tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677701812202382907.post6496888007482990949..comments2023-11-05T02:21:24.007-08:00Comments on Scribeskidrow: LA Times Is Not a Good Neighbor to Skid Rowskidrowscribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02420413452464606978noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677701812202382907.post-72559814220110715112012-12-17T20:07:05.029-08:002012-12-17T20:07:05.029-08:00Just did a tour with General Jeff... thank you for...Just did a tour with General Jeff... thank you for your insightful comments and our ignorance about a community of people who really do help each other out... I am just a beginner in learning about a culture I did not even know existed... thank you for educating us and enlightening us of a community that is rich in potential and promise if we have eyes to see and ears to hear. sumobobbyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677701812202382907.post-82298919149473647942010-11-13T13:01:25.891-08:002010-11-13T13:01:25.891-08:00DymnnomyLyday
[url=http://healthplusrx.com/ulcerat...DymnnomyLyday<br />[url=http://healthplusrx.com/ulcerative-colitis]ulcerative colitis[/url]<br />dwetryBrodoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677701812202382907.post-30199624009373380342009-10-01T21:47:19.790-07:002009-10-01T21:47:19.790-07:00Walter - on point. great post!Walter - on point. great post!Ginny Brideauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487893454477132314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677701812202382907.post-66679817755682514262009-08-22T22:01:40.165-07:002009-08-22T22:01:40.165-07:00The LA TIMES is bad news.The LA TIMES is bad news.Dallas Cowboyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15045371245724073142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677701812202382907.post-76614461647320237092009-08-22T21:19:26.824-07:002009-08-22T21:19:26.824-07:00On a street corner in downtown Los Angeles. Backp...On a street corner in downtown Los Angeles. Backpack strapped to my back and eagle eyes scanning the grounds for a feast. The feast of heroin is all I care about. I pitch in a dollar with a guy worse off than I am for a small joint. We smoke in his cardboard box. He’s got pin-ups on the flimsy walls of the box, a bucket to piss and shit in and a pile of stuff which to him are his valuables. A plastic cup, a thin silver chain, assorted clothing and hats, matchbooks and other trinkets. We smoke the pinner while his neighbor, also in a box, blares some music from a small radio. Cops stroll past, but never take a second glace. This is skid row. The bottom of the bottom. This is where dreams end and become fantasies and nightmares. And this is where I choose to be. Why? Because someone around here has heroin. And I’m going to find it. I don’t have much money, but that’s never made a difference before. I’ll find something to barter with. I still have my cell phone, that’s got to be worth at least three balloons. Just yesterday I was sitting in rehab reading the big book. The bible of the AA program. The most boring read I’ve ever laid my eyes on. It was written by a couple of guys back in the 1930’s. You’d think they would have updated it a bit by now.baked573https://www.blogger.com/profile/08354394397579668546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677701812202382907.post-53097025781062659382009-08-21T11:12:25.483-07:002009-08-21T11:12:25.483-07:00......but still, drug dealing and a double homicid.........but still, drug dealing and a double homicide in housing for mentally ill that should be a safe place....it's a story that needs to be told.....the bad can't be just swept away like garbage in the street......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677701812202382907.post-31452426093223771592009-08-13T20:10:27.868-07:002009-08-13T20:10:27.868-07:00Walter,
I think alot of the LA Times problems als...Walter,<br /><br />I think alot of the LA Times problems also arise from the drastic cuts it has made - the quality of the reporting and editing has markedly changed for the worse. If anything, if anyone really looked for quality reporting of news or events these days in Los Angeles - they would be looking for blogs and websites such as yours.Robert Dhondruphttp://www.scanph.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677701812202382907.post-57644677797184898162009-08-13T09:33:41.382-07:002009-08-13T09:33:41.382-07:00Thank you for your kind words. And yes you can sh...Thank you for your kind words. And yes you can share the posts as you wish. I also replied to your email you sent and it was a very gracious letter. Thank youskidrowscribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420413452464606978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677701812202382907.post-19028261263812760082009-08-13T03:19:31.720-07:002009-08-13T03:19:31.720-07:00Hey Walter!
This is Andrew from the Amar Collectiv...Hey Walter!<br />This is Andrew from the Amar Collective. I sent you an e-mail 2 or 3 days ago about using some of your posts for our magazine, and since then I've subscribed to the blog and I'm fast becoming an avid reader. <br /><br />As someone who has been networking and doing what I can to help out in the Skid Row community for the past few months, I've had the opportunity to meet amazing people like General Jeff, Coach Ron, OG, Michael Blaze from the Skid Row Photo Club, and a slew of other inspirational figures that deserve recognition for the work they do around here. Needless to say, I was similarly disturbed by their two-dimensional depiction of the kind of stuff that is going on in Skid Row right now... and the fact that they singled out The Lamp Community as somehow culpable in this whole situation just makes me feel like they lack a fundamental understanding of what's going on down there. Reading your response to this article gave words to the feelings that I couldn't quite express, so I am indebted to you. Is it ok if I repost this on facebook and twitter and other social networks and such?<br /><br />Anyway, I will be in touch with you soon about what articles we'd like to use in our little magazine, but beyond that I really want to learn more about the Skid Row Bureau of Journalism. That sounds completely amazing. When would be the best time of day to call you?<br /><br />Take care!!<br />Andrew from Amar<br />http://www.amarcollective.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com