Where Akron’s New Police Chief, Stephen L. Mylett, Came From: BELLEVUE WASHINGTON In 2006, Bellevue was rated one of the 25 safest cities in America, based on the per-capita incidence of violent crime
I have become incredibly drawn to the mystical and magical forces of the universes these days. The incredible flatness of our universe, quantum wave theory, whether or not we are living in a simulatio
We can’t change the system. You can listen to the audio here: If you have missed any shows they are now archived in a podcast. You can check them out on my blog. Or you can get them on your favorite p
My newest book, “The Homeless Activist” is coming out on my birthday, September 28. I’ll be 50 years old. The whole lead-up to this day has been very strange for me. Life feels like an unstoppable fre
We talked about who deserves to be helped by public services. You can listen to the audio here: If you have missed any shows they are now archived in a podcast. You can check them out on my blog. Or y
My son, who is currently 16, asked me why I no longer run a marketing firm with a bunch of employees. At our peak we had about 16 employees and, as Wikipedia reports accurately, we were generating abo
We talk about the Afghan refugees coming to Akron: You can listen to the audio here: f you have missed any shows they are now archived in a podcast. You can check them out on my blog. Or you can get t
People hate other people and it’s ok.
Is it all just hopeless and pointless? Here it is in audio: https://radiofree-rss.streamguys1.com/player/player2108180913195.html
Akron City Councilwoman Margo Sommerville asked me to call her today because she felt I was being too negative. I tried to reach out to her but I couldn’t get her. This is what I wrote to here: Hi Cou
These are the finance summaries that I think pertain to running for Akron mayor. Seriously consider running for Akron mayor. I’m running and so should you. The election is in 2023.
This is what national systematic dysfunction looks like by the numbers.
I put this information together in a post on Facebook but thought I’d organize it all here for future reference. First, I posted this document showing the housing code violations the Houseless Movemen
This is the current overhead image of my property in the Summit County Parcel Viewer. This was the very beginning of our village. A few tents around a fire pit. That’s the Spring of 2017.
I just saw this article come over: Rising rents and lots of competition as pandemic eases in Akron In Greater Akron, where the cost of living is about 10% lower than the U.S. average, median rent in M
The ONLY way we are going to make our city better is if we do it ourselves. I have just set up a political committee to begin my process of running for Mayor of Akron in 2023. I have a lot of ideas ab
I need you to understand my friends who live in the woods, under bridges, in abandoned properties. My friend Randy is a perfect example of this kind of person. The only way you are getting them into a
Here is the link to the full consent decree. Here is the first paragraph. It’s important because these homeless people and their attorney Rebecca Sremack gave us these protections. This SETTLEMENT AGR
I would like to take a minute to thank my friend Nick Cacioppo for telling truth to power last night at the Akron City Council meeting. He is eloquent, and more importantly, he is right. This is the s
This is Ricky. He and 4 other homeless people (all black) have been overlooked by Community Support Services for hotel vouchers. They were all told to go to The Haven. Ricky won’t go because he does n