Roomin' House Blues

I have received a letter from Washington Community Action Network  on a planned rally on March 17th in Olympia. We need you. Next Thursday, March 17th, thousands of people will be making their way to Olympia to attend the Rally to Protect Our Future. How fitting that on St. Patrick’s Day, a day when the color green reigns supreme, people will be demanding to see the green, money that is.  On March 17 th , we’ll demand that our lawmakers close outdated tax loopholes for Wall Street Banks, private jets, and elective cosmetic surgery to stop devastating budget cuts. Can we count on you to be at the March 17th Rally to Protect Our Future?  Click here to sign up. https://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/2723/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=22005 This is the next step in our fight to close tax loopholes, and only a big crowd will break through the lobbyist logjam. We must show lawmakers that  the people of Washington want accountability and oversight in our st...

Yesterday I published a letter about the town hall meeting coming up  at: 43 rd  Legislative District Town Hall Saturday, March 12, 2-3:30 p.m. Seattle First Baptist Church 1111 Harvard Avenue Seattle, WA 98122 Now I have recieved another letter reminding us of the town hall meetings:   This weekend , legislators in  districts across the state   will return home to hold Town Hall meetings – meetings that will offer a chance for  people like you  to ask questions and get feedback. As legislators work to finish the 2011-2013 biennium budget, this is the perfect opportunity for advocates to remind them to put the needs of the most vulnerable first, and to fund programs like the Housing Trust Fund.   Since 1989, the Housing Trust Fund has invested more than $600 million in new and improved housing, leveraged more than $3 billion in private and public sector support, and has increased the stock of affordable housing by more than 35,000 units across...

Tomorrow I  to a Worksource orientation on the steps needed to try to get into worker retaining on the unemployment ticket. (see prior post: http://roominhouseblues.blogspot.com/2010/12/banging-your-head-against-wall.html ).  Pray for me please, and for all the unemployed.  And if you would, make that through Dorothy Day, Servant of God so she can get her first miracle by getting someone a job or reschooling in this economy and there by get beautified.  If she gets two of us jobs then she is a Saint! Governor Gregorie has deserted Catholic social teaching on more and more things.  First she deserted it to the left by supporting the Washington Death with "Dignity"  initiative, under which disabled and elderly can be manipulated into killing themselves. Now she deserts it to the right.  She is planning to call a special session of the legislature for one day to get an up or down vote on her budget proposal.  It's kind of the bums ru...