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Category Archives: Politics
Robin Hood, Inc.
This story should not come as a surprise to anyone, since Seattle has the highest percentage of hero-hypocrites in the nation, per capita. It’s almost too easy to be a hero here. All you have to do is kvetch about … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged 15 now, Freedom Socialist Party, hypocrisy, Kshama Sawant, minimum wage
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Take Our Tunnel . . . PLEASE!
“The world’s biggest tunnel-boring machine, nicknamed Bertha — which hit a pipe and was damaged in mid-December after only 1,000 feet of excavation — is down there in the dark, awaiting what may well be the world’s biggest industrial rescue … Continue reading
Posted in General, Politics
Tagged boondoggle, infrastructure, tunnel, Washington State Department of Transportation, WSDOT
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Death in a Homeless Camp
Originally published on October 14, 2014 Background: Tent City 4 is a large homeless encampment managed by a group known as the Seattle Housing And Resource Effort (SHARE). SHARE is a registered 501(c)3 charity that solicits funds from government and … Continue reading
Rats! ~ How the Health Department threw their work (and your money) down a hole.
The documents below tell the story of how one government agency in Washington State, the Seattle King County Department of Public Health, failed to do its job and serve the public interest. Of course, government failures happen all the time. … Continue reading
The Schizophrenic Times: SHARE in the News
Three recent articles on SHARE’s Tent City 4 from the Seattle Times: Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014 ~ Sammamish OKs moratorium on homeless camps This article is supposed to be about the City of Sammamish’s decision to impose a moratorium on tent … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Politics
Tagged Alexa Vaughn, corporate media, mainstream media, Sammamish, Scott Morrow, seattle times, SHARE, TC4, Tent City 4
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Homeless, Inc. ~ Catholic Community Services
This page contains a discussion of a specific low-income housing provider business in Seattle. For the main page and introduction to this topic, see here: Homeless, Inc. Catholic Community Services of Western Washington Total Seattle HSD Budget for 2013: $1,513,453 … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Profiles
Tagged Catholic Community Services, CCS, executive compensation, homeless, Michael Reichert, non-profits, Scott Morrow, SHARE
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The Village Quixotic (or: How to avoid headaches by thinking with your tear ducts)
Some astute TBQ readers have been linking me stuff about Olympia’s new Nickelsville knock-off, a joint called “Quixote Village.” Here’s an extract from the 12/31/13 edition of the Olympian newspaper: The residents of Camp Quixote are no longer vagabonds. They … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, General, Politics
Tagged Daily Olympian, editorial bias, fraud, homeless, inc., Jill Severn, media bias, monica spain, Nickelsville, Quixote Village, SHARE
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My Little Socialist: Kshama Sawant
Seattle Councilmember-elect Kshama Sawant is all over the Interblogz these days, and not just for being a nerdy young Woman of Color who beat out a stodgy Old White Man. That would have been news enough, but on top of … Continue reading
Posted in General, Politics, Profiles
Tagged economics, Kshama Sawant, sawant, Seattle City Council, socialism
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Independent Media: Why it matters.
In a recent issue of the New York Times, I saw no fewer than three stories that illustrate problems with corporate media. And when I say corporate media, I mean any media source that depends on: Ad revenue Stockholder/owner approval … Continue reading
Posted in General, Media, Politics
Tagged boeing, corporate media, journalism, media merger, ny times
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