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Why don’t PCC leaders want us workers elected to the co-op board?

By Donna Rasmussen and Laurae McIntyre | April 21, 2021

PCC’s corporate-dominated board and CEO are doing everything they can to put heavy thumbs on the scales and prevent us from joining them in the co-op boardroom.

About 90,000 PCC co-op members are able to vote now through May 3, and for the first time in recent history, two of the five candidates for the board are PCC member-workers. ...
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Auburn Council criminalizes camping on city property | J&J vaccine pause | Sounders ticket fiasco rough start for sports fans

By Christy Carley and Samira George | April 21, 2021

Auburn Council criminalizes camping on city property

The Auburn City Council voted April 19 to institute a criminal penalty for anyone living outside on city property. People experiencing homelessness found guilty of camping in parks or on sidewalks could face up to $1,000 in fines and/or 90 days in jail — penalties that critics say would effectively criminalize homelessness without addressing its causes. The decision comes at the heels of a camping ban passed by the Mercer Island City Council in February. ...
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Thank you, Real Change volunteers!

By Ainsley Meyer and Katie Comboy | April 21, 2021

A Real Change vendor approaches the sales desk to purchase this week’s paper.

“Do you have any lunch today?” he asks. And then he laughs as we read the myriad of options — the list of choices doesn’t seem to end.

After a few minutes, he leaves with a bag full of groceries, homemade burritos, pastries and more. All of which were donated, or home-cooked, by Real Change volunteers to help offset the decline in income amid COVID-19. ...
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Rinky-dink is as rinky-dink does: Derek Chauvin’s defense philosophy

By Dr. Wes Browning | April 14, 2021

I’m doing Facebook, and a friend wants to know how to “expand her browser” to see a Facebook story. I answer the question (zoom out) and add that I never look at Facebook stories, as when I zoom out to see them, they are rinky-dink.

I startled myself with my own memory of that expression. I last used it over 55 years ago. ...
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The bare cross and empty tombs

By John Helmiere | April 14, 2021

We are in a season of great change. The springtime bacchanal of color and sunshine (and pollen) complement the changes swirling about us. Politics, social life and the fabric of our city are all in flux. After a year of hibernation, with a tentative end in sight for the pandemic, many of us are beginning to imagine re-engaging with the world. But it is likely to be a new world we enter into, not simply a return to the old. ...
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Book review: ‘The Final Revival of Opal & Nev’ by Dawnie Walton

By Leinani Lucas | April 14, 2021

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev” by debut author Dawnie Walton is the type of novel that grabs you no matter your interests: music, art, the 1970s, culture and the progress of civil rights through the decades. The book is constructed as an oral history, with a premise as complex as its characters. Fictional cult classic ’70s punk rock band Opal & Nev is coming together for a 2016 reunion show and to tease the possibility of a tour. ...
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Vendors and vaccines

By Samira George | April 14, 2021

On the Friday morning of April 2, charge nurse Carie Whitton with Harborview Medical Center unfolds chairs and then pulls on new, purple gloves. Her goal that day is to administer 165 COVID-19 vaccines into the arms of vulnerable community members, with 11 of those people being Real Change vendors.

Parked outside the Real Change Vendor Center, on a South Main Street quieted by quarantine, Whitton urges newly vaccinated people to return to this exact location in four weeks. ...
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Community groups oppose slated change to Duwamish River cleanup

By Christy Carley | April 14, 2021

In late January, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a change to the cleanup plan for the Lower Duwamish River, one of the nation’s most polluted waterways which was declared a Superfund site in 2001. The proposal — which would allow for higher levels of certain pollutants to remain in the river sediment — generated frustration amongst community groups in South Seattle, who called for an extension of a public comment period on the change. Public comment now lasts until April 21. ...
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Letter to the editor

By Liz Olson | April 14, 2021

Dear Editor:

Real Change recently highlighted a number of bills focused on reducing poverty moving through the legislature (Anti-poverty bills moving through Washington legislature, March 31, 2021). In addition to these bills, the House and Senate’s recent budget proposals also make critical poverty-reduction investments required to strengthen Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. ...
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SDOT opens applications for increased access to West Seattle Swing Bridge

By Samira George | April 14, 2021

The Seattle Department of Transportation announced Thursday that it is easing restrictions and allowing more motorists to cross the West Seattle swing bridge. For the past year, commuters to central Seattle have needed to take detours to cross the Duwamish River via the First Avenue South Bridge, leading to high congestion and stop-and-go traffic, often adding 30 to 45 minutes to travel times. ...
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The Seattle Times Company rebuffs journalists’ proposals for better working conditions and living wages

By Christy Carley | April 7, 2021

“We don’t aspire to pay living wages.”

That’s what a representative of The Seattle Times Company said in a collective bargaining session last week, according to the Seattle Times Digital Union. The union posted the statement on Twitter Friday, April 2, generating ire from local journalists and subscribers alike. The union also quoted management as saying that journalism is “not a path that is highly rewarding early in your career” and that “it’s not uncommon to struggle.” The union said that the company rejected all of their proposals at the end of the meeting. ...
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50 tiny homes for U-District | 102 ‘vaccine breakthrough’ cases in Washington

By Samira George | April 7, 2021

50 tiny homes for U-District

A new tiny house village is expected to open sometime in May 2021 in Seattle’s University District. The village, Rosie’s Tiny House Village, will be at 1000 NE 45th Street and will provide shelter and case management for its occupants.

Single adults, couples and people with pets currently living unsheltered are eligible for a spot. The village is designed to act as an interim while permanent housing is being secured, and occupants will have access to on-site services, such as hot meals delivered daily. ...
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