Father And Daughter Had An Elaborate Camp

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[texasflower]

That's a nice story.

[JRandomFreeper]

"What was so clear was that their living conditions were unacceptable

My grandmother wouldn't have thought the conditions so unacceptable. As long as the children were clean and well educated.

/john

[knarf]

What a great story.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Sounds like he was a good and honorable man doing very well with what he had.

[chance33_98]

Officer Joe Campbell, who helped find the pair, said separating the pair would have broken their hearts. "Their whole lives seemed to revolve around each other," said Campbell.

For once, a little common sense.

[mabelkitty]

The family has riches most will never know.
Bless all those involved.

[Not a 60s Hippy]

Amazing what can be accomplished WITHOUT the socialist NEA and government SERVICES!!!

[Miss Marple]

My husband's parents didn't have electricity or indoor plumbing until the mid-50's.

I am pleased to see that the police used common sense and helped the father and daughter, rather than calling in the social workers.

Nice story.

[ValerieUSA]

Amazing that the press is reporting this in such a positive light. I'll bet they expected bad news from the pediatrician.
It kind of reminds me of Heidi and her Grandfather.

[steplock]

Only to the credit of the particular man who found them did this have a happy ending....

Most other police would have automatically thrown the father into jail after having the "child protective" service wrench his daughter away with no concern.

[ValerieUSA]

ummm... electric water?

[Redcloak]

This is OUTRAGEOUS!! Their living conditions were right out of the 18th century!!! It's HORRIBLE!! That poor child was been denied the basic needs of life. Can you imagine growing up under such conditions? No MTV. No Britney Spears. No pizza. No Gameboy. No computer. No internet. No pornographic spam. Where was George Bush when this child was being left behind?

OH! THE HUMANITY!!!

</sarcasm>

But seriously...

Aside from the fact that they were squatting on public land, why are the authorities messing with these people? Since when does an Aussie jogger getting his knickers in a bunch constitute a cause for alarm? Heaven forbid this guy should ever travel down to rural Baja.

[B-Chan]

My mom's 11 brothers and sisters were in the same shape, They were sharecroppers in rural Mississippi.

All were literate, clean, and Christian, and all eventually lived to have happy, successful lives.

[Michael121]

A Viet Nam Vet and, Once a Marine always a Marine.

Then you have Kerry, his daughter in her see thru dress at Cannes. Seems Kerry did less with more.

This Marine Did more with less.

Shows what Honor and integrity can do.

[antaresequity]

"The amazing part of this was the fact that Sergeant Barkley really evaluated what was best for these people," North Precinct Cmdr. Scott Anderson said. "Sometimes police would be a little quicker to hand things off to state workers. But instead ... he saw this through to the end."

You can contact the North Precinct of the Portland Police Bureau here

503-823-2120
7214 N. Philadelphia St.
Portland, OR 97203
Scott Anderson, Precinct Commander
Sbt Barkley

Or you can email Chief Foxworth
Email Chief Foxworth, and thank Sgt Barkley

I called them and sent an email...

[Vigilanteman]

The man deserves a medal and so does the kid. He was a veteran, lived on a shoestring and sounds like a great father willing to take work that (supposedly) only illegal aliens will do.

[blanknoone]

"The amazing part of this was the fact that Sergeant Barkley really evaluated what was best for these people,"

Of all the amazing things in this article, I don't think the police really stood out.

[Arthalion]

I can understand the involvement of the police in evicting these people (and I support that decision...transients shouldn't be able to just "build a house" in the middle of a park), but it sounds like everything beyond that was driven by this officers caring about their well being. They got them out of the dirt-floored lean-to and into a proper home and even got him a job. This, IMO, is what Christian charity is all about. A hand up, not a handout.

[Sonar5]

What a great story.

The most amazing part is the Authorities did the right thing.

They checked him out, they checked her out, and even found him a job.

Also the fact that this girl performs at a 12th grade level says a lot about public schooling, huh?

Good to see a happy ending.

Regards,
Joe