Jan 13, 2025 · A coalition of Police District Council (PDC) members from across the city are calling on 14th PDC member David Orlikoff to resign, citing a pattern of troubling behavior. In December, nineteen council members representing thirteen of the city’s twenty-two police districts signed a letter asking Orlikoff to resign by the end of 2024. When he did not, several called for his resignation during ...

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Mar 3, 2021 · ast Saturday night, artists and community members gathered in Bridgeport at GOLA, is a new studio space that features the artwork by Roland Santana, for a fundraiser that supported Indigenous organizations such as Save Bell Bowl Prairie, the American Indian Center, and Semillas y Raices.

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Oct 9, 2024 · A citywide group of district councilors released a letter calling for David Orlikoff to step down, citing abusive behavior.

Dec 17, 2024 · A s states and cities were squeezed by federal cutbacks across the board, they found that “mental health was an easy line item to cut,” Snedeker said. “And the city would blame the state and the state would blame the city, and the mental health clients would pay the price.” The coalition worked for a decade to keep the City’s clinics open, “and many years we were successful, but ...

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