Blogs Dec 3, 2012 at 12:23 pm

The Line at the Cherry Street Food Bank

Dominic Holden
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I'll let you in on a little secret Dom, I've known little old Chinese ladies with half a million dollars tucked away in the bank lining up for 2 hours to get free food. They can't believe anyone gives away free food!
on December 3, 2012 at 12:31 PM Report this
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I really can't imagine that many of the people standing in line for food for themselves and their families want to be photographed and posted to SLOG.
RGW on December 3, 2012 at 12:35 PM Report this
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@1 yup, the freeloading 47% is right there

what we see are the two Seattles emerging:

- the poor (and working class) hanging on with food banks; and the working class jammed in micro-apartments microwaving burritos (or eating out with Charles).

- the affluent who can afford downtown condos or lauerlhurst homes; and those that "develop" our city and retreat to their Mercer Island mansions leaving us with a more expensive place to live...

hooray for foodbanks!
south downtown on December 3, 2012 at 2:14 PM Report this
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"Excuse me...is this the line for free cell phones..I voted for Obama you know."

Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on December 3, 2012 at 2:29 PM Report this
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Four years of Obama.

Guess what Eight years of Obama will bring....
on December 3, 2012 at 3:25 PM Report this
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Jesus wept!

As a personal tax burden, it would be cheap, and it would be relatively easy to solve food insecurity for most every American.

NW Harvest is a worthy charity, and I value the good feeling I get from supporting them, but I would gladly forgo that pleasure to get help those people and get rid of that line.
on December 3, 2012 at 3:45 PM Report this
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I have gone up that hill every day since 2006 to my job. The line was unremarkable before the recession. The line has been holding steady for some time.

It was pretty amazing when they let the crazies sleep under I-5 in the diamond parking lot, no one parked there...at all. More then once saw some demented fools trying to kill each other.
Lew Siffer on December 3, 2012 at 7:00 PM Report this
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@ 4 - "Excuse me...is this the line for free cell phones..I voted for Obama you know."

Eat a dick, Bailo.
ChadK on December 4, 2012 at 12:06 AM Report this
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And if you don't have the money to donate, you can go to their website at northwestharvest.org and sign up to volunteer with them!
suddenlyorcas on December 4, 2012 at 8:47 AM Report this
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@7: What are you on and why aren't you sharing with the rest of Slog?
suddenlyorcas on December 4, 2012 at 8:49 AM Report this

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