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ONLINE EDITION No. 25 August 4, 2003 UPDATED THURSDAY August 14, 2003
Mayor Greg Nickels meets with representatives of the Olympic Pipeline Company. The company, responding to safety concerns, will excavate and inspect a portion of its line located 170 feet from a child care center at New Holly.
Seattle Press Polls—Urban Management

Is it safer to place a sex offender housing facility in an industrial zone than near a residential area?

Yes, it is safer
No, the level of risk is similar
It depends on the location
Undecided
No comment
Heart patients face Sept. 23 deadline to file claims
By filing for reimbursement, thousands of heart patients will now be able to recover money they never should have had to pay in the first place—Attorney General Christine Gregoire  READ MORE...
 

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THE WASHINGTON Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) is being criticized for considering 1st and South Spokane Street, an industrial zone, as a possible site for a sex offender housing facility. Earlier, the department also received criticisms for considering areas near residential zones as a possible site.

The facility, the Secure Community Transition Facility (SCTF), is meant to house sex offenders who have completed their sentence as they are slowly integrated back into society.

Question: Given the opposition to place the SCTF in industrial and residential zones, should the facility exist at all? If not, how should sex offenders who have completed their sentence be treated? Share your thoughts to editor@seattlepress.com.

 

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