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Leonard Gonzales, left, 55, and Lee Perva, 53, live in the woods near the Summit Branch of the Pierce County Library and panhandle at the Highway 512 offramps at Canyon Road East. Both are drug felons, which makes housing difficult. "I'm too old to do this anymore," says Perva.

Pierce County taking hard look at panhandling

Published May 13th, 2008 - 5:30AM

The beggars who work the Highway 512 offramps at Canyon Road East worry Marsha Stril. It’s unsafe and degrading, Stril said, to work traffic for handouts. And these guys look sick. One of them hobbles around on sore feet that need medical attention. At a town hall-style meeting last month, Stril told Pierce County Council members Calvin Goings and Barbara Gelman that she’s noticed an increase in panhandling since Tacoma and Lakewood banned it.
VIDEO: Panhandling in Pierce County
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Loss of shelter for homeless has silver lining

Published May 12th, 2008 - 1:00AM

There are two ways to look at Martin Luther King Housing Development Association’s decision to step away from managing its emergency shelter. Read more...

A bowling alley gift certificate? Eh, probably not

Published May 10th, 2008 - 1:00AM

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With aging, we do our best and lean on each other

Published May 7th, 2008 - 1:00AM

Two months ago, in a Maverick gas station in Bridger, Mont., my dad backed into a post and shattered his sanity. Read more...

We don’t forget about the folks we write about

Published April 28th, 2008 - 1:00AM

It’s Update Monday, with the latest on lights, Betty Wani and Matthew Simmons. Read more...

Tacomans show how to deal with crime, cleanups

Published April 26th, 2008 - 1:00AM

The usual suspects are optimistic. Read more...

Eight ideas to start taking back our city

Published April 23rd, 2008 - 1:00AM

Tacoma likes a challenge, and City Manager Eric Anderson has one: cut crime in half and clean up the city in 14 months. Read more...

Jurors enter plea – please provide us more parking

Published April 21st, 2008 - 1:00AM

Want to see 12 angry men? Read more...

Come and cheer as floral flotilla returns to roots

Published April 19th, 2008 - 1:00AM

The Daffodil Marine Parade is going uptown. Read more...

Pierce County residents help shoulder burden of fighting crime

Published April 14th, 2008 - 1:00AM

Necessity is pushing law-abiding residents of Summit, Midland and Parkland to mobilize. Read more...

Bring on the fun while Thea Foss primps for callers

Published April 12th, 2008 - 1:00AM

If you want to know how optimism smells, stroll down to Tacoma’s Esplanade, face the Thea Foss Waterway and take a deep breath. Read more...

McKinley Hill neighbors vow to help find buyer for old school

Published April 9th, 2008 - 1:00AM

McKinley Hill residents who fought a church’s effort to turn the mothballed Rogers Elementary School into a social services center have voted to treat a technical defeat as a victory. Read more...

Refugee handled the miles; now she needs an inch

Published April 7th, 2008 - 1:00AM

Betty Wani puts little store in wishing. Read more...

That pork often feeds mouths that deserve it

Published April 5th, 2008 - 1:00AM

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Leave room for big ideas from the little people of Tacoma

Published April 2nd, 2008 - 1:00AM

High-level visioning” is, apparently, the latest in chic new government speak. It evokes experts dreaming up plans beyond our pedestrian imaginations. Read more...

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