Tents will be pitched on a grassy lot along Dexter Avenue in Seattle in January 2021. The Space Needle and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation can be seen in the background. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) A state judge removed the “Compassion Seattle” measure from the November vote on Friday and said the proposal … Read more
SANDY HOOK, NJ – Sam Green and his dog Taylor Ham left one of their favorite walks on Sandy Hook Beach on May 14 and headed west. Two and a half months – and more than 500 miles later – they are still on the road. Green, 32, and Taylor Ham, his 8 1/2 year … Read more
Tents line a street in downtown Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / John Cook) The group driving the Compassion Seattle electoral measure, which aims to revise city policy in relation to its ongoing homelessness crisis, will turn in more than 60,000 signatures Thursday to qualify the measure for the November election. Supporters of the initiative will need … Read more
Tim Burgess (bottom left), Rachel Smith (top right), Kieran Snyder (bottom right) and presenter Mike Lewis from GeekWire There is no denying that Seattle is having a homelessness crisis; how to solve it. In the midst of the fray is Compassion Seattle, an initiative attempting to rewrite the city charter with a roadmap that prescribes … Read more