“I have nine children with nine different women,” said Richard Cox, 56, who also said he is a former Army Ranger and has been homeless for a year. He, along with Aaron Porter, 24, were assigned to me as trained press liaisons for the homeless encampment at Portland City Hall on Congress Street. Aaron told me he has been homeless for eight years but both men preferred to call themselves “unhoused.”
They were attached to me last Friday after I took some pictures near the medical tent and asked questions of the volunteers there. One got on a walkie-talkie and pretty soon Richard and Aaron showed up. We went around the corner on a side street so my digital audio device didn’t pick up traffic noise or screaming obscenities from “residents” like the two women near us were delivering with incredibly loud voices.
A couple thoughts- what’s a guy from love all Maine doing writing for a North Conway paper . I am made aware that I am from Maine and this very vary far away when I’m in North Conway . How can anyone from another state write for a local paper that is so protective. As for the content , I hope Tom wore his mask while he hobnobbed with the folks at his encampment. I do see what’s happing in Portland, Airbnb bans , huge section 8 housing projects and mucho Socail services . So Portland becomes a destination. I see the same exact thiggs happing in North Conway. Under a so called conservative town leadership. Run out the well to do out of towers , build the shelters and soup kitchens. Ignore the fact that they are at making around North Conway all over the place (just like Portland) and cry about pole pole coming to Conway to spend money . Mabye you will get what you wnt and they will simply stop coming.
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A couple thoughts- what’s a guy from love all Maine doing writing for a North Conway paper . I am made aware that I am from Maine and this very vary far away when I’m in North Conway . How can anyone from another state write for a local paper that is so protective. As for the content , I hope Tom wore his mask while he hobnobbed with the folks at his encampment. I do see what’s happing in Portland, Airbnb bans , huge section 8 housing projects and mucho Socail services . So Portland becomes a destination. I see the same exact thiggs happing in North Conway. Under a so called conservative town leadership. Run out the well to do out of towers , build the shelters and soup kitchens. Ignore the fact that they are at making around North Conway all over the place (just like Portland) and cry about pole pole coming to Conway to spend money . Mabye you will get what you wnt and they will simply stop coming.
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