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virginia the whole phil city council voted forty three in july two thousand and six to fire marks citing decreased moral police department increased crime in a community quoting to articles in the richmond times dispatch newspaper marx was placed on administrative leave july twenty first two thousand and six and resigned a week later while marcus was chief ten thousand dollars and drugs disappeared from the police stations evidence room according to articles although marte's was not accused of taking from the police department to the elected officials last year said he knew about the whole city council's decision to fire marshall because that information turned up on a very thorough background check done by former in term grass valley police captain don murray there and traveled to whole field to check marks history the background check revealed marks terminations was purely political foster said it's very simple fos said like any city department had the job of police chief is it will position is the city council's privative to discontinue the person services at any time for whatever reason but their decision does not preclude us from hiring h said mark's unfortunately attempt tempted to make some changes in a place where he did not get support from city officials and you paid for it with his job marx was exceptionally skilled and he's a great fit in our department foster said i can relate to that hope wells city manager at the time alan kay archer quit his job immediately after the vote came down to farm marks foster said archer was so disappointed by the baseless political move by the council parcher was hired in september two thousand and six to be assistant city manager in newport news virginia could not be reached for comment wednesday afternoon politically motivated firings are not unusual in city  filled captains slot in grass valley was left open in february when longtime captain greatheart retired marsh said he was always wanted to move west and when he saw these advertisement for a new captain on the internet he jumped  a change of direction march said this is not a step backwards because philly has opportunity right now for change and growth in the community and grass valley police department has a young staff it's an excellent opportunity for me to work together with chief john foster and captain renard to develop the staff martz is already fitting in very well with the officers foster said mark's wife and four children removed from virginia next month to be with him in grass valley they're all excited to make the move this is a great area of the country to get into march will appear at the grass valley city council meeting tuesday for final council approval all about spoke about the silent epidemic defects in the bad economy approximately twenty thousand people are affected by serious mental illness twenty to thirty percent away in brown correctional facilities inmates are diagnosed with mental disorder and only there because of it and on top of that and that a county has sixty percent higher suicide rate than anywhere else in california it's peer peer empowerment center recognized wattle of self help program that allows hundreds of people to come and go at this center and receive free help in dealing with life crisis situations that can arise from mental disorders was a needed part of our community a majority of the board members of this nonprofit have some type of mental issue and this organization has been ideal location for such a project spirit is asking for donations and support to fund fundraising grants searching and from the community every family usually has some relative affected by mental disorders and this is the cutting edge type of organization the community must support for it to survive there is a coming event called spirit fest that will bring a lot of local musicians and kerry people together to help raise money through silent auctions and more this is october nineteenth so don't forget to come and support this event foundry with master's ceremony utah phillips and many other artists the behavior of health departments budget has been cut to the bone for the last ten years and each year continues to be cut government dropping the ball it's time for us in the community to create source of healing such as the spirit peer compartment center players develop self esteem and take responsibility for their own lives they provide support groups like demands the women's group lets rap group spiritual group grief group and dual diagnosis groups save lives and tax dollars by helping the spirit empowerment center to become a permanent home to expand services twenty four seven seven days a week for information contact will only marie two seven four one four three one or email spirit center at local net dot com come visit to sat around to see us through saturdays from ten a m to two p m this is public benefit non profit five a one seems three corporation tax deductible show that you care of sacramento as many as six to six inmates died because of poor medical care last year according to reports released wednesday included a man whose treatment of constant in extreme chest pain was delayed eight hours to report released by robert hill and the court appointed of the eighteen preventable deaths well one third were from asthma including a botched handoff in which an asthmatic inmate wasn't given his medication for two days after he arrived in prison from a county jail no one should die of asthma in california in two thousand and six and yet in its prisons that is the number one cause of preventable deaths so man wrote in a letter introducing the report he said that there will be a new emphasis is on diagnosing and treating as one on one steps also include more cooperation among doctors in reviewing medical cases as well as better tracking of patients and their medical tests the report's findings also included a state in which doctors it's very different prisons botched a diagnosis of one inmates painful test cancer for two years until it was too late to save his life and other inmates deaths from a hernia was blamed on five week delay in giving him special treatment because just far too many horror stories that continue to occur s took over the prisons medical system and people two thousand and six after a federal judge found that an average of one inmate a week was dying of neglect or not practice and mates have continued dein preventable deaths according to the report since even as so on has begun making changes which have cost state taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars i had no expectation in the first year that there would be any change in the numbers because there are no quick fixes and we've scratched the surface but that's all we've done so and said he expects it will take another year or two before preventable death decline has better doctors and nurses take their place fifty seven prison doctors and six nurses were fired suspended or required to take real classes between june two thousand and five in june two thousand and seven as a result of poor medical decisions according to the report attorneys for inmates and some lawmakers have criticized still a for not bringing results fast enough even as he has  laterally increased medical provider wages and ordered new equipment and medical centers i'm hoping that actions can be taken that will more properly minimize the risk especially getting more doctors into the system said steve family an attorney for the nonprofit prison law office they're trying to provide medical care with one hand tied behind their back and it doesn't work them appraised so on for release scene a study that he said unfortunately confirms how bad it is in prison improvement in decreasing the number of preventable deaths over the past twelve months because it is unlike the situation in hospitals in which quality improvements can lead to a gravity decreases in mortality within the space of a year he also noted in report that is often a judgment call whether the deaths were preventable for instance the d m several sudden cardiac arrest possible preventable because doctors failed to properly react to the warning signs like chest pains but it worked at there was no guarantee that heart attacks have been prevented on her silver occur the woman requested a truck driver pull over but he took off police contact the car and the car is company exchanged insurance information and no arrests were made at nine forty six a m a caller from ray street reported a green dodge truck just crashed into his car took an accident report i don't love and thirty six am a person at the police station reported possible foster care for five hundred to report her manager hung up on or the manager called to say a woman was crying because someone was trimming the hedges police contacted the woman who said the maintenance worker was stalking her according to the manager the worker was a fifty one year old man at the hospital emergency room on suspicion of drunken driving and causing bodily injury to another person wonder if it was secretary four thirty p m call report school and arrested a twenty three year old man on suspicion of using false evidence out documents license blackguards and plates driving with a suspended license giving false information to police officers and local wars please also five fifty eight p m a woman who did not speak english called from the one hundred block of dentistry to report someone broke into our residence the night before and she wanted police to take a report she said her husband was returning from los angeles and would like him to present and present what clues took t and being under the influence of a controlled substance and wednesday at seven fifty one am a caller from the restaurant a restaurant on east street reported a man and woman were in a physical fight the man was wearing a work uniform police contacted the nineteen a woman and a twenty one year old man and arrested the woman on suspicion of battery about a county sheriff's office on tuesday at eight twenty five a m a caller from the eleven thousand block of tammy way  park were spinning in circles with physicals and water cycles police were unable to locate the hughes at nine forty one p m a call reported road rage incidents at sun force the incident turned physical two hours earlier but the caller was administration to cut ties with blackwater the shooting has put new scrutiny on the free rein companies like blackwater enjoy in iraq the state department says it's formed a joint committee with iraqi officials to suggest ways to improve regulations private military from times and on capitol hill senate republicans have blocked in amendment to restore the right of habeas corpus to prisoners in the so called war on terror prisoners who were stripped of their rights to challenge their detention under the military commissions act passed last year supporters of the measure fell four votes shy of the sixty needed to move to a final vote six republicans broke party ranks to vote in favor of men senate republicans also blocked a measure that would have given us troops larger rest longer rest periods in between deployments in iraq and afghanistan to vote had been seen as one of the best chances to force president bush to withdraw troops because of its bipartisan appeal the final vote was fifty six to fifty four senate majority harry leader reid says the republican colleagues are more interested in protecting our president than our troops the united nations is asking israel palestinians say the move amounts to collective punishment israel says its acts are justified because of palestinian rocket fire the bush administration is backing israel stance secretary of state gaza and indeed we will make every effort to deal with their humanitarian needs and secondly that gaza and the west bank are both constituent hannity's of the palestinian state and so that is not to say that gaza is to be separated off in two thousand and five in brazil some ten thousand people are taking part in a national conference of indigenous people the weeklong gatherings and i was around indigenous involvement in social work for projects and the environment brazilian president wellbeing for all and in iran the iranian american scholar has been released from prison for four after four months behind bars canyon how was arrested in may here's a third iranian american to be released from  of more than one thousand and civilians to gather as one of the several organized as part of a nationwide campaign against the military regime and back in the united states tens of thousands of people are expected in jenin today for a rally in support of six african american high school students facing jail time for a schoolyard fight to join the search as they've become known have become a rallying point for civil rights activists across the country the parents of the slain american peace activist rachel corrie have been denied an attempt to sue the manufacturer of the bulldozer to claim her life in federal appeals court has ruled that craig and cindy corrie can't sue the illinois based caterpillar because that would force the judiciary to rule on a foreign policy issue decided by the white house and their rule in a three judge panel said the case can't go to court without implicity questioning and even condemning the united states foreign policy towards israel rachel corrie was killed on march sixteenth two thousand and three in the palestinian town of rafah an israeli military operated bulldozer ran her over as she stood in front of a palestinian home set for demolition she was wearing a fluorescent orange vest in full view of the bulldozers driver the corys want to caterpillar held liable in the grounds it knew the bulldozers were to be used in demolition to demolition homes in violation of international law caterpillar based its defense on proving the bulldozers were in fact paid for by the us military aid to israel to court say they will continue to challenge caterpillar end the us government and now all four are your key weather report showers still possible today mainly in the mornings highs in the low seventy's so west winds ten mph tomorrow it will be partly cloudy with another chance of rain later in the day into saturday highs in the low seventy's will see mostly sunny skies again by sunday it was high is near eighty we would like to thank to you new associated press amy goodman truckies sun tribune and you burnett and others for a news source and thanks a lot for watching and we will see you