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Steve Ames
Member since Jun 5, 2015
Recent Comments
Re: “Faux Shows at a Renegade 'Museum' in Eden”
This is awesome.
Posted by
Steve Ames
on 09/15/2015 at 11:08 AM
Re: “Blue Cross Blue Shield to Get 5.9 Percent Rate Hike in Vermont”
Hi Folks,
Is it true that the CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont, Don C. George, has an annual compensation package, including options, that is more than 12 million dollars this year? That's what Bloomberg reports: http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/p…
-Steve, Elmore
Posted by
Steve Ames
on 08/14/2015 at 2:33 PM
Re: “Shelter Skelter: Domestic Abuse Survivors Wind Up in Seedy Motels”
Thanks for this excellent article.
Two things popped out for me, which I wanted to mention.
One - that DCF, while they give out Motel Vouchers, does not have any idea how many Motel Vouchers they give out or are used. That seems worrisome.
Second, that again - as usual, the abused are forced to cry out for help AFTER THE ABUSE. So the whole focus of the article and the work of the communities of caregivers, remains on patching up the wounded instead of addressing the cause of their suffering and injury.
I know there are articles around this issue that address the causes, so I don't fault 7 Days for this one at all, but just keep noticing that we aren't teaching the men about what is okay, we're just trying, without success, to bandage up the women later.
Ugh, so sad.
Steve,
Elmore
Posted by
Steve Ames
on 06/05/2015 at 10:59 AM
Re: “Judge Criticizes Burlington Police Stop, Search of Black Man”
The current state of affairs in law enforcement has made raised the bar significantly for all police officers. That is just reality. Protect is balanced by Serve. It's not Protect OR Serve.