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Manuscripts will be returned if you Johnson locks people of color out of the best schools and I am voting to approve Referendum 90 on the include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday neighborhoods, or does it result in greater equity November 2020 ballot. Approving this referen- the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope. across race and class? dum will allow SB 5395, which passed the state Trump understands the exclusionary impacts of legislature in 2020, to take effect, “thereby single-family zoning: banning duplexes, rowhous- requiring,” according to Ballotpedia, “pub- es and apartments from neighborhoods creates in- lic schools to provide comprehensive sexual visible walls that price out poorer people, dispro- health education for all students and requiring students to be excused if requested by their parents.” Prior to the bill’s approval, 42nd LD Rep- resentative Luanne Van Werven, on a Feb- ruary 22, 2020 KGMI Saturday Morning Live WINNING radio show, gave folks the false impression IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK! that this bill would not let local school dis- 26 tricts determine what curriculum they use for sex education. FOOD The bill states, “Any public school may identify, choose, or develop any other cur- 21 riculum if it complies with the requirements of this section [section 6a of the bill].” Accordingly, Van Werven’s statement on B-BOARD the show that, “you have one curriculum that they are going to want in all of the 20 schools,” was not true. Many opponents of this approved bill FILM that would help kids more confidently 18 navigate positive relationships, have made numerous unfounded and salacious alle- gations related to the legislation. On top MUSIC of that, former 42nd LD Representative 16 Vincent Buys on a May 30, 2020 Saturday Morning Live show made unfounded, sala- ART cious and defamatory claims about Olympia 14 decision-makers regarding the bill. In my book, the fact that such deceitful tactics were employed to collect referen- STAGE dum signatures, goes to show that there 12 was nothing of substance that opponents of SB 5395 felt they could truthfully per- suade people with. Let’s make sure our youth have all the re- GET OUT sources, education and self-determination 10 they need to stay protected and healthy in all of their relationships. Vote to approve Referendum-90! WORDS —Dena Jensen, Birch Bay 6 END THE NUCLEAR THREAT August 6 and 9 we will observe the 75th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima CURRENTS and Nagasaki. Recently Pope Francis has 4 declared that it is immoral to possess nu- clear weapons. VIEWS Our current administration is invest- 2 ing billions in the upgrading of existing 2 weapons, while we are in the midst of a MAIL MAIL pandemic and there is not enough testing and tracing and American families wait for hours in line to get food to feed their families. All over the world there are more 08.05.20 countries that have acquired nuclear capa- bilities without being signatories to the .15 32 # nonproliferation treaty. In honor of this anniversary I want to state that I stand in solidarity with the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and with the people of Japan. I believe that the existence of these All Local weapons pose an unnecessary risk to all life CASCADIA WEEKLY on earth and remain an ongoing theft from those who are poor. I have hope that the All the Time 3 UN Treaty to Abolish Nuclear Weapons will be ratified by all nations of the world in an effort to eliminate this frightening threat. Please join me in this HOPE by visiting SilverReefCasino.com • I-5 Exit 260 www.icanw.org. Visit Reef Rewards for details. Management reserves all rights. —Annie Welch, Bellingham THE GRISTLE IN THE MAIL: As President Trump continues to rant without evidence about the integrity of the na- tion’s elections in general and mailed ballots in 26 particular, Washington seamlessly completed an- other primary entirely by mail. 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