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<p>I agree with Phil. He has a point and it's only one person
whining about it. PC is something for which I have little regard.</p>
<p>Gary Lewis<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/17/2018 8:56 AM, Alameda County
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<div>Perhaps, it would be good to explain that the word
“hobo”within our modeling and layout is used in the historical
context of the 1930s and the great depression when unemployed
males (they were very few females) rode the rails seeking work
,not a reference to today’s homeless. Hobos, by definition, had
a specific relationship to the railroad and the country during
the depression. Using any other term would essentially hide that
aspect of the depression and equate them to today’s
homelessness, which is, in the Bay Area, as much a lack of
housing as it is a lack of employment or income assistance.
Hobos were driven to the rails by a lack of work, they were not
bums nor were they on any form of assistance. The fact that
they were virtually all males is a very important point to make
about the differences between hobos and today’s homeless or
unsheltered, today children are 25% of the homeless and there
are almost as many women as men. At the height of the
depression there were over a million hobos, and they were 99%
male. They were not homeless in that they were seeking work by
following the rails and living nomadically, and many actually
had homes and families they left to try to find work. In that
vein Bedouin herders who follow the herd are also homeless.
Only if the only definition of home is a fixed location. Rather
than changing the term, we should use the opportunity to inform
about history and the differences between the hobos of the 30s
and the challenges of the unsheltered in 2918. In the 30s
their was no social assistance so the only way to make money to
eat was to leave your family to try to find work. In fact, the
hobos were a large part of the drive for the New Deal, Social
Security, WPA, etc. The WPA was established to create work in
response to that unemployment including the hobos.</div>
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<div>Let’s not acquiesce to the absurdity of the PC police
when they are wrong and just uneducated. Use their
ignorance to educate. </div>
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<div>BTW, I am sure that person that complained totally
missed the real social-economic commentary of the entire
piece. Look at the juxtaposition of the three vignettes
in the scene; the hobo camp at the bottom level, the
Pirates of Emerson in the middle and the climbers high
above everyone else. The message of the poor (the hobos in
the lower level),the middle class (volume attendance at
the Pirates reprinting the entertainments of the masses),
and the wealthy pursuing more expensive individual
recreational pursuits is actually a commentary on the
structure of society and how wealth is allocated between
classes (deliberate). So the hobo camp and their plight is
actually part of a deeper commentary on society and how
different classes live and are treated by our
socio-economic structure. </div>
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<div>Finally, if that person comes back, please let them
know that if they talk to me they need to use the phrase
“folicularly challenged” (FC) as I am deeply offended if
someone uses the “bald” word around me as it is clearly
only used in society when intended to be highly offensive
to people unfortunately impacted by hair loss. If I even
hear “thinning on top” I am thrown into near suicidal
depression. Please be very conscious of offending those of
us that are FC. There are many more of us than the
homeless, and we are impacted by a curse that we have no
personal responsibility for. Society needs to stop
treating hair loss as a treatable choice and give the FC
the respect and consideration we deserve. We are not FC by
choice, we are the victims of this scourge on humanity. </div>
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<div>Seriously?</div>
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<div id="AppleMailSignature">Phil Edholm
<div>PKE Consulting</div>
<div>Office 925 264 9420<br>
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On Jun 17, 2018, at 6:19 AM, Alameda County Central
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<div>Maybe we can replace the word 'Hobo' with the
'Unsheltered'.</div>
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<div>Andy H.</div>
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Message From: Joel Clark <a
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<div dir="auto">Gentlemen,
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<div dir="auto">We had a good opening day.
Thought I would share a few things.</div>
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<div dir="auto">The scavenger hunt cards were
an excellent idea. That really got the kids
engaged and they loved it. That said we will
need more of those printed out and more
pencils, as we go through them pretty quick.
Lets consider putting some at the back door
because some people got to the front and
wished we had them at the back.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Some kids submitted them to me
fully filled out and asked if there was a
prize. I let them have at the donated
magazines/tyco box, but ongoing maybe we can
get some ribbons from the fair or something
like the other exhibits give out.</div>
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<div dir="auto">I took Dick's advice to talk
to everyone possible while on the chair. It
was good advice, we got some good engagement
and contacts. When I told some about our
tenuous situation staying in the building
they said "oh no I will send a letter to the
fair" so that's good PR we need.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Also, one person I talked to
was from the county housing department and
took offense to the use of the word "hobo"
on the scavenger hunt, as it reflects badly
on our region's homeless. Perhaps we can
just call it "campfire." Now, I'm sure many
of you have different opinions on the matter
and that's fine, I'm just reporting what was
said to me.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Electrically there were a few
hiccups but they were repaired. All should
be good for coming weeks.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Thanks!</div>
<div dir="auto">-Joel</div>
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