Christian music star Jennifer Knapp comes back and comes out
By Lisa Respers France, CNN
April 16, 2010
After selling about a million records and winning at Christian music's prestigious Dove Awards in 1999, the Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter simply vanished in 2003 -- leaving fans wondering where she had gone. There were countless theories as to why Knapp checked out, including the possibility of illness.
But the one that raised the most ruckus among her die-hard fans was the one which proved to be true: Jennifer Knapp is gay.
This week Knapp burst back onto the music scene with news of a comeback and a coming out. Her new album will be released in May, and she has revealed that she has been in a same-sex relationship for the past eight years.
Knapp said she realizes that some fans will now view her earlier work with lyrics about inner turmoil as evidence of the struggle between her beliefs and her sexuality. But she says she has always struggled as a person of faith to be the person she wants to be, and her sexuality was only a part of that, she said.
God has always known she would walk this path, Knapp said.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
So You Think Your City Is The Only One In Trouble
L.A. Controller Warns that City Could Exhaust General Fund by Next Month
Los Angeles Times April 5, 2010
Los Angeles Controller Wendy Greuel says she expects the city's general fund "will be out of money" by May 10 and that the L.A. will likely deplete its reserve funds and be in the red by June 30.
Greuel alerted Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the City Council of the city's dire financial situation after the head of the Department of Water and Power stated he would oppose sending $73.5 million in utility revenue to the city treasury. Interim General Manager S. David Freeman said the council's vote to block a proposed electricity rate hike last week threatens to put the utility in a deficit.
Greuel urged the council and mayor to immediately tap the city's reserve funds so that the city has enough cash to cover payroll.
Los Angeles Times April 5, 2010
Los Angeles Controller Wendy Greuel says she expects the city's general fund "will be out of money" by May 10 and that the L.A. will likely deplete its reserve funds and be in the red by June 30.
Greuel alerted Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the City Council of the city's dire financial situation after the head of the Department of Water and Power stated he would oppose sending $73.5 million in utility revenue to the city treasury. Interim General Manager S. David Freeman said the council's vote to block a proposed electricity rate hike last week threatens to put the utility in a deficit.
Greuel urged the council and mayor to immediately tap the city's reserve funds so that the city has enough cash to cover payroll.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
That Time of Year Again
Ann Arbor Hash Bash could have record crowd
BY BILL LAITNERDETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
April 2, 2010
Saturday’s 39th annual Hash Bash, the yearly gathering where people openly smoke marijuana on the University of Michigan’s Diag plaza, could draw the event’s biggest turnout ever, organizer Adam Brook said.
The record was about 10,000 pot smokers, who jammed “almost shoulder to shoulder” on a fine spring day a decade or so ago, but perhaps 12,000 or more will squeeze in on Saturday, from noon to 1 p.m., thanks to the good weather that’s expected, combined with widespread enthusiasm for Michigan’s 15-month-old medical-marijuana law...
Public smoking or other use of marijuana remains illegal, even for state-approved medical patients, according to the Michigan Department of Community Health. Still, enforcement has been minimal, if not non-existent, at previous Hash Bashes.
BY BILL LAITNERDETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
April 2, 2010
Saturday’s 39th annual Hash Bash, the yearly gathering where people openly smoke marijuana on the University of Michigan’s Diag plaza, could draw the event’s biggest turnout ever, organizer Adam Brook said.
The record was about 10,000 pot smokers, who jammed “almost shoulder to shoulder” on a fine spring day a decade or so ago, but perhaps 12,000 or more will squeeze in on Saturday, from noon to 1 p.m., thanks to the good weather that’s expected, combined with widespread enthusiasm for Michigan’s 15-month-old medical-marijuana law...
Public smoking or other use of marijuana remains illegal, even for state-approved medical patients, according to the Michigan Department of Community Health. Still, enforcement has been minimal, if not non-existent, at previous Hash Bashes.
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