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Bill Hobson

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    June 28, 2006

    Circling the Square

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    June 7, 2006

    Voters Sit in Judgment

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    May 10, 2006

    Here Goes the Neighborhood

    A homelessness solution prompts an area of town that should know better to roll up the welcome mat.

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    March 8, 2006

    The Plan to Nowhere?

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    January 25, 2006

    Smoking Out the Homeless

    If half or more of them smoke, should the new ban apply to their shelter?

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    January 11, 2006

    It's Morning at the Morrison

    Has a $27 million renovation tamed one of the city's worst hellholes?

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    February 26, 2003

    Street Asylum

    Budget cuts are leaving a homeless, mentally ill population with few options.

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    October 31, 2001

    News Clips— Broken initiative

    Budget cuts are leaving a homeless, mentally ill population with few options.

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    October 24, 2001

    Sidran's to-do list

    Mayoral candidate's plan for the homeless.

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    March 21, 2001

    Hobson's choice

    Crusty homeless advocate Bill Hobson is poised to take over the troubled Morrison Hotel. Why are the residents fearful?

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    February 16, 2000

    Hotel of horrors

    Allegations of sexual assault and drug dealing haunt the Morrison Hotel.

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