kirhac

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Director, Interfaith Task Force on Homelessness King County WA

Active since November 2009

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Burgess's Safe Streets package is far more than a 'crackdown'

Posted Tue, Mar 2, 10:23 p.m.

nobody with a brain can support this initiative because it simply has nothing to do with actual street crime, nothing to do with improving street outreach services and nothing to do with improved housing for the poor -- all imputed by Burgess as coinciding with the agressive panhandling ordinance. This ...

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Updated: Crosscut's new approach

Posted Fri, Nov 6, 8:30 a.m.

I am really curious why there seems to be no dedicated focus on CrossCut to housing/homelessness. In the Seattle Times as it praised new City Attorney Pete Holmes, on the short list of items they try to lead him toward, they list homeless encampments and panhandling. It is small thinking ...

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Election 09: The revolt of the independents

Posted Fri, Nov 6, 8:17 a.m.

St. Clair is core to the red-state Tea Party crowd, and locally has for years proven to be a smart-mouthpiece for attacking efforts to help those at risk and to provide those who have more with much more. If CrossCut measures this as valuable for its site, I'll likely spend ...

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