FOR PDF OF ENTIRE ISSUE, CLICK ON LINK BELOW
20050216.pdf
Real Change Newspaper
Table of Contents
February 16, 2005, Vol. 12, No. 6 (says Vol. 11, No. 7)
Headlines:
- Smoke Bomb. Stopping Bush's slash and burn budget, Page 2
- Toothless. State legislators weaken lending protections, Page 3
- Released to what? Housing still the big hole in the net, Page 4
- Nailed tight. First Place kids bang it out, Page 5
- Interview. Journalist Dahr Jamail on Iraq's horror, Page 6
Table of Contents:
What Drives You. Costly car is still king, but several initiatives can help make automobiles affordable. By Tom Cogbill, Pages 1, 12
- Picture: On the road again, with a car loan and some financial counseling.
- Photo courtesy of Working Wheels
Keeping Peace. Police chief uses court to restrain local activist. By Rosette Royale, Pages 1, 12 [Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske, Anwar Peace]
Opinion: Smoke Bomb. Bold moves needed to battle Bush budget. By Siobhan Ring, Executive Director, Tenants Union of Washington State, Page 2
Change Agent: Cathryn Vandenbrink. By ..., Page 3
- Picture: Root Down: Planting affordable artist housing in the Square.
- Photo by Mark Sullo
Tooth Decay. State bill would weaken local consumer-protection ordinance. By Adam Hyla, Page 3
Just Heard...By Cydney Gillis, Page 3
- Offshore this! [RE: HB 1724, HB 1725, Steve Conway, Zack Hudgins, John McCoy]
- Bully beware. [RE: HB 1968, Kelli Linville, Gary Namie]
- Gates vs. suits [RE: Class Action Reform Act of 2005]
- Art or trolley? [RE: Trolley Maintenance Shop needs new home, Rochelle Ogershok]
From Sheets to Streets. Bad old days may be over, but patient dumping still challenges safety net. By Rosette Royale, Page 4
Short Takes, Page 4
- In the aftermath by Erin Whitcomb [RE: Andrew Himes, PTSD]
- Capitol Hill: to the dogs by Adam Hyla [RE: Off-leash dog park]
- Losing it by Adam Hyla [RE: Loss of paid family health insurance by union janitors of Bon-Macy's]
- Hardball at the Market by Megan Lee [RE: Evictions at Pike Place Market, Ramazan Senturk]
- Remembering Henry by R.V. Murphy [RE: Henry Denrow]
Nailed Down Tight. First Place schoolkids hammer 'em home. By Wendy E. Smith, Pages 5, 9
| Quote by John Vik, volunteer carpentry teacher
- Picture: Volunteer John Vik makes a point while First Place students Christian Daniel, and Esther learn how to hit nails at the homeless kids' school's Carpentry Club.
- Photo by Mark Sullo
Postcards from the Edge. A high-grade guerilla war is going on in Iraq, says unembedded journalist Dahr Jamail, and we don't know the half of it. By Cydney Gillis, Pages 6, 7
Obituary. In Memory. The Sea Outside. Woman's suicide brings out community's pain. By Michele Marchand, Pages 8, 9
[RE: Dinah Lane, Frank Zanella, Victor Mitchell, Jayme Engleson, Jose de Jesus Gomez-Mora, John Mark Perdue]
- Picture: Dinah Lane, who jumped to her death Jan. 3, 2005. Dinah's is one of six suicides that comprise 30 percent of the deaths among homeless people in the past two months.
- Photo courtesy of Michele Marchand
Adventures in Irony. Dr. Wes Goes Straight to Hell with ©Dr. Wes Browning, Page 9
Street Watch. Compiled by Emma Quinn, Page 9
Letters to the Editor, Page 10
- Real Change: The Usual Socialist Stuff by Clint Gawthrop
- Real Change: Losing Our Soul by Alice Quaintance
Classified Ads, Page 10
Calendar. Compiled by Sandra Enger, Page 11
Director's Corner. By Timothy Harris, Page 11
First things First. Get Involved. Take Action. Page 11
Send This Budget Back
- Issue: Last week the President released his 2006 budget. the $2.57 billion dollar plan calls for extending tax breaks while reducing domestic spending - reductions that reach 16 percent or $65 billion a year by 2010. Defense spending is increased, even beyond the cost of the wars in which we're already involved. The budget breaks promises, contradicts Bush's own "priorities," and sells out middle=and low-income citizens, in order to benefit the wealthiest.
Copy of issue was obtained from microfiche in the University of Washington Suzzallo Library.