Fear of change has stalled a vital debate on Southeast Seattle’s future
In the aftermath of last year’s horrible wind storm that left so many of us quite literally in the dark, there also came some clarity. On one hand, there was an outpouring of generosity. In my Southeast neighborhoods I saw people helping one another, sharing resources, checking on older residents or those with little ones. I also saw people who became more narrowly focused, bent on their own survival. Some of it I attribute to the behavior any disaster evokes: People either become more generous than usual, or less so. ...