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Table of Contents
February 1, 2006, Vol. 13, No. 6
Headlines:
- Safe and Sound? Despite its glistening surfaces, Puget Sound is ailing and it’s up to us to make it healthy again. Page 2
- Two Steps Back. A pair stands trial today for the murder of a Maple Valley homeless man that took place in 2004. Page 3
- Tough Love. The governor’s plan to axe some welfare benefits has legislators looking for another remedy. Page 4
- 1946 in 2006. Extending into Federal Way, this year’s One Night Count seeks out King County’s homeless. Page 5
- Farewell Party. With his tenure at an end, 11-year state Democratic Party chair Paul Berendt remembers. Page 6
Table of Contents:
Under Lock and Sea-Tac. In solitary confinement, Saudi immigrant fights deportation by R.V. Murphy, Pages 1, 12
- Picture: Majid Al-Massari, who has been held in solitary confinement in Sea-Tac, may be deported to Saudi Arabia, where the possibility of torture or death loom large.
- Photo Credit Unknown
Prescription Conscription. Prescription co-pays cause chaos among state’s poor by Cydney Gillis, Pages 1, 12
Editorial: Listening to the Sound. Saving Puget Sound requires political will and financial commitment by Kathy Fletcher, Page 2
Change Agent: Ava Smith by Austin Haskell, Page 3
- Picture: Ava Smith, helping the people feed themselves
- Photo by Luke McGuff
Cold Reckoning. Couple on trial for murder of Maple Valley homeless man by J. Jacob Edel, Page 3
Just Heard…Page 3
- Not so fast, Sonics by Cydney Gillis [Seattle City Council will launch its own review of KeyArena if Sonics leave]
- No sweat? By Cydney Gillis [Community Alliance for Global Justice wants the city to stop using sweatshop suppliers]
- Bush Whackers by Adam Hyla [The World Can’t Wait – Drive Out the Bush Regime group mounting a protest outside KOMO 4]
Cut Short. Legislators seek to reverse governor’s welfare reduction by Emma Dumain, Page 4
- Quote from Tony Lee, Fremont Public Association Community Service Director
Short Takes, Page 4
- Wildcat at the Port by Justin Ellis [Pacer Cartage workers staged a strike at Port of Seattle]
- Color Me Comfortable by Adam Hyla [Seattle City Council appointed Sally Clark to the council. White people voted for a white person and some people are upset, feeling there were qualified people of color]
Picture, Page 4
- Lonnie Lusardo and Bill Dubay celebrate outside the Paramount Theater Friday, Jan. 27, after the State Senate’s 25-23 passage of the law banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
- Photo by Luke McGuff
Zero Hour. One Night Count takes stock of Federal Way’s suburban homelessness by Austin Haskell, Page 5
- Quote by Kelli O’Donnell, lead count organizer
Interview: Newly retired state Democratic Party chair Paul Berendt on Iraq, the president, and liberals resurgent. Interview by Cydney Gillis, Pages 6, 7
- Picture: Paul Berendt, who’s packing up and saying goodbye to his 11-year post as state Democratic Party chair.
- Photo by Terry Divyak
Ancestor Worship. Books: Tiger by Jeff Stone; Monkey by Jeff Stone. Reviews by Lester Gray, Page 8
Border Crossings. File: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. Directed by Tommy Lee Jones. Review by Lester Gray, Page 8
- Picture: Mexican vaquero Melquiades Estrada (Julio Cesar Cedillo) accompanied by ranch foreman Pete Perkins (Tommy Lee Jones).
- Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures
Adventures in Irony: Hamas: Congratulations, suckers! by Dr. Wes Browning, Page 9
Ask A Lawyer. Real-Life answers to your legal hassles, Page 9
Thanks to Access to Justice Institute, Seattle University, School of Law, and the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
Street Watch. Compiled by Emma Quinn, Page 9
Letter to the Editor: Page 10
- When friends disagree by Carla Okigwe, Executive Director, Housing Development Consortium (HDC)
- Reply by Real Change
Full-Page Ad: Gregzilla and the developers that ate the downtown. You can scream, but no one will hear!
Co-starring the DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION. Screenplay by Paul Allen. Produced and Directed IN A BUNCH OF MEETINGS YOU NEVER HEARD OF. Rated XXX for obscene content. This warning brought to you by Real Change. [Greg Nickels, Mayor of Seattle]
Issue with 2005 Annual Report
Copy of issue was obtained from microfiche in the University of Washington Suzzallo Library.