San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge moved a big step closer to getting an oft-debated suicide barrier after bridge officials on Friday approved a $76 million funding package for a net system that would prevent people from jumping to their deaths. The bridge district’s board of directors voted unanimously in favor of the funding for a steel suicide net. The funding sources are $20 million in bridge toll revenue, $49 million in federal money and $7 million from the state. A tearful Dan Barks of Napa, who lost his son, Donovan, to suicide on the bridge in 2008, said after the vote that he was almost…
Towards a Laventille Renaissance - Trinidad & Tobago Express
Fri Jun 27 , 2014
Towards a Laventille Renaissance Trinidad & Tobago Express Others who could help here include Representative Marlene McDonald, along with Brian Lara, Machel Montano, Destra Garcia, Earl Lovelace, Khafra Kambon and Le Roi Clarke. Desmond Tutu himself and Kofi Anan could be invited, along with a youth icon ... |