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Harris and Wynn are Obama administration appointees. Niemeyer was appointed to a U.S. District Court seat by President Ronald Reagan and to the 4th Circuit by President George H.W. Bush.Reach Ken Ward Jr. at kward@wvgazettemail.com, 304-348-1702 or follow @kenwardjr on Twitter.Gilmer County must pay $10,000 and apologize to same-sex couple Previous StoryPursuit of stolen truck ends at WV Capitol ComplexNext Story... (Charleston Gazette-Mail (subscription))
EXPANDMichelle and Eugene Stroman are unsure how they're going to move all their belongings.Photo by Meagan FlynnAfter Houston Health Department inspectors toured the U.S. 59 underpass near Wheeler Station in Midtown, the City of Houston is temporarily kicking out the homeless people who live there to conduct a thorough cleanup of the area.Dr. David Persse, director of the city's Public Health Authority, ordered the city to "abate the public health nuisance" under the freeway after he found human waste, makeshift toilets, large amounts of pigeon and crow droppings near or on people's tents, some dead birds and overflowing trash bins in the vicinity, according to a memo Persse sent to Mayor Sylvester Turner. "I don't want to sugarcoat this and try to make it pretty," said Marc Eichenbaum, the mayor's special assistant for homelessness initiatives. "There's a lot of filth that is jeopardizing their health, and that's why we've taken action. We want to mitigate the impact as much as possible, but we should not be okay with the homeless living in the dirt and filth that they are right now. (Houston Press)
Minneapolis, Ludvik said. But the compost has also been used at the Amazon distribution center in Shakopee, the new Vikings training center in Eagan and the renovated Minneapolis Sculpture Garden.Ludvik has been working with cities and counties to incorporate it into road projects, to help curb soil erosion.But one day more of it may end up in the hands — and gardens — of the people who created it. Herberholz said the city has been exploring ways to return it to the public, such as bringing pallets or bags of it to community events for people to take home. Last year, the city brought several cubic yards of it to a soccer event for people to take, for example.“That’s where the education really hits home,” Herberholz said. People think, “I worked very diligently to separate my waste and get this into my organics stream, and now I’ve closed the loop because it’s coming right back to me.” Twitter: @StribRoper... (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
