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January 1, 1999, Vol. 6, No. 1
Headlines:
- On Strike At West Seattle Psych. Hospital Management Says Take A Hike
- Scary Suitcases
- Conservative Radicals
- Torquemada Sunrise
- Going Dutch
Table of Contents:
Great to be Gray. Activist Marge Lueders "keeps on keeping on." Interview by Joan Pliego, Pages 1, 10
- Picture: Marge Lueders
- Photo by Joan Pliego
Twice a Month. By Timothy Harris, Page 1
Vendor of the Month: Teri Kabb, Page 2
Mailbag, Pages 2, 11
- The SHA Debate by Harry Thomas, Executive Director, Seattle Housing Authority
- Kudos for Ed McLain by Carol Clarke | Woodinville
- The New Seattle by David Tuckett
Make a Real Change. One vendor's story of perseverance and success. By Jo Jo, Vendor #3184
Love in the Streets. Dutch Shisler Sobering Center offers dignity and acceptance to the down but not out. By Janice Price, Pages 4, 5
News You Can Use. Close to Home, By Bob Redmond, Page 6
- Grinch of the Year [RE: Cliff Barda, CEO of the West Seattle Psychiatric Hospital, Robert Skummer, CEO of Jet Tool and Equipment in Auburn, and Judy Quinton, President of the Civic Light Opera, Jobs with Justice, Teamster Local 117]
- A Christmas Carol [RE: Nordstrom using subsidies of $74 million to finance the Pacific Place parking garage, so can they be charitable?]
- Picture: Fe Fi Fo Fum, Look out Nordstrom, Here we come. Real Change staffer Michele Thomas and volunteer Bob Kubiniec prepare to wage propaganda war with the $4.3 billion behemoth.
- Photo by George Hickey
- A Long Way from Home [RE: Seattle Mayor Paul Schell, Operation Nightwatch, Angeline's, Union Gospel Mission, Not enough shelter beds, SHARE/WHEEL]
- Serial Killer Convicted {RE: DeWayne Harris, Denise Marie Harris, Olivia Smith, Toinette Marie Jones]
- Not in Our House [RE: Mayor Paul Schell, Sybil Bailey, President of the Denny Terrace Resident Council, SHA, John Fox, Displacement Coalition, Senior Housing Bond Program, Peter Steinbrueck]
- (Bus) Shelter From the Storm [RE: King County Executive Ron Sims removes bus shelters to stop drug dealing; Maggie Fimia, County Councilwoman]
- Picture: First they came for the benches...
- Photo by George Hickey
- No More Free Ride? [RE: Mark McLaughlin, Maggie Fimia]
More Than a Suitcase. Keynote from 1998 Homeless Women's Forum, Speech and Poetry by Cynthia Ozimek, Page 8
- Poems: Who We Were and The Aftermath
On the Line. Mental health workers strike for themselves and patients. By Jim Pennington, Page 9 [RE: Tyler Bass, West Seattle Psychiatric Hospital]
- Picture: Striking workers
- Photo courtesy of SEIU #1199-NW
Poetry, Pages 12, 13 and Page 8
- By And By by Todd Steven Davis
- Second Home: Planet Hollywood Folks & Restaurant, Thanksgiving Day by Stan Burriss
- The Place in My Dream by Faith Anne Trust
- Dream Versus Reality by Faith Anne Trust
- What the Body in the Trunk Sang by Belle Randall
- Sanctuary by Earle Thompson
- Poems: Who We Were and The Aftermath by Cynthia Ozimek, Page 8
Adventures in Poetry: Torquemada Sunrise with © Dr. Wes Browning, Page 13
Anacrostic. Rule of Law, Page 14 (Answer: “Plate sin with gold, and the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks; arm it in rags, a pygmy’s straw doth pierce it.” Shakespeare, Lear}
Calendar, Page 15
Citizens' Participation Project, Page 16
Fairness First. Support Tenants' Right of First Refusal
- The lack of affordable housing in the city, combined with expirations on federal housing subsidies in particular, caused Peter Steinbrueck to make a campaign promise last year to do something about it.
- He is now proposing a Right of First Refusal Ordinance which would give tenants in federally subsidized housing the chance to purchase their building if it is put up for sale.
- But the proposed legislation falls far short of a real and lasting solution to the problem, say over 20 community and labor groups. Since most affordable housing is not subsidized. Steinbrueck’s proposal doesn’t address the heart of the problem.
- All tenants need the same first-refusal option as those in subsidized housing, say tenant advocates. The proposed legislation can also be strengthened in other ways, and now is the time to do it right.