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Slumdog Billionaires
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. –Sinclair Lewis This image of homeless tents against the backdrop of lavish sports stadiums near downtown Seattle reminds me of a … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, General, Homelessness, Media, Politics
Tagged Frank Chop, LIHI, Low Income Housing Institute, Seattle City Council, Sharon Lee
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Charade: Homeless camps and the abuse of public process
September 8, 2018 ~ The biggest gripe a citizen can have is that their government doesn’t listen to them, and that gripe has never been more on-point than when it comes to transients and drug addicts camping in Seattle parks … Continue reading
Puff Piece
April 29, 2017 In my years of trying to bring the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) to justice, I have been repeatedly frustrated by their slick public relations operation. Here’s an organization that engages in a number of deceptive or dishonest … Continue reading
Posted in General, Homelessness, Nickelsville, Tent City
Tagged Licton Springs, LIHI, Low Income Housing Institute, Nesbit, Sharon Lee, Wall Street Journal
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Tent Cities: Not a way out but a way to HANG out
February 8, 2017 Except for the misleading headline, this article from Pacific Standard Magazine is a more or less honest view of a SHARE-run tent city. Based on my own experiences, I can say that the interview subjects are a … Continue reading
Posted in Homelessness, SHARE, Tent City
Tagged LIHI, malingering, Pacific Standard Magazine, SHARE, Tent City 3
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The Hidden Persuaders
Dedicated to Larry Kaminsky December 27, 2016 Even as Seattle voters enact a flurry of laws designed to “get money out of politics,” the insinuation of paid political advocates into local government continues apace. This article looks at how that works … Continue reading
Anatomy of a Swindle: How a Rogue Non-profit Captured the Emerald City
September 13, 2016 The Set-up For four years I’ve been investigating a publicly supported non-profit homeless group in Seattle called SHARE. SHARE runs 14 indoor shelters around Seattle, for which it annually gets several hundred thousand dollars from Seattle’s Human … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, General, Homelessness, Media, Nickelsville, SHARE, Tent City
Tagged corruption, David G. Jones, Efren Agmata, HSD, LIHI, Low Income Housing Institute, Mayor Ed Murray, Peggy Hotes, Pete Holmes, Scott Morrow, Seattle City Auditor, Seattle City Council, Seattle Human Services Department, SHARE, Sharon Lee
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Why I’m voting ‘no’ on the Housing Levy
July 29, 2016 Seattle Proposition 1 is a tax levy on the August 2016 primary ballot for Seattle voters. The levy would double the total amount currently levied for “affordable housing.” See the King County Voter’s Guide description on this … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, General, Homelessness, Politics, SHARE
Tagged accountability, government waste, LIHI, sanctuary city, Scott Morrow, Seattle Affordable Housing Levy, SHARE, Sharon Lee, taxes
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Can’t Buy Me Likes
Followers of this blog will recall that I have penned a handful of articles on Seattle’s own Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) and its director, Sharon Lee. Ms. Lee runs a $50 million taxpayer-funded operation and hobnobs with the Mayor and … Continue reading
Posted in General, Homelessness, Humor, Politics, SHARE
Tagged cheating, Facebook, fraud, Home Depot, LIHI, likes, liking service, Low Income Housing Institute, popularity contest, scams, Sharon Lee
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No Strings Attached
June 18, 2016 A recent Facebook post from Seattle Mayor Ed Murray is at once a study in courage and a window onto the political nightmare that is homeless policy in Seattle. Murray is currently getting skewered by the church-lady left … Continue reading
Posted in General, Homelessness, Politics, SHARE, Tent City
Tagged Ed Murray, LIHI, Low Income Housing Institute, Real Change Newspaper, Sally Bagshaw, SHARE, Tim Harris
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Derelicts: How a huge Seattle non-profit left a tiny homeless camp to rot
May 5, 2016 Back Story If you follow this blog, you’ll already know a lot of the Nickelsville Dearborn story. That’s the camp at 1010 South Dearborn Street near downtown Seattle that sheltered between 35 and 50 homeless people from the … Continue reading
The Not-So-Good Shepherd
RCW 36.01.290 “Authorizing religious organizations to host temporary encampments for homeless persons on property owned or controlled by a religious organization” –This statute was enacted by the Washington State Legislature in 2010. It grants churches the right to set up temporary … Continue reading
The Case of the Missing Homeless Camp
April 13, 2016 Do you see a homeless camp in this picture? –Yeah. Neither do I. So why was the landowner granted a two-year “transitional housing” property tax exemption on this pricey patch of real estate near downtown Seattle? Good question. … Continue reading
Posted in General, Homelessness, Nickelsville, Politics, SHARE
Tagged Chris Koh, Coho Real Estate, corruption, fraud, homelessness, LIHI, property tax, Scott Morrow, SHARE, Sharon Lee
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Whose park?
March 28, 2016 A homeless person sleeps on equipment at Othello Playground, half a block from Seattle’s newest city-sanctioned homeless camp, Othello Village. One of the questions surrounding homeless camps – sanctioned or otherwise – is whether they attract homeless people to … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged homelessness, Jenny Frankl, LIHI, Othello Village, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, urban decay
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The End of Camp Dearborn
March 11, 2016 Today Seattle police moved to evict the small group of homeless campers who continued to occupy the Dearborn Street site formerly known as Nickelsville. This move was taken in response to a request from Chris Koh, who owned the … Continue reading
Othello Village: How a homeless camp came to one Seattle neighborhood
March 7, 2016 Seattle officials recently hosted two community meetings in the city’s Othello neighborhood to discuss their plans for citing e a homeless encampment in neighborhood. The camp has been dubbed “Othello Village” and will be located in 7500 block … Continue reading
Posted in General, Homelessness, Nickelsville, SHARE
Tagged bruce harrell, city planning, Holly House, homeless camps, homeless families, LIHI, Low Income Housing Institute, neighborhood planning, Othello Village, Scott Morrow, Seattle Othello neighborhood, SHARE/WHEEL, Sharon Lee, urban blight, urban renewal
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The Friends of Kshama Sawant: Progressive politics and influence at City Hall
November 13, 2015 ~ Seattle A “People’s Budget Town Hall” Late last month, one week ahead of city council elections, Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant hosted her second “People’s Budget Town Hall” event at City Hall. Cleverly disguised as a public … Continue reading
Posted in General, Homelessness, Nickelsville, Politics, SHARE
Tagged affordable housing, bruce harrell, Jarvis Capucion, Kshama Sawant, LIHI, Lisa Herbold, Low Income Housing Institute, progressive politics, Scott Morrow, Seattle City Council, Sharon Lee, socialism, Socialist Alternative
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Homeless Camps: Do they get people off the street?
Do homeless camps really get people off the street? Or do they merely concentrate them in one place? One thing is for certain: The camps do attract homeless people. And not all of those people are actually in the camp. … Continue reading
Posted in General, Homelessness
Tagged chronic, crime, Dearborn, homeless, LIHI, litter, Low Income Housing Institute, Nickelsville, poverty, Scott Morrow, street drunks, traffic safety
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Getting High With A Little Help From His Friends: The Scott Morrow Story
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, the name Scott Morrow will be a familiar one. If you’re not a reader, Morrow is the Seattle man who founded and controls two Seattle-area homeless shelter organizations. His Rotund Eminence can regularly … Continue reading
Posted in General, Homelessness, Nickelsville, Politics
Tagged 1st Amendment, frank chopp, homelessness, LIHI, Low Income Housing Institute, Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Michael Reichert, Nick Licata, Nickelsville, religious freedom, Reverend Scott Olsen, Scott Morrow, Seattle Housing and Resource Effort, SHARE, Sharon Lee
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