The knives are out in Olympia again.
The state senate’s proposed budget that came out a few weeks ago was nothing less than a blueprint to increase homelessness.
All homeless programs administered by the Department of Commerce would be cut by 52 percent. And the Washington State Housing Trust Fund would be zero-funded. So much for the political will to end homelessness.
Worse, the paltry monthly $197 for Aged, Blind and Disabled (ABD) assistance that 22,000 people rely upon for survival would be eliminated entirely on July 1. ...