It’s November, which means cold, wet, chilly weather is here. On any given night in our city, sadly, more than 3,500 neighbors live on the streets, under bridges, in tents, on sidewalks, in abandoned buildings and in cars — if they even survive the night and are not swept away.
Where did Seattle go wrong and become a city of people “sweeps?!” The word calls to mind clean cities, except sweeping is what they do to garbage. People are not garbage. ...