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"In this town, it's easier to buy a machine gun than to rent an apartment" - Terry L.'s story

©Deb Holman/CHUM

No matter how much you like your car, you probably don't want to live in it..

When Duluth lifted the ban on sleeping in parked vehicles, the city wasn't saying a car was ok as a permanent residence, but City Councilors were saying police could concentrate on wellness checks and not moving people along.
Independent producer JP Rennquist was wondering about how lifting this prohibition would affect people living out of their cars, and Terry L agreed to talk with him about it.

JP Rennquist is, among other things, an independent radio producer here in Duluth and we thank him for this story.

Tonight I was made aware, it is not that people do not care, wrong choice of words on my part. It was pointed out that the fact is that most people don't want to know. I understand, it is hard to know that families, kids, singles are sleeping in cars, some with pets. Our mentally ill (whom society has failed) that roam the streets all night, maybe grabbing a bush or a doorway to catch a few winks, always one eye open, and all the singles seeking a place to sleep for the night. Seems society is failing them too! I get it, I do not want to know either! But I do know! Now you do too! ~Deb Holman, street outreach worker, CHUM

Lisa Johnson started her broadcast career anchoring the television news at her high school and spinning country music at KWWK/KOLM Radio in Rochester, Minnesota. She was a reporter and news anchor at KTHI in Fargo, ND (not to mention the host of a children's program called "Lisa's Lane") and a radio reporter and anchor in Moorhead, Bismarck, Wahpeton and Fergus Falls.Since 1991, she has hosted Northland Morning on KUMD. One of the best parts of her job includes "paying it forward" by mentoring upcoming journalists and broadcasters on the student news team that helps produce Northland Morning. She also loves introducing the different people she meets in her job to one another, helping to forge new "community connections" and partnerships.Lisa has amassed a book collection weighing over two tons, and she enjoys reading, photography, volunteering with Animal Allies Humane Society and fantasizing about farmland. She goes to bed at 8pm, long before her daughter, two cats, or three dogs.
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