Category: Right to use public parks
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Tempe, AZ, June 30–A wide range of community members who reside or volunteer in Tempe are organizing in advance of the Tempe City Council’s meeting on Tuesday, July 1, where council members are scheduled to vote on a new special event ordinance that would create new bureaucratic hurdles and costs and increase the risk of…
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June 2 – Tempe, AZ – Volunteers with the private club, the “New Deal Meal,” work each week at Tempe’s Moeur Park to help meet the needs of homeless members by providing food and clothing, and connecting people with services. Club organizers and volunteers have diligently followed the existing Special Event ordinance by remaining a private…
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May 14- Tempe, AZ – Ron Tapscott, who led opposition to the proposed Tempe’s Coyote arena and was slandered by the mayor and council in a recently released tape of an illegal city council meeting, was charged on Sunday, January 26 with a criminal misdemeanor for hosting the “New Deal Meal” club in Moeur Park. Since then…
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After Ron Tapsscott’s citation on January 26 for holding a “special event” without a license, a class one misdemeanor (pre-trial conference March 19). Rev. Dr. Tom Martinez, convenor of Tempe Interfaith Fellowship, received a written warning for the same this past Sunday. What will happen this Sunday? Dave Wells, a Quaker, who has been helping…
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Feb 3 – Tempe, AZ – Just before 5 p.m. on Sunday Tempe police arrived at the New Deal Meal at Moeur Park and gave an official warning to Rev. Dr. Tom Martinez, who was coordinating the private gathering, for violating the city’s Special Event ordinance. Numerous members of Tempe’s faith community joined the gathering…
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Jan 27 – Tempe, AZ – Ron Tapscott, who led opposition to the proposed Tempe’s Coyote arena and was slandered by the mayor and council in a recently released tape of an illegal city council meeting, was charged on Sunday with a criminal misdemeanor for hosting the “New Deal Meal” club in Moeur Park. The New Deal…
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Tempe, AZ – One week after hosting its annual MLK Diversity Awards Breakfast to honor the legacy and need for social change embodied by Martin Luther King, Jr., members of the New Deal Meal private club of the housed and unhoused gathered to share food and community as they do each Sunday. However, during the sharing this…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SHARING FOOD IS NOT A CRIME COALITION OCTOBER 2, 2024 For Arrest details contact Austin Davis 602-688-3180 HOMELESS ADVOCATE AUSTIN DAVIS ARRESTED FOR HELPING PREVENT VIOLENT ALTERCATION Tempe–On October 1st, Austin Davis walked upon the sidewalk adjacent to Tempe Beach Park to de-escalate a heated altercation between two unhoused individuals. Rather than assist…
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Austin Davis, arrested for his outreach to the homeless community in Tempe, accepts plea deal in order to continue his work.