*Former SJSD whistleblower concerned about city finances
*https://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/former-sjsd-whistleblower-concerned-about-city-finances/article_97c8315e-d0a4-11e9-b2f0-270ead5239fe.html*Beau Musser, a former CFO for the St. Joseph School District, feels that the city has conducted extremely poor oversight regarding the cities financing, causing hundreds of thousands of wasted taxpayers dollars.
*The problem is the governmental fiscal irresponsibility in St. Joseph.
*The people who have the problem are the residents of St. Joseph, who are paying taxes to an inefficient government that squanders their payments on poorly thought out and unnecessary spending.
Problem #2)
*St. Joseph Police maintain safety at Drag Queen Story Hour protests
*https://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/st-joseph-police-maintain-safety-at-drag-queen-story-hour/article_085153a8-d422-11e9-9ae0-4f98f4143509.html
*During an event called the "drag queen story hour", police officers were in attendance to ensure that the protesters and counter protesters were able to do so peacefully and avoid conflict.
*The problem is potential conflict or violence between protesters and the drag queen story hour event.
*The people facing the problem are those who may become injured at the potential conflict.
Problem #3)
*Child molester given maximum 7-year sentence
*https://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/child-molester-given-maximum--year-sentence/article_9430919c-d0ec-11e9-a84d-6fec069d613a.html
*This article describes the situation surrounding a 24 year old child molester who stayed at the home of a family after being invited in and sexually assaulted a 9 year old girl in the same home. The article interviews the mother, who displayed understandable anger and the 7 year sentence the judge ordered.
*The problem is the fact that a child molester was able to enter a household and assault a 9 year old girl.
*The person facing the problem is clearly who was sexually assaulted, as well as the family of the girl, and to a lesser extent potentially the molester who was affected my alcoholism and lack of support from a loving family since a young age.
Problem #4)
*Albany woman who handcuffed, starved child pleads guilty
*https://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/albany-woman-who-handcuffed-starved-child-pleads-guilty/article_fa9446fc-d0da-11e9-83b7-effe7551a8af.html
*An Albany woman faces 15 years in prison after being arrested for kidnapping an 11 year old girl for over a year and keeping her in a cage, often times beating her, handcuffing her, and withholding food.
*This is a problem because the fact that someone is able to do this to another human being is disturbing.
*The child that was kidnapped and was kept in the cage is the individual with the most acute problem, although this also extents to the victim's family.
Problem #5)
*St. Joseph police officer charged with domestic assault
*https://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/st-joseph-police-officer-charged-with-domestic-assault/article_f8f4ddaa-d33e-11e9-af36-cbcf5416a87a.html
*The article consists of a story describing the criminal charge of domestic assault of a police officer in the St.Joseph police department after he inflicted visible wounds on a a woman
*Although the article does not specify if the officer was in uniform when the domestic abuse occurred, the problem can encompass police violence against members of the public.
*The people with the problem are the people who are the victims of police violence, as well as most police officers whose reputations can be tarnished by a select few group of officers who make poor judgment and make all officers look bad.
Your first article reminds me of a documentary I watched regarding how the company General Motors located in Flint, Michigan outsourced jobs to foreign countries. Due to outsourcing, people in Flint had to find ways to make a living. The documentary shows some financial methods that Flint tried, but failed. It shows how having skilled workers would help better implement policies that are effective and not wasteful as demonstrated in both your story and Flint's history.
ReplyDeleteI really liked all of your articles. Your first article was my favorite one. I thought it was a very interesting and provoking topic. The St. Joseph School District is conducting very poor management financially and I feel like this should be a much more highly debated topic of discussion. If this continues for the foreseeable future, I think the entire St. Joseph county will suffer as a result.
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