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Alpha Project, Bread of Life, Solutions for Change – incomparable?
If there was ever evidence of FAKE NEWS, this is it! There is not even ONE claim that Mr, Leighton makes in the article, or this babbling ramble here, that he can legitimately source and prove. Does The Reader management know that he is making these wild baseless claims against a nonprofit? The accusation that we have harmed Bread of Life via this ludicrous theory of raising their rent is just bizarre. I just got off the phone with counsel and they said that Mr. Leighton’s allegations here, made in the capacity as a writer for The Reader, are libel unless he can prove it. They also suggested that I not engage with someone so volatile.— August 15, 2019 4:26 p.m.
Alpha Project, Bread of Life, Solutions for Change – incomparable?
What should never guide our actions are those people, programs and policies that force top down one size fits all legislative mandates that tell the people of Oceanside how to help their own. As you heard our Chief of Police say on Saturday...those exact mandates are crippling our local municipalities ability to effectively address homelessness. If your ideology statement (which btw is getting really old) is that we are standing up to those overreaching dysfunctional mandates, then you’re right. We most definitely are. Why aren’t you? We would be thrilled to rejoin the COC. We got axed out a few years ago because our business model emphasizes personal accountability via drug free housing and required work. Send me the invitation letter from the Chair that says we are welcome back. It should include the willingness to be inclusive of other models.— August 15, 2019 3:44 p.m.
Alpha Project, Bread of Life, Solutions for Change – incomparable?
Seriously? This reply is also incredibly unprofessional. Are you even aware of how truly biased you are as a “journalist?” Reading this was like a flash back to Junior High. I can’t believe that the Reader is this desperate for writers.— August 15, 2019 9:39 a.m.
Alpha Project, Bread of Life, Solutions for Change – incomparable?
This is a textbook example of how a “reporter” trashes the credibility and integrity of media journalism. For the record, I think what Mario has done for himself, and the program that supported him doing it is great! I also think that Tim and Bread of Life are doing the Lords work in exceptional ways! The remarks to the City Council (all the way back from Oct 2018) did not criticize other programs. I questioned and confronted the logic of the state forcing a one size fits all top down legislative mandate that requires cities to help the homeless with one approach. It is an approach that REQUIRES drug allowed housing (even meth and heroin!) and mandates the elimination of work requirements! The approach strips the nonprofits ability to practice personal accountability for able bodied persons! There is a difference between criticizing the state policies and those that are mandated to deliver those policies. This “reporter’s” bias was so evident during the interview that I had to tell him that if he printed what I guessed he might print, that he (and this paper) would never ever get another interview from me or Solutions ever again. His rep is widely trashed anyway, but I had to clarify for the sake of those mentioned.— August 14, 2019 6:35 p.m.