Coping with cuts: Four notes

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Four notes this afternoon as cuts in D.C. reverberate here in “the other Washington”:

(WSB photo, last Saturday)

CARE-A-VAN SUSPENDED: The state Health Department’s Care-a-Van mobile health service was part of the resource fair at Westwood Village last Saturday. That was one of its last stops before the state learned the feds have defunded it, tweeting this morning:

We received notice from the CDC that our funding for Care-A-Van has been terminated, effective March 24, 2025. As a result of this unexpected decision, we must immediately suspend Care-A-Van operations. Thank you to all of our requesters and community partners for your support.

SENIORS PLAN PROTEST: As noted in our West Seattle Event Calendar, we received an announcement that residents at Brookdale Admiral Heights (2326 California SW) plan a protest outside their building at 3 pm Saturday. The announcement says they’ll be protesting cuts to programs as pursued by the federal DOGE operation.

PREPARING FOR APRIL 5 PARTICIPATION: West Seattle Indivisible is leading two sign-making events this Sunday in advance of the April 5 “Hands Off” rally at Seattle Center, protesting cuts to programs/services – one at 11 am Sunday in High Point, one at 3:30 pm in Admiral. (They want to be sure you know the venues have limited space.)

CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE: The City Council’s new Federal Administration and Policy Changes Committee, set up to help councilmembers stay informed on D.C. changes affecting Seattle, will have its second meeting Thursday (April 3) at 2 pm, focusing on housing issues. (This is a “select committee,” so all councilmembers are on it.) Citywide Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck sent this announcement today with details.

Bicycle bob March 28, 2025 (1:33 pm)

I wonder if these people even know we don’t have money because our country has been broke since the 80’s

Daniel March 29, 2025 (12:02 pm)

How does one define “broke” for a country? The US has had an outstanding debt since like 1850. Are you saying the crossover point of debts > assets happened in the 1980s? It’s hard to even understand what that means when the Treasury can print money.

NotSoFast March 28, 2025 (2:13 pm)

If you’re a rider/user of this service and you voted for this administration you are WELCOME! Looks like Musk found some fraud waste and abuse! if not – I’m sorry, this was likely a lifeline and invaluable reaource for some in our underserved communities

helpermonkey March 28, 2025 (3:44 pm)

Hope all the people who voted for this are super proud of themselves. There is no coming back from the damage you have done to this country.

Real March 28, 2025 (7:50 pm)

I proudly voted for reduction of government. More please!
- Pete March 28, 2025 (8:21 pm)
  
  Maybe they could cancel the billions in tax breaks and ridiculous contracts handed out to musk etc.
  - Scarlett March 28, 2025 (9:27 pm)
    
    Exactly
- Scarlett March 28, 2025 (9:21 pm)
  
  Maybe you should with Musk and the pork he & co company receive from the Uncle Sam.
- Sarge March 28, 2025 (9:55 pm)
  
  Congrats enjoy the meltdown of govt function and the recession! This “reduction” is nothing but hateful chaos
- Helpermonkey March 29, 2025 (11:49 am)
  
  @Real: no, you voted for Hate. If you’d truly cared about government waste then you’d be outraged that Cheeto in Charge has been golfing every weekend to the tune of tens of millions of taxpayer dollars wasted. If you cared about the economy, you wouldn’t be cheering on the fools who are tanking it. Just admit you voted for hate and ignorance.

CarDriver March 28, 2025 (3:49 pm)

Already hearing squeals from people applauding all the federal, state, and local cuts that are happening, or proposed. They’re discovering the cuts aren’t just affecting “other people only” but programs/grants that they like and use. The jokes on you.

DRW March 28, 2025 (3:54 pm)

How much can this be saving OUR government? Keeping the impoverished held down.

Lauren March 28, 2025 (4:36 pm)

Big protests at Tesla dealerships this Saturday, too!

Liz Spoerri March 28, 2025 (6:05 pm)

Really? Where?
- Lauren March 29, 2025 (10:59 am)
  
  At Tesla dealerships…. https://www.teslatakedown.com/
  - WSB March 29, 2025 (11:28 am)
    
    There are about 200 people at the one in SODO per current police-radio traffic.

N. March 28, 2025 (5:00 pm)

101 layoffs at Valley Medical Center and the clinics due to Federal Medicaid cuts this week. No more patient navigators in the clinics. Head of case management a local West Seattle residents laid off. Next time you want to sue the hospital for a nurses mistake good luck, they let go most of their nurse educators. Oh, and need pallative care? Good luck….gone as well.

valvashon March 28, 2025 (5:26 pm)

I wonder how many of the affluent seniors at Brookdale voted for the Orange Menace? And now they are out protesting? I’m glad they have seen the light but we tried to tell you what Chump was going to do to this country before the election. They even published what they were going to do if he got elected- it’s called Project 2025. If you voted for these neo-fascists you are part of the problem.You are always welcome to join the resistance. We have cookies.

onion March 28, 2025 (8:06 pm)

Valvashon, Why do you assume “ the affluent seniors at Brookdale” voted for Trump? And why assume they are all affluent? I don’t know anyone at Brookdale, but all of the seniors I know, including those who are affluent, have been vocally anti-Trump since well before the last election.
- KM March 28, 2025 (9:42 pm)
  
  Might be where you live, and the makeup of your family. I know few seniors who were anti-Trump. At least my progressive grandma didn’t live to see a second Trump term, if there’s a silver lining there.
Know Your Facts March 28, 2025 (10:04 pm)

Valvashon- My mom was at Brookdale until she died at 102 a couple of years ago. She hated Trump! And, she wasn’t affluent, we worried she would outlive her savings from selling her house and be kicked out.

Delridge Neighbor March 28, 2025 (8:09 pm)

Tesla Takedown is at every Tesla location through out the USA This Saturday, March 29, 2025 Seattle times are 10am to 12 noonEveryone is invitedThe three closest locations to West Seattle areTesla Showroom435 Westlake Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109

Tesla SoDo•2200 6th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98134

University Village Tesla Showroom

2627 NE 46th St, Seattle, WA 98115

Scarlett March 28, 2025 (9:16 pm)

What the president is doing, in effect, is “nationalizing” Tesla. He has made it clear that he wil go after anyone, not just vandals, who oppose him, Musk or the company. It is amost a certainty that should the company begin to lose value precipitiously, Trump will step in and bail the company out with tax dollars. This is 3rd world, tinpot tyrant stuff. Has that stopped millions of retail mom and pop “investors” (I always laugh at that term), from buying in? Nah. By the way, it’s the retail investors who are behind the big trading volumes in stocks like Tesla (or a truly evil co like Palantir) not the Big Boy institutions. Just a little reality check for some of you.

Amy March 29, 2025 (2:56 am)

Not sure we’re the ones that need a reality check.

Watertowerjim March 29, 2025 (9:48 am)

Covid era emergency funding that we suddenly can’t live without. How on earth did we manage prior?

Bbron March 30, 2025 (9:57 am)

Imagine that: a pandemic eased the red tape for getting funds to states and localities, so they were able to stand up programs they weren’t able to previously, and they ended up becoming massively popular and successful. Shocker.

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