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2 - TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2018
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Federal judge: Houston can clear
Gainesville Forecast
out homeless tent cities
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Cold with plenty
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Today is Tuesday, Jan. 2, the second day of 2018.There are 363 days
left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 2,1893, the U.S. Postal Service issued its first-ever set of
commemorative stamps to honor the upcoming World's Columbian
Exposition in Chicago as well as the quadricentennial of Christopher
Columbus'voyage.
On this date:
In 1788, Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the U.S.
Constitution.
In 1792, the first classes began at Georgetown University in
Washington, D.C
In 1900, U.S. Secretary of State John Hay announced the "Open Door
Policy"to facilitate trade with China.
In 1921, religious services were broadcast on radio for the first
time as KDKA in Pittsburgh aired the regular Sunday service of the
city's Calvary Episcopal Church.
In 1935, Bruno Hauptmann went on trial in Flemington, New
Jersey, on charges of kidnapping and murdering the 20-month-
old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. (Hauptmann was found
guilty, and executed.)
In 1942, the Philippine capital of Manila was captured by Japanese
forces during World War II.
In 1955, the president of Panama, Jose Antonio Remon Cantera,
was assassinated at a racetrack.
in public places.
U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt,
dents,” Hoyt wrote.
The American Civil Liberties Union
In 1967, Republican Ronald Reagan took the oath of office as
the new governor of California in a ceremony that took place in
Sacramento shortly just after midnight.
In 1974, President Richard Nixon signed legislation requiring states
to limit highway speeds to 55 miles an hour as a way of conserving
gasoline in the face of an OPEC oil embargo. (The 55 mph limit was
effectively phased out in 1987; federal speed limits were abolished
in 1995.) "Singing cowboy" star Tex Ritter died in Nashville at age 68.
In 1983, the original Broadway production of the musical "Annie"
closed after a run of 2,377 performances.
In 1991, Sharon Pratt was sworn in as mayor of Washington, D.C.,
becoming the first black woman to head a city of Washington's size
and prominence.
In 2006, a methane gas explosion at the Sago (SAY'-goh) Mine in
West Virginia claimed the lives of 12 miners, but one miner, Randal
McCloyJr., was eventually rescued. The roof of a skating rink
collapsed in the German town of Bad Reichenhall (bahd RYK'-ehn-
hahl), killing 15 people.
shelter.
No trial date has been set for the
lawsuit.
Turner has said the restraining order
caused conditions at the sites to worsen.
of several homicides and other crimes.
Residents of nearby neighborhoods
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A federal judge city from preserving public property for
has cleared the way for Houston city its intended purpose.”
City officials argue the tent cities and One of them includes more than 100
prohibits homeless people from setting encampments, primarily under freeway tents under a freeway near downtown,
up tents and temporary living quarters overpasses, are hazardous to public It and another site have been the scene
health and safety.
Mayor Sylvester Turner said he was
who had blocked enforcement of the law grateful the judge “has, for now, essen- also have complained about the condi-
while a civil lawsuit is pending in his tially endorsed the city’s effort to strike tions that public health officials have
court, lifted his temporary restraining a balance between preserving personal agreed are becoming a hazard because
order Thursday and denied a request freedoms of every Houstonian and of large amounts of feces and urine on
for a preliminary injunction. eliminating threats to public health that the ground.
“While this court is indeed sympa- have developed at and near encamp-
thetic to the impact that enforcement of ments on public property in the center for repeated cleanings but Hoyt’s order,
the encampment ordinance on unshel- of the city.” issued in August, didn’t prevent people
Trisha Trigilio, the ACLU’s lead from returning and again setting up
court recognizes the city’s police pow- attorney in the case, said Friday that their tents, stoves and furniture.
ers to enact and enforce reasonable leg- lawyers were considering whether to
islation that promotes the health, safety appeal Hoyt’s decision. To describe the ments is part of a six-point plan the
and general welfare of all Houston resi- ruling as disappointing “seems like an city unveiled earlier this year to tackle
understatement,” she said. homelessness in Houston, including
“Our clients are living in the encamp- providing more permanent housing
of Texas, on behalf of four homeless ments because they have no place else and an anti-panhandling campaign,
people, is suing the city, contending the to go,” she said. “Our clients are now Officials say Houston has about 3,400
ordinance violates the constitutional at risk of being arrested just for being homeless individuals.
protections of homeless people and homeless.” The city is proposing to move some
makes homelessness a crime. If ticketed, people who can’t afford of the homeless to a plot of land at a bus
Hoyt disagreed with the argument a place to live face fines up to $500, depot where they can find security and
about enforcement making homeless- Trigilio said.
ness a crime, saying the ordinance “It’s not a constructive public policy
“prohibits obstructions that hinder the solution,” she said.
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