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20 hours ago |
theunion.com | Tom Durkin
“You’re stupid.”“No one will ever love you.”“If you don’t stop crying, I’ll really give you something to cry about.”“I wish you‘d never been born.”“I’ll get you for this.”“You’ll never be as good as your brother.”“Shut up!”“Never tell anybody about this.”This is emotional child abuse — and that’s only part of the spectrum of ways you can seriously hurt a child without actually touching her.
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2 weeks ago |
theunion.com | Tom Durkin
I did not see it coming. I didn’t even know I was nominated. I am deeply honored and humbled to be named Citizen of the Year by The Union in its 2024 Best of Nevada County magazine (March 29, page 11). But I didn’t do this by myself. There are so many friends, role models and mentors (most younger than me) who gave me the support, encouragement and opportunities I needed. And my apologies in advance to everybody I haven’t mentioned.
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2 weeks ago |
yubanet.com | Tom Durkin
You cannot outrun a wildfire. What will you do if you don’t have a way to escape? According to CALFIRE, Nevada City is in a Very High Severity Zone. Other agencies have rated Nevada City at 90% to 100% risk of wildfire. Therefore, under a Neighbor-to-Neighbor (N2N) grant from the Governor’s Office, Sierra Roots and the Nevada City Office of Emergency Services are hosting a brainstorming session from 10 a.m. to noon at Seaman’s Lodge in Pioneer Park.
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4 weeks ago |
theunion.com | Tom Durkin
Getting fired is the Universe telling you that you’re supposed to be doing something else…It was late Wednesday afternoon at the Sacramento Business Journal in 1990, I was finishing up my seventh story in three months on an alleged racketeer contractor. Lee Wessman, my editor, called me into his office to tell me he was laying me off because I was the least productive reporter in the newsroom. Of course, I was. I was only a reporter three days a week.
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1 month ago |
theunion.com | Tom Durkin
Recently, I was trashed in a letter to the editor for trashing NIMBYs. That’s okay. I welcome the comments. We need this dialog. NIMBYs (Not In My Back Yard) are people who do not want to share their neighborhoods with people of a lower socioeconomic status. Specifically, they don’t want people recovering from homelessness living near them, whether it be in a trailer or a group home. The self-implication of the letter writer is that he is a NIMBY. Let’s call him LW.
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5/30/22 Wants https://t.co/1FxrF7mB6S via @YouTube The No Place to Go Video Project asks three questions: What do you need? What do you want? What do you wish? These are the wants. #homeless #homelessness #invisiblepeople #noplacetogo #homelesslivesmatter
1 NPTG NEEDS https://t.co/oVXKdLBGAj via @YouTube 5/23/22 NEEDS The No Place to Go Video Project asks three questions: What do you need? What do you want? What do you wish? This is the Needs compilation of answers. #homeless #invisiblepeople #noplacetogo #homelesslivesmatter