Homelessness

Drifting Away

If I had no family (I don’t have any friends I meet up with and I have no real interest in finding any. I’m naturally an introvert with low grade depression) I’d just roll out. I’d get in my truck and

Homelessness

She Said No

Get this. I asked a friend of mine to come move into our house. She’s pregnant. I can’t stand watching pregnant women freeze. It is currently 14 degrees. She is in a tent with no heat. Someone has tar

Homelessness

Sully Got Housed!

This is my friend Sully. Sully just got housed through Community Support Services. He has lived outside off and on for the last 5 winters. He was the “yard dog” for the 2 years of our tent city. When

AddictionHomelessness

My Most Prized Possession

This might be my most prized possession. (I think telling its story is relevant to the brutal beating and murder by Memphis police of Tyre Nichols). I just bought this gun last night from a felon. Thi

Activism

The Murder of Tyre Nichols

I’m pleased that the court system of Memphis was able to bring justice to Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who was brutally beaten and murdered by 5 police officers. They all are charged with 2nd

Akron Politics

Pictures From Last Night’s Fundraiser

Here are some photos from our fundraiser to support my run for Ward 8 Akron city council last night. We were at Mercedes’ Tavern which is run by Cindy who is incredible. I got to meet Cindy’s partner,

Akron Politics

Racism in Akron Schools

I LOVE thinking about the hardest problems in society. I believe the race war between Blacks and Whites is a foundational struggle that is so embedded in American society that it is almost our one gre

AddictionHomelessness

An Unloaded Gun

As a drug addled insane man pulled a gun on me yesterday because someone broke into his room and stole his clothes while he was in jail for two months and somehow blamed me for it, my first thought wa