Crosscut predicted we'd be underdogs against the Hospital PR machine. No surprise it was right:
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: If you search for these neighbors’ 98105 addresses in www.whitepages.com, you’ll find that one “neighbor” lives on the far side of the hill from the Hospital and the other lives out on Webster Point. These two not going to be listening to 13 years of construction noise at the end of their blocks. Looks like it's easy to climb a high horse when your family's home isn't one of the 136"cheap seats" at Laurelon that the Hospital wants to eliminate.
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-- ever slept near concrete-drying machines running 24/7? Views?!? How about day-long shadows-- the people most affected are underneath the Hospital.
