Saturday, November 25, 2006

Notes on the School of the Americas protest & vigil

I am currently writing about my experience at the Nov. 17-19 protest and vigil against the School of the Americas and will post something here soon. In the meantime, I have posted some photos online at
http://flickr.com/photos/49944331@N00/sets/72157594391932782/.
Much information is available at the School of the Americas Watch www.soaw.org
and there's a good, short video at http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/112706Q.shtml.

Monday, November 20, 2006

PUBLIC HEALTH CLINICS FUNDED THROUGH 2007

County Council decides to fund more sergeants, keep clinics open
By Keith Ervin
Seattle Times, 11/18/06

Two King County public-health clinics threatened with closure are safe, at least until the end of 2007.

The Metropolitan King County Council, responding to what some members called a crisis in public-health funding, decided Friday to keep the Northgate and Bothell clinics open, but to fund only part of a proposal to help families obtain government-funded health insurance for their children...