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Spirit of Phillips March ’26
DAVE MOORE & LINNEA HADAWAY have lived here since the Reagan 80s and became life partners while originating the cartoon series “Spirit of Phillips.”
Minneapolis Encampments: A Stone Around The Neck
A call for more stringent social service screening Dwight Hobbes By DWIGHT HOBBES I survived homelessness and can say first hand that since at ‘92, this city has dealt with it like a cat covering up its waste. For instance, a couple years ago or so, the community welcomed Powderhorn Park’s tent city only to have cars vandalized and people trying to burglarize homes. So, Minneapolis took an “everybody out of the pool” approach and the disenfranchised, notably women with children simply trying to get by, were thrown out. Bad actors committing crimes, including assault and rape in the encampment proved a stone around their neck, endangering and ultimately costing decent, flat broke folk what little shelter they’d found as they desperately tried to get system assistance. Now, we’ve seen a dozen shootings within days, to which the response amounts to useless hand wringing on one hand and a shut the whole thing down answer on the other. The ongoing crisis calls [...]
Spirit of Phillips Jan ’26
An unpublished cartoon from August 1988! Part 12 of a 13 Part Series... Dave Moore & Linnea Hadaway have lived here since the Reagan 80s and became life partners while originating the cartoon series “Spirit of Phillips.”
