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Mayor Durkan said her not running for reelection would allow her to focus more energy on Covid response. Now her administration said it's not pursuing FEMA $$ for homeless folks because it's too much paperwork. 🤔
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It's mystifying the lengths @MayorJenny is going to turn down federal aid for homeless people. We could be helping folks get off the streets and support struggling hotels. Instead we get sad excuses. #HouseTheHomeless #StopTheSweeps twitter.com/ericacbarnett/…
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Both
@MLorenaGonzalez
and
@EchohawkForSea
(two of the frontrunners to replace Durkan) have criticized the move. Here's Echohawk's statement:
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Colleen Echohawk for Seattle Mayor
@EchohawkForSea
This is simply a mistake by the Durkan administration and I hope they reconsider. JustCARE is a very successful program that is already transforming lives and helping move the chronic homeless off the streets of Seattle publicola.com/2021/02/26/sea 1/3
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