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you can't build a condo over a certain height so i certainly don't see why you can erect a makeshift camp in a place not zoned for it.
Posted by Bellevue Ave on October 31, 2008 at 1:01 PM
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Aaron: This is good political reporting with bad politics. You've written a very long story about homeless people that doesn't focus on their needs. You've written a story about Nickelsville- created and so-named to protest the Nickels administrations' aggressive homeless sweeps-- without even mentioning the sweeps. The question of how the Nickels administration plans to respond to Nickelsville is important. But it's not the only, and I would argue not even the most important, issue at play here.
Posted by Trevor on October 31, 2008 at 1:47 PM
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Why'd you bury the City's refusal to respond at all (much less honestly) to your requests for comment and information? Suggests why this report seems a bit thin and smeary.
Posted by tomasyalba on October 31, 2008 at 1:54 PM
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@1- the Church is exempt under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2001 (RLUIPA) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_Land_Use_and_Instititionalized_Persons_Act
Posted by LH on October 31, 2008 at 2:27 PM
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The law's been challenged (and upheld) to the Supremes but only as it relates to the prisoner portion of RLUIPA. There hasn't been a ruling to zoning cases...so I guess this is what hizhonor is hanging his hat on. That'll be a blast -- The City of Seattle VS University Christian Church and Nickelsville.
Posted by LH on October 31, 2008 at 2:44 PM

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