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Durham signs on to anti-poverty campaign
City council
By: Christine Hall
Issue date: 11/20/07 Section: News
Last update: 11/20/07 at 5:54 AM EST
Last update: 11/20/07 at 5:54 AM EST
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"Quite frankly, with the weather forecast, the real big concern is whether or not the reservoirs will fill up this winter and spring," Baker said in the meeting. "We don't want to be entering the late spring or early summer with reservoirs below level. They need to be filled, and the concern is where is the rain to fill those reservoirs?"
He added that he will be meeting with City Council staff to address this possible problem next week and consider moving to additional mandatory conservation stages.
During the meeting, Chief of Police Jose Lopez also presented the Durham Police Department's quarterly crime report to the council. According to the report, crime went down in five of seven index crime categories, with the city witnessing a 55-percent rise in murders and 13-percent rise in burglaries.
DPD had a higher clearing rate-which measures the number of crimes brought to trial-than the 2006 FBI national average for cities with populations from 150,000 to 250,000.
He added that he will be meeting with City Council staff to address this possible problem next week and consider moving to additional mandatory conservation stages.
During the meeting, Chief of Police Jose Lopez also presented the Durham Police Department's quarterly crime report to the council. According to the report, crime went down in five of seven index crime categories, with the city witnessing a 55-percent rise in murders and 13-percent rise in burglaries.
DPD had a higher clearing rate-which measures the number of crimes brought to trial-than the 2006 FBI national average for cities with populations from 150,000 to 250,000.
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Shawn
posted 11/20/07 @ 8:44 AM EST
Duke students, faculty, staff, and their friends and family who really want to support the anti-poverty ONE Campaign can sign up and affiliate with the Duke Campus Challenge at http://www. (Continued…)
Bill M
posted 11/20/07 @ 7:11 PM EST
Well we are all aware that this is just a feel good exercise, however if it was more then that it would be dangerous to world peace.
There is not enough resources to bring up any great percent of the world poplution out of poverty they are now in. (Continued…)
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