Editorials in the Times

Crosscut correctly predicted that the Hospital's PR department would swing into high gear:

1) Neighbors should embrace Children's growing mission
November 30, 2007 : Editorials & Opinion
"Nothing brings parents greater pain than knowing their children's health is threatened..."
By Phillip Fujii and Steve Ross

Comment: Neither one of these “neighbors” lives genuinely close to the Hospital. Perhaps these well-intentioned folks would feel differently if their family homes were located within Laurelon -- or on a block that will listen to 13 years of heavy-duty construction noise?

2) Children's growing pains
Friday, November 30, 2007 : Editorials & Opinion
"But many do and travel to the 100-year-old institution from throughout Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Montana and beyond..."

Comment: Somehow the Times missed neighbors’ concerns about the loss of 136 units of moderately-priced housing at Laurelon. Not to mention the day/night noise from 13 years of construction. Views? How about day-long shadows-- the people most affected are underneath the Hospital.