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Real Change Newspaper
Table of Contents
January 1, 1997, Vol. 4, No. 1
Cover photo by John Mostrom
Headlines:
- Privatizing Westlake Plaza
Big Business Land Grab or City Park? - Campaign 5000
Self-Help in the Central District - The Glen, Again
Does Seattle Even Want a Hygiene Center?
Table of Contents:
Vendor of the Month: Sherman Owens, Page 3
Mailbag: Page 3, 27
- Letter to the Editor by Kelly Lopez File | Seattle
- Letter to the Editor by Barbara Birnbaum | Seattle
- Letter to the Editor by Catherine Kettrick | Seattle
- Letter to the Editor by James N. Kohl | Seattle
More Real Change Than Ever! By Anitra Freeman, Page 5
Who Owns Westlake? Consortium of Area Merchants Make Bid for Control by Laura Buzard, Pages 6, 7
- Picture: Will Westlake Plaza be the next public space to go private?
- Photos by John Mostrom
Self-help in the CD: Black Dollar Days Rises to the Challenge by Timothy Harris, Page 8, 9
It’s the Liveable Wage, Stupid! KCOP Uncovers the Issue We Care About by Chuck Van Wey, Page 10
Waiting to Pee: Mayor and Council Take Their Sweet Time, Page 11
Nordstrom Hosts Hygiene Center! Facilities Considered Substandard by Bathers by Shauna Curphey
- Photos by Dana Schuerholz, Page 12
Merchants of Misery: Legal Scams Make Big Bucks Off Poor, Page 13, 14
- Book Review: Merchants of Misery: How Corporate America Profits from Poverty. Common Courage Press. Review by Anitra Freeman
Keepers of the Dream: Rally Speakers Call for Work that Pays, Page 15
- Picture: A Day to Sing About.
- Photo by Dana Schuerholz
- Picture: Full House at Garfield High.
- Photo by Sandi Ludescher
Poor Little Rich Kids by Victoria Marshall, Page 16
Do Something: Volunteer Opportunities, Page 17
New on the Net: A Call for Action: Grassroots Response to Balanced Budget Amendment Needed, Pages 18, 19
Truth in a Flame by Michele Marchand, with special help from Stan Burriss, Page 20
15th Annual Memorial Service to remember the poor and homeless who have died in 1996
- Picture of Catherine Condeff
- Photos by Steven Sattergren
Obituaries: We Remember, Page 21
- John Kondratyk, b. 5 May 1922 d. 20 December 1996
- Carlos Bedia, b. 28 May 1938 to d. ?
Down on the Sawdust: The Faded Beauty of Seattle’s Skid Road by Chris French, Page 22
Poetry, Pages 23, 24, 25, 26
- Baloney & Wine by Todd Steven Davis
- Dawn of the Living Dead, March 18, 1996 by Anitra Freeman
- In a Hilltop Alleyway by Jude Rosowski
- Random Graffito from the Seattle General Strike (taken from a note on the way – Black Cat Café 10/24/96
- Morning Designs by Earle Thompson
- Untitled by Elizabeth Romero
- Time by Marion Sue Fischer
- Welfare Reform by Marion Sue Fischer
- Bonding by Janette Moening
- The Wanderer by Janette L. Moening
- Untitled by Sally Johnson
- Seattle by Earle Thompson
Adventures in Poetry with © Dr. Wes by Dr. Wes Browning, Page 28
- Something Needs To Be Done About Those people
- Thank you, Mayor Rice!
Calendar, Page 29, 30, 31
Citizen’s Participation Project: Legislature Looks at Welfare…Again. Reprinted from the WROC Newsletter, Page 32