and his mean-spirited,
rubber - stamping reactionaries
fwn k home where they belong.”
fie said
He made onlv veiled refer
ences to tfie first contested ehs
Hon ill tin1 federation s •10-year
history, suggesting that the
rfietoru of his opponents was
harmful to tile federation
“ 1 his movement cannot
move forward as long as the
Al l ( l() IS Viewed bv some as
the reason for every problem
that afflicts the lalxir movement
and. at the same tune, as the
solution for every problem."
Donahue smd
Donahuo i,lilt’d tin* Housu
pussugo ul Mi'ilu .in- rvstrumt*
ill tin- sumo suin’ it «.nits to
rtdax taxi’s for xotm> an
"ohKt’iw sfH't tacIi’
rill’ Dflirnu rats (lid not
>’si apt? his critii ism mthnr
tkmahuo rt’ialli’d labor's dif
ferent vs with ( Siiiton ov« r th*>
North A morn an Iroo Trttdn
\<t
lh<* I n t is NAI'I A has hoirii
a disnstiT. NAFl A is a job
ih’strovnr,” ho said 'Wo worn
right and President Clinton was
wrong and vm- told him so/'
Hut 1 Xuuihin* offered illiquid
ilit’d support fur Clinton's ItKtfi
ntflrs tioii campaign. citing the
president's opposition to
knpoblit an Modicum chatigos
ni'Aitn! our strerigtn enham ed
and our federation more mul
l'd than tivcr before."
In a morning press confer
ence, Swuent-v said he would
work to heal any divisions
i nosed by his candidacy. hut
insisted we re very serious
about our program for change ”
President Clinton told the
delegates he supported ittt reos
ing the minimum wage and he
(allied for a tax deduction for
anyone paying for higher edu
cation
He opposed CXJP plans to cut
the budgets of federal agent les
which enfori e labor regulations
Pfspiti* Donahue •. call for
solidarity, tensions ran high on
the convention floor and
among union leaders who won*
divided over I he officers' i; lt>< •
lion
Floor business began with a
motion to postpone a vote on a
< onientimis proposal to create
a ihiril non iitivi- (Hisiiion at the
federation
Sweeney's side carried the
motion to postpone* with ahoul
700.000 mom voltes than il
tioodwl a (tor a Ixiistnrous show
down with Donahue's forces
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