Tag Archives: ACLU

Ghostwriter

Posted on June 5, 2017 by DBP

June 5, 2017 What would you think if you discovered automobile executives had written a bill on auto safety and handed it to your senator to sponsor? And what if you learned those same executives had penned pro-industry letters to the … Continue reading →

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Brandie Bright and Dark

Posted on February 13, 2017 by DBP

February 13, 2017 Oh the irony! Seems that one of the ACLU’s two homeless plaintiffs – a woman who is crying foul over City crews removing her stuff from public land without due notice – is apparently quite the little thief … Continue reading →

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ACLU vs. the People

Posted on February 12, 2017 by DBP

*** TBQ Readers, your help is needed. Please read to the end to find out how you can help make us all safer. *** We were cautiously optimistic when we learned that the Mayor was moving ahead to clear dangerous … Continue reading →

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Risky Business: Is Seattle’s Encampment Bill un-Constitutional?

Posted on October 7, 2016 by DBP

October 7, 2016 A hot mess gets hotter In each of the past several years, ever greater numbers of homeless people have been camping out on publicly owned land in Seattle. Conditions around the encampment areas have steadily deteriorated, and … Continue reading →

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Ask the Experts

Posted on September 24, 2016 by DBP

September 24, 2016 Seattle’s Task Force on Homeless Encampment Clean-up had one of its weekly meeings at City Hall Wednesday. I attended at the invitation of a friend who’s on the task force. It was not encouraging. But it was … Continue reading →

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