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What is newsworthy in Loveland, Colorado?

This week a woman was sitting on a bus stop bench when a very intoxicated man approached and verbally attacked her with vile, ignorant language.  The woman ran into the Alternatives to Violence office with the man in pursuit, where he threatened and verbally attacked the staff.  When he was asked to leave he put his fist through the front office window.  He stood threatening and bleeding on 4th Street.  Several Loveland Police Department officers came and took him away by ambulance; he received a ticket.  The following day there was a scuffle in the Thompson Pocket Park, now becoming an everyday occurrence.  The Loveland Police again came, a ticket was issued, but nothing more could be done.
 
This week, a woman and her four children left their abusive home after 10 years.  She came to Alternatives to Violence to find there is no room in a safe house within a 75 mile radius.  Her children are in school and she has a part-time job in Loveland.  She was forced to return to her husband; the abuse will potentially escalated by 75% due to her attempt at leaving.   
 
So tell me what is newsworthy in Loveland, Colorado?  Why aren’t the citizens of Loveland and Berthoud holding up a banner that says, “Come on, Let’s Build a Safehouse in Southern Larimer County!”  “Let’s protect our women and children.”  “Let’s give them a harbor of hope and healing and the ability to stay in their own community.” 
 
No, the glass breaking at Alternatives to Violence is not as news worthy or enraging as the glass breaking at the Loveland Museum…but it should be!

Alternatives to Violence in the local news:

Loveland storefront collapses

Assault victims are given a voice through Clothesline Project

Lynda Nielsen received Certificate of Appreciation

Loveland sewing group uses skills to help others in need