I was thinking last night about how unwise it can be to underestimate the poor and how much I've learned from our homeless friends at Nickelsville.
There was a time, about three and a half years ago, when SHARE founder and Nickelsville organizer Scott Morrow called to invite me for a walk. I knew what he was going to say. I'd been waiting for this.
Mayor Greg Nickels was on a mission to eradicate homeless campers from Seattle, and our relentless pleas for moderation had been mostly met with arrogant indifference. Homeless folks were ready to take things up a notch. ...