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Table of Contents
March 8, 2006, Vol. 13, No. 11
Headlines:
- 1 Down, 9 to Go. With the first year of the Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness done, there’s good and bad at hand. Page 2
- “Salt” Yeller. An organizer speaks out on contracting firm giving employees low wages. Page 3
- Debate & Switch. A recent event to “debate” gay rights was a mockery that sadly packing Town Hall. Page 4
- Inc. Blot. Keeping tabs on corporate misdeeds motivates journalist Pratap Chatterjee. Page 6
Table of Contents:
Burn Rubber. Decision on cement plant plan to fuel kiln with whole tires due soon. By Rosette Royale, Pages 1, 12. [RE: Beth Lynch, Lafarge Cement plant, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (PSCAA), Steve Van Slyke, Mike Depew]
Slow Roasted. Seven years of anti-labor practices backfire on coffee giant by Cydney Gillis, Pages 1, 12
- Picture: Jeff Alexander, who now works for the International Union of Operating Engineers, says he was run out of the Starbucks’ roasting plant in Kent after voting for the union.
- Photo by Brooke Kempner
Division Street. Controversy marks first year of Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness. By Timothy Harris, Page 2
Change Agent: Diane Turner by Dena Burke, Page 3
- Picture: Diane Turner supplying more than just popcorn to Wallingford’s Meaningful movies viewers.
- Photo by Dena Burke
“Salt” in the Wounds. Union organizer works from the inside to fight low wages. By Cydney Gillis, Pages 3, 10
- Picture: Union “salt” Llewellynn Wheeler.
- Photo by Elliot Stoller
Just Heard…, Page 3
- Winning e-waste race by Israel Bayer [RE: Mo McBroom, Policy Director with the Washington Environmental Council]
- Equality Time by Israel Bayer [RE: Rep. Ed Murray, and Davina Kotulski, Marriage Equality Now]
- Cal Anderson exclusion by Cydney Gillis [RE: Capitol Hill / First Hill Parks Exclusion Zone]
Snide Show. Rev. Ken Hutcherson and King County Executive Ron Sims “Gay Rights Debate” mistakes carnival for discourse. By Rosette Royale, Page 4
Short Takes, Page 4
- A look-see at loopholes by Cydney Gillis {RE: Rep. Jim McIntire (D-Seattle), HB 1069, David Rolf, president of Local 775 of the Service Employees International Union]
- Occidental takes fall by Cydney Gillis [RE: 17 sycamores cut down at Occidental Park, Rich Reel, Bif Brigman, Mayor Greg Nickels, Pioneer Square]
- Picture: Pioneer Square’s 17 sycamores, to the protest of many citizens, are taken down by chainsaw.
- Photo by Brooke Kempner
Crossing Guards. Pedestrian safety an issue for local elementary schools. By Donna Stefanik, Page 5
| Quote by Jen Cole, of Safe Routes to School
Interview: This is What Corpocracy Looks Like. Investigative journalist Pratap Chatterjee keeps his eye out for corporate misconduct by Tom Cogbill, Pages 6, 7
- Picture: In books such as Iraq, Inc. Pratap Chatterjee investigates of the actions of corporations.
- Photo by Terry Divyak
War of the Worlds. Book: The Great War for Civilization: The Conquest of the Middle East by Robert Fisk. Review by John Siscoe, Page 8
Shorts Stuff. Film: Oscar Nominated Short Documentaries. Reviews by Lester Gray, Page 8
- Film: The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club
- Film: God Sleeps in Rwanda
- Film: Hiroshima
- Film: A Note of Triumph. RE: CBS Radio’s Norman Corwin. Winner of the Oscar.
Adventures in Irony: The Rights Stuff by Dr. Wes Browning, Page 9
Bus Chick, Transit Authority. Doin’ the Metro Sprint by Carla Saulter, Page 9
Street Watch. Compiled by Emma Quinn, Page 9
Letters to the Editor, Page 10
- Preaching to the Choir by Larry Newman
Classified Ads, Page 10
Calendar, Page 11
- Event: Wearing a florescent orange vest and carrying a bull horn, Rachel Corrie, a resident of Olympia and dedicated peace activist, stubbornly stood in protest in front of a Palestinian family’s home. An Israeli bulldozer ran her over, killing her. The play Daughter Courage is based on the e-mails she sent her parents from the war torn area and celebrates her life’s work. Tickets $15. Thursday, March 8th – Saturday, March 11th, 8 p.m. Consolidated Work, 500 Boren Ave. N. Info: www.rachelcorrie.org
Director’s Corner by Timothy Harris, Page 11
Turning ‘entitlement’ on its ear by Joanne Zuhl, Street Roots Newspaper
Mockingbird Times, March 2006. Vol. VI, Issue 3
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